On 6/25/04 4:21 PM, in article
, "germ"
wrote:

I moved this year and the new house had a poor lawn. I have much
improved it but I am having grub problems. I have tried 3 of the
products now in the stores: season lawn control, triacide?, and sevin.
None have worked, peel up a patch of sod and I still see live grubs
each time!

Diazanon worked without fail in the past but is now unavailable. Any
suggestions for something that really works. (Other than a 55 gal
drum of Malathion concentrate applied directly. That is what the guy
at the local home center jokenly reccommended.)

Jim
Hi Jim
I have read all the posts to date and found them interesting. I have an
experience with lawn larvae-leather jackets we call them here in BC, Canada.
The ads on TV and radio told us that we had to use this that and the
other thing to get rid of these nasty grubs or they will kill our lawns. So
I thought I should try them...(damn, I got sucked in again)!
But, I had some resistance to the use of pesticides so thought I will do
my own experiment. I sprayed only half of my lawn.
Almost instantly, I saw some results...birds! They were eating the grubs
that were affected by the application of that pesticide. I ran out and tried
to chase them away but when I returned to the house, back they would come.
I can only imagine the affect this pesticide would have on their young.
There was no difference between the sprayed lawn and the unsprayed
lawn!!!!!! I have never used that baby bird killer product since!
I have no idea what the problem is with your lawn. How many more
pesticides are there that you could use? Maybe you should try dynamite. It
probably won't solve the problem either but maybe the noise will make you
happy.
And as far as the 'harmful' larvae, well, give the birds a chance...
Trusting Nature is not like trusting your local politician...Nature does not
lie.
Gary
Fort Langley, BC
Canada