What's eating my cambridge favourite strawberry?

Cambridge Favourite strawberry is most seriously threatened by vine weevil grubs eating roots and slugs scarring ripe fruit. Birds, grey squirrels, and rabbits target ripe berries. Aphids and two-spotted spider mite also attack foliage in summer. Use straw mulch, net with fine mesh, and apply vine weevil nematodes in late summer.

Plants wilt and collapse; C-shaped white grubs eat roots; adults notch leaf edges Apply Steinernema kraussei nematodes to moist soil in late summer; use patio plant barrier glue on pot rims

Ripe or near-ripe strawberries hollowed out; irregular holes; slime trails on straw Straw mulch raises fruit off soil; ferric phosphate pellets around rows; night patrols after rain

Ripe fruits pecked and removed; whole crop can be taken overnight Fine-mesh netting supported on hoops over rows; ensure edges are pegged firmly to the ground

Pale silvery speckling on upper leaf surface; bronze colouring; webbing underneath Introduce Phytoseiulus persimilis; avoid overhead watering stress; remove and destroy heavily affected leaves