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Leaf Cutter Bee on Rose

Star10 · 2009-06-30 08:38:27

Can anyone advise on how to stop a leaf cutter bee damaging the leaves on a climbing rose pls? It has cut numerous semi-circle pieces from the leaves, getting worse every day

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30-06-2009 9:38am

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Star10

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Can anyone advise on how to stop a leaf cutter bee damaging the leaves on a climbing rose pls? It has cut numerous semi-circle pieces from the leaves, getting worse every day

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#2 30-06-2009 10:50pm
old boy

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me thinks you have two choices, chemical or let it die, then it will attack the nearest plant, etc, etc. i had a case of it recently, luckily it was in a container, i steeped it in a solution of ditaine.

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#3 01-07-2009 8:48am
Star10

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Thanks-but how do you find where the darn thing is living??
Also, what spray did u pit on the rose to deter it pls?

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#4 01-07-2009 9:41pm
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it is in the ground, you have some problem there, you need better advice than i can give, in my case i left the pot and plant submerged in a bath of diluted ditane

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