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Holes in Strawberry leaves

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  • 04-11-2011 3:54pm
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    redser7
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    I have lots of little holes starting to develop in strawberry plants from runners. They are in 2 lt pots. Any ideas what could be causing it and what i can do? Is it serious? Thanks, these are my crop for next year (hopefully)


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    jezko
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    Are the Holes on the edges of the leaves? if so good chance its one of the Vine Weevils Strawberry plants are a favourite... did you use peat in the pots ??? tends to encourge them to vist the plants or so I have found


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    redser7
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    Thanks Jezko. No the holes are mostly in the middle of the leaves. Of course some have been munched from the edges inwards, a couple almost gone completely. I threw in a few slug pellets and caught some so I'm hoping that's all it is. I used potting compost in some, and homemade garden compost in others.
    I did notice a few things that looked like snow white moths. These were tiny, I'd say about 1-2 mm max. Never saw anything like them before.


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