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Helen R · 08-10-2007, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by simon garfield

first off i am new here so hi to all.

I have a question that i hope some of you might be able to help with, over the past few days, it looks like ravens, have been attacking my lawn leaving hugh patches of grass torn up and scatered all over the place. I believe this is because they are after grubs of some sort.

My question is does anyone know of a way to prevent this happening, and what would be the best course of action to replace the bare patches, reseed or place turf in the holes as some are at least 90 sqr cm.

hi to all again and hope to hear from you

Hi Simon

The ravens are most likely to be digging for chafer grubs or leatherjackets (daddy long legs grubs). You can treat before the end of october with a nematode which will usually kill the grubs within 2 or 3 weeks. You may need to retreat next season as well

The damage can be repaired either with turf or by overseeding. Seed will still germinate before winter, but if the temperatures are consistently below 12 degrees C then you'd be best waiting until spring to overseed.