What's eating my Rhubarb>

Swinefluproof · 2011-04-29 22:30:14

Have been noticing holes coming on the leaves of my rhubarb with the last week or so and groupings of 20 or so orange coloured eggs on the underside of some of the leaves also. Does anyone know what this is and of anyway to get rid of the pest???? It doesn't seem to be affecting the growth of the plant too much but I'm…

29-04-2011 11:30PM

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Swinefluproof

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Have been noticing holes coming on the leaves of my rhubarb with the last week or so and groupings of 20 or so orange coloured eggs on the underside of some of the leaves also. Does anyone know what this is and of anyway to get rid of the pest???? It doesn't seem to be affecting the growth of the plant too much but I'm afraid it'll fail the crown or affect the rest of the garden. I have often seen the same egg clusters on docks but nobody I've asked seems to know the cause. I haven't seen any grubs, beetles etc on the leaves either

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#2 29-04-2011 11:35PM

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sounds like caterpillar eggs, derris will remove them or you can do it manually if the patch is small.

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