I need to find a fish safe treatment for White Grubs ...
they have trashed my neighbors yard and are working on mine.

My neighbor is an excellent fellow and has told me he will not
spray if I can find a fish safe way to get rid of them.

Please don't say "Get a Skunk" we've been trying that and they
only do a half assed job.

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:01:28 -0400, ajames54™
wrote:
you can use nematodes, these are a biological parisite that eat grubs
I have had moderate to excellent success with them and I am in very
infested area, ps use lots of water on your lawn if restrictions are
not in place they don't like being damp all the time.

I need to find a fish safe treatment for White Grubs ...
they have trashed my neighbors yard and are working on mine.

My neighbor is an excellent fellow and has told me he will not
spray if I can find a fish safe way to get rid of them.

Please don't say "Get a Skunk" we've been trying that and they
only do a half assed job.

"ajames54T" wrote:
I need to find a fish safe treatment for White Grubs ...
Please don't say "Get a Skunk" we've been trying that and they
only do a half assed job.

Get two skunks.

(I couldn't resist.)

Michael Fermanis
New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply)
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milky spore. completely biological. they say application will work for about 20
years. Ingrid

ajames54™ wrote:
I need to find a fish safe treatment for White Grubs ...
they have trashed my neighbors yard and are working on mine.

My neighbor is an excellent fellow and has told me he will not
spray if I can find a fish safe way to get rid of them.

Please don't say "Get a Skunk" we've been trying that and they
only do a half assed job.

Armadillos do a great job on grubs.

Tom L.L.
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"ajames54T" wrote:
I need to find a fish safe treatment for White
Grubs ...
Please don't say "Get a Skunk" we've been
trying that and they
only do a half assed job.

Get two skunks.

(I couldn't resist.)

Michael Fermanis

New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the
RICE to reply)

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Armadillos do a great job on grubs.

Man...someone talked about chipmonks tearing up a liner....I shudder to think
of a lawn or liner.....Jerri

http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond

Jerrispond wrote:
Armadillos do a great job on grubs.


Man...someone talked about chipmonks tearing up a liner....I shudder to think
of a lawn or liner.....Jerri

http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond


--
cleaning the garden the other dzy we found a lot of those whit e grubs
Koi luvvv em




John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico
If it can't be fixed with bailing wire or duct tape
its not worth fixing

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

Ahhhhhh, what is a Grub? Sounds gross!!
Priss
wrote in message
...
milky spore. completely biological. they say application will work for
about 20
years. Ingrid

ajames54T wrote:
I need to find a fish safe treatment for White Grubs ...
they have trashed my neighbors yard and are working on mine.

My neighbor is an excellent fellow and has told me he will not
spray if I can find a fish safe way to get rid of them.

Please don't say "Get a Skunk" we've been trying that and they
only do a half assed job.

Priscilla McCullough wrote:
Ahhhhhh, what is a Grub? Sounds gross!!
Priss
wrote in message
...

milky spore. completely biological. they say application will work for

about 20

years. Ingrid

ajames54T wrote:

I need to find a fish safe treatment for White Grubs ...
they have trashed my neighbors yard and are working on mine.

My neighbor is an excellent fellow and has told me he will not
spray if I can find a fish safe way to get rid of them.

Please don't say "Get a Skunk" we've been trying that and they
only do a half assed job.




A white grub is a larva (I don't remember of what) about 1"
long and 1/4" around. The flickers love to find them in my
yard.

--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

A white grub is a larva (I don't remember of what) about 1"
long and 1/4" around.

The size of the grub is determined by what kind of bug it will be....I have
found them while digging in my yard that were larger than a mans thumb!! Jerri

http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond

you might know em better as cutworms

John Rutz

Priscilla McCullough wrote:
Ahhhhhh, what is a Grub? Sounds gross!!
Priss
wrote in message
...

milky spore. completely biological. they say application will work for

about 20

years. Ingrid

ajames54T wrote:

I need to find a fish safe treatment for White Grubs ...
they have trashed my neighbors yard and are working on mine.

My neighbor is an excellent fellow and has told me he will not
spray if I can find a fish safe way to get rid of them.

Please don't say "Get a Skunk" we've been trying that and they
only do a half assed job.





--





John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico
If it can't be fixed with bailing wire or duct tape
its not worth fixing

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 21:21:21 GMT, wrote:

milky spore. completely biological. they say application will work for about 20
years. Ingrid

Thanks all!

Unfortunately the Milky Spore is not yet approved for use around
here... and the nematodes will be about $80 for enough to cover
our two lawns..

ah well until I can figure out just how illegal it will be to
import the milky spore (1) I'll have to drop the cash.

(1) mostly a joke but you never really know.

"Priscilla McCullough" wrote in message ...
Ahhhhhh, what is a Grub? Sounds gross!!
Priss

They're the larva of the June beetle (those big stupid ugly brown
things that stun themselves flying into porch lights). The grub is a
white fat "worm" up to an inch long, which is found just below the
soil surface. It eats grass roots. If you can stand to dig them up
yourself, I'm sure they make a great treat for your fish (I have a
number of garden pests that I hand-pick and feed to the fish -- *very*
satisfying feeling ;-).

In addition the biological controls already mentioned, I recommend
growing something other than grass -- a monoculture just begs to have
a pest come and eat it. Adding clover seed is good place to start
(but the general stupidity of the whole idea of the modern lawn is a
whole other hobby-horse which I won't ride here ;-).

The big thing I'm worried about this year is West Nile Virus -- not
that I'll get it (I think the health scare is overblown) but that
backyard ponds may be perceived as mosquito breeding grounds, and we
may need to do some fast talking to escape being sprayed or whatever.

-- Steve

Where I live the grubs are usually about 3/16" to 1/4" in diameter and
3/4" to 1" long. They are the larval stage of Japanese beetles. My
only complaint with the skunks is I wish they would replace the divots
when they're done.

"Priscilla McCullough" wrote in message ...
Ahhhhhh, what is a Grub? Sounds gross!!
Priss

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:54:55 -0500, ajames54™ wrote:

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 21:21:21 GMT, wrote:

milky spore. completely biological. they say application will work
for about 20 years. Ingrid

Thanks all!

Unfortunately the Milky Spore is not yet approved for use around
here... and the nematodes will be about $80 for enough to cover our
two lawns..

ah well until I can figure out just how illegal it will be to import
the milky spore (1) I'll have to drop the cash.

(1) mostly a joke but you never really know.

Don't know about Milky Spore, but most things that'll kill the grubs
will do in earthworms, too.
Just FYI.

Cybe R. Wizard

--
Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P.
Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P.
"Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y.
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L