How to eradicate Grub worms from you yard

[okievarmint]

I do have a way to water but that would take alot of laudry detergent wouldn't it? How heavey would i need to apply it?

Oops! Sorry. Spread lightly till you can just see it. About a fourth of fertilizer rate. I have a larger area than you, and it really doesn't take that much. It really works.

 

[338Shooter]

I like the Seven idea. I would enjoy the little bastages coming to the surface and suffering to death.

 

[gaseous maximus]

Moles work for us, aerate and loosen the soil also.

 

[Hump66]

I like the Seven idea. I would enjoy the little bastages coming to the surface and suffering to death.

This might cure my annoying bird problems too.

 

[dcmtex]

I've always gone after the grubs to run the moles off. No food, no moles. The bags of Sevin (Seven) were cheapest at Atwoods. It does kill the grubs. Good luck!

 

[Perplexed]

Man, some of you guys are quick to poison your lawn. The nematode idea is better than spreading pesticides, IMHO.

 

[CHenry]

Googled to this:

http://pestcontroloptions.com/grubs/natural-lawn-grub-control/natural-lawn-grub-control

As BB said....nematodes.

I read this and it says to apply the nematodes and then keep the lawn wet for 3 days... I can't imagine trying to do that on 1.5 acres. I wonder if I can just treat the effected areas that I know have a heavy population of grubs and then they will reproduce and spread to other areas on their own?
I had no idea a Grub Worm was a june bug larve? I have some HUGE junebugs every year and lots of them...also have plenty of fat toads that hang around the lights and gorge on june bugs...lol. So if I introduce nematoeds then the toads will suffer a food chain interuption? LOL

 

[Cedar Creek]

My solution is a herd of armadillers rooting up my yard hunting grubworms. Also gives me a reason to be out in the middle of the night with a light and shotgun trying to kill the armadillers! Fortunately my neighbor has been real successful in killing several this year.

Do you have 'dillers digging up your yard? If so - that is what they are after.

Good Luck!

Cedar Creek

 

[dcmtex]

The poison worked for my yard.

This year I'm being invaded by the Cicada killer wasps. They are burrowing like crazy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHOTx6ybKRQ

 

[Erick]

I didn't know until recently that grubs are the larvae version of June Bugs. I guess having a bunch flying around in the evening is a good sign on grub problems.