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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2006 Jun. ~ 2006 Dec.: Home & Garden (ARCHIVES): Grubs users admin

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Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 4:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Anyone know if we can get rid of them ourselves or is this better left to a professional? Our lawn is terribly damaged by the drought and grubs. It looks as bas as a lawn can look. Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated!}

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 7:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
Julie, I think it's milky spore stuff that works organically. I had a professional come do ours last year after having a mass amount of the japanese beetles eat their way through a lot of my flowers the summer before. He treated the yard, trees and shrubs for them. We ended up reseeding a lot of our yard last fall.

Graceunderfyre
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01-22-2004

Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Graceunderfyre a private message Print Post    
Julie - here's the advice from the professional - he says that milky spore is great but it takes 2-3 years to really work.

So he suggests buying something like Ortho 1 Year Grub Plan and putting it down yourself before the long weekend (or else it'll be too late). This will cut the grub population down significantly for this year. Wait a couple of months and then put down the milky spore. Hopefully the combo will cut the population down to a bareable amount that next year you won't have to do anything. And then in a few years they'll be gone. He says the milky spore will last 10-15 years and your neighbors will probably reap the benefits too :-) Hope that helps, email if you have more questions!

Graceunderfyre
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01-22-2004

Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Graceunderfyre a private message Print Post    
btw, DH says to read the label to see how long before you can allow children and pets on the yard - he says to always give it 24 hours before allowing them to play on the Ortho stuff (the milky spore is organic and is safe to play on). Sometimes the label will say longer. . . in either case, he suggests doing the front and back yards on different days because of that.

AND he says, the Grub stuff will also kill the Japanese Beetle population this year - at least in your yard :-)