Well, I'm concerned. Not because I have 3 of Mike's pups here from 2013 (which were stunted during my transient time but are doing beautifully now that they're in their permanent home) but because I'm hoping to someday make a trip to meet him and perhaps bring home a few more. I found this:
Management
Plant only healthy plant material, do not plant if any tunnels are visible; hot water treatment of clean trimmed suckers can be used to kill off many eggs and grubs; applications of neem powder can reduce weevil numbers; appropriate insecticides applied at time of planting can help control weevil numbers.
From this:
https://www.plantvillage.com/en/topi...es_propagation
PR, are you recommending "bathing" pups? And what insecticides do you suggest?
I've never used more than dish liquid spray (SunLight is best but no longer available) and diatomaceous earth on pests in my gardens
unless there was an uncontrollable outbreak of nasty bugs (then Sevin or Malation--judiciously and maybe 5x in 30+ years). Why never Neem? I guess I didn't realize what it was. Need to buy some; FL has really nasty "invisible to me" insects. (Not the damage...)