Tue, 08 Jul 2008

Rain! Weevils!
We are finally getting a few good downpours here in austin, but not enough to get us out of drought status. But, all of my plants look clean and perky. I watched Central Texas Gardener this week on PBS. They talked about the agave snout weevil that is invading central texas. I have already lost several agaves and softleaf yuccas at two different customers' homes to these disgusting little creeps. The weevils carry a bacteria that kills and digests the plants so the weevil larve can eat the plants. The plants start to turn into putrid goo from the inside out. They did not recommend any organic fixes for these creatures on the show but I'll let you know if I hear of something organic.

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