Pea moths, pea weevils, apids, snails, and small mammals
are the most common culprits when it comes to feasting on pea plants. To identify what type of pest is eating the pea plant, one must first look at the damage done to the plant as this will tell us who the culprit is.
What is eating my sweet peas?
The small, black pollen beetle hides inside sweet pea flowers rendering them unfit for cut arrangements and bouquets. Yellow sticky traps draw them in as they are attracted to the color yellow. Planting bright, yellow flowers nearby as a barrier crop can help keep them away from the sweet peas.
How do you protect sweet peas from pests?
Mix in a watering can and spray on the Sweet Pea foliage just below the flowers
. This is a good deterrent against aphids. Feeding should be done morning or evening avoiding strong sunshine. In very hot weather and dry conditions plants benefit from watering and spraying over with water.
What pest eats sweet peas?
Pea weevil
This insect pest causes very distinctive damage to the sweet pea plants. This irritating pest forms a series of neat notches on leaves; these are formed when the adults eat out the edges of leaves. Though the pea weevil is most often seen in culinary peas – Pisum sativum spp.
What caterpillars eat sweet peas?
The caterpillars of
the tiny Pea Moth, Cydia nigricana
are a pest to vegetables in the Pea family in the British Isles , North America, Europe, Australia and parts of Asia. The tiny maggot-like caterpillars of the Pea Moth feed on the forming peas inside the pods.
How do I stop slugs eating my sweet peas?
- Create a healthy ecosystem.
- Create a slug-free zone.
- Create a slug zone.
- Use organic slug pellets.
- Water in a biological control.
- Water in the morning.
- Try copper.
- Let them eat bran.
How do you revive sweet peas?
If you return from holiday and find the friends or neighbours didn’t pick enough and the plants have start to set seed, then do not despair! Instead,
remove all flower stems, water and feed
. This should hopefully revive the plants and they’ll start to bloom again.
What is the best compost for sweet peas?
Plant sweet peas in an open, sunny position in a well-drained but moisture-retentive soil. Sweet peas are well suited to growing in pots – make sure you use a
good, peat-free compost with a slow-release fertiliser mixed in
.
What to spray on peas for bugs?
In the home garden, spray foliage with soapy water, then rinse with clear water. Alternatively, use
an insecticidal soap spray
. Planting in aluminum foil that has been laid on the planting bed, as well as filling yellow pans with water to trap the aphids are also effective control measures.
Do I need to harden off sweet peas?
You should harden off sweet pea seedlings
before transplanting them out into the garden
. This allows the plants to acclimatise to the cooler outdoor air. Spend one to two weeks putting the pots outside during the day and bringing them back under cover during the night.
What do you do with sweet peas after they have flowered?
Cut perennial Lathyrus back to ground level in autumn or, preferably, leave the cutting back until February so the dead stems provide cover for wildlife in winter.
Simply pull out and compost annual sweet peas
once flowering has finished at the end of summer. In hot, dry seasons this might be a bit sooner.
What kind of bugs eat peas?
Mites and beetles are usually the most common pests of beans.
Aphids
frequently infest English peas, and stink bugs and leaffooted bugs (Figure D) are nuisances of southern peas. Some aphids transmit virus diseases.
Why do my sweet peas keep dying?
Another fungal disease that can result in your pea plant rotting and dying from the bottom up is, appropriately enough,
root rot
. This is a classic consequence of improper drainage. As excessive water builds up around and soaks your roots, it begins to rot.
What lays eggs on sweet peas?
Episyrphus balteatus, also known by its common name of
marmalade hoverfly
, laying eggs on a Sweet Pea tendril produced by one of the wigwam grown Sweet Pea plants, which were grown for my 2016 Sweet Pea Trial.
How do you keep aphids off sweet peas?
Some effective organic controls for aphids would be
planting nasturtiums, garlic, chives, coriander
, anise and petunias near the sweet peas. This will also keep them from damaging neighboring plants. Some exotic sprays that you could use are tea of larkspur, rhubarb leaf tea, tobacco tea and elder leaf tea.
Why are there worms in my peas?
Those little larvae are the caterpillars of the pea moth, Cydia nigricana. …
They lay eggs in the flowers
so peas planted very early (March) or quite late in the season (late June) can miss being used by the adult moths to lay eggs.
