Thread: Treating my lawn for Japanese beetle grubs worth it?
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Old 27-07-2010, 02:23 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Treating my lawn for Japanese beetle grubs worth it?
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Bert Hyman wrote:

Japanese beetles have finally obtained enough of a presence in Minnesota
that they're now decimating our shrub roses. Fortunately, they don't seem
to be interested in anything else we're growing.

Would treating my own lawn for beetle grubs be worth the effort, or would I
still be afflicted by the beetles hatching from my neighbor's lawns?

DON"T place any traps about your yard. You know the yellow with
attractant. They do attract.

http://www.amazon.com/Milky-Spore-40.../dp/B000BX4VHE

Takes time but works.

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