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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
697 Posts
Emily
Chambersburg
PA
USA
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 Posted - Apr 22 2010 : 10:49:51 AM
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I am pretty sure we have grubs, they are green or brown and they live in the sod. Now here are my questions, are they harmful? Are they okay for my plants? Are they bad if they get in my composte heep? If so is there a farmgirl/organic/cheap way to get rid of them
Thanks yall
Em
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Apr 22 2010 : 8:53:57 PM
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I don't know if they're harmful to the soil, but don't grubs attract moles? I once had moles in my yard and I used an organic treatment to get rid of the grubs, which got rid of the moles. Can't remember the name of the product--it came in a long tube and you dusted it onto the lawn at even intervals. Wish I could remember the name of it....
Cindy
"There is more to life than increasing its speed". Mahatma Gandhi
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2010 : 9:29:39 PM
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most grubs are a bad thing. good thing is you can get rid of them with natural predaters. i believe it is called milk7 spore disease. you put it put it on lawn and grubs die. safe for pets kids cows etc. sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
1406 Posts
Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
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Posted - Apr 23 2010 : 08:16:12 AM
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My chicken favorite treat is grub worms, but they can't eat enough to get rid of the moles. I might try that milk 7, thanks for the idea, Carol
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
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TeresaJ25
True Blue Farmgirl
975 Posts
Teresa
Medford
NY
USA
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Posted - Apr 23 2010 : 7:29:50 PM
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Whenever I'm digging around in the garden, and happen to spot a grub, I put it in a cup. When I'm all done, I take my little collection of grubs and put it out by the bird feeder. My robins go crazy for that little pile of grubs!
~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348
*Anyone can criticize and complain and predict doom and gloom.
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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
697 Posts
Emily
Chambersburg
PA
USA
697 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2010 : 12:54:04 PM
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Thank you girls, I found probably two dozen in planting my new gardens, digging up the sod and I will get some nice organic stuff online to get rid of them. Any suggestions?
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See my custom costumes, download free patterns, and hear some spook EVPs from Gettysburg, PA on my site, www.alterationsbyemily.com |
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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
697 Posts
Emily
Chambersburg
PA
USA
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