Do you think the grubs will be out early this year due to all the warm
weather?
How do you treat for grubs?
Where can one get the best products to treat for grubs - I hate them as they
destroy my lawn and plants.
Also, snails and slugs chew my poor flowers!

"Justin Wilson" wrote in message
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Do you think the grubs will be out early this year due to all the warm
weather?
How do you treat for grubs?
Where can one get the best products to treat for grubs - I hate them as
they destroy my lawn and plants.
Also, snails and slugs chew my poor flowers!

Best treatment for grubs is beneficial nematodes. If you want to treat for
grubs wait until about 4 weeks after you see the Jun bugs and then put the
nematodes down. The grubs you find now have done all the damage they will
do. It is the new hatch in the spring that eats the roots. You can use a
bug bait for the slugs and snails. Green Light makes a good one which will
also take care of the pill bugs.

Good Luck.

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"Cliff" wrote:

"Justin Wilson" wrote in message
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Do you think the grubs will be out early this year due to all the warm
weather?
How do you treat for grubs?
Where can one get the best products to treat for grubs - I hate them as
they destroy my lawn and plants.
Also, snails and slugs chew my poor flowers!

Best treatment for grubs is beneficial nematodes. If you want to treat for
grubs wait until about 4 weeks after you see the Jun bugs and then put the
nematodes down. The grubs you find now have done all the damage they will
do. It is the new hatch in the spring that eats the roots. You can use a
bug bait for the slugs and snails. Green Light makes a good one which will
also take care of the pill bugs.

Good Luck.

Pill bugs are harmless for the most part... Just don't let any veggies
touch the ground.

For slugs and snails, Dark Ale.

Worked far better for us than cheap beer. They seemed to prefer the
Irish Ale.

I'm not kidding. ;-)
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:30:46 -0600, Omelet
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For slugs and snails, Dark Ale.

Worked far better for us than cheap beer. They seemed to prefer the
Irish Ale.

I'm not kidding. ;-)

The more yeast the more you attract them. That's what they go for.

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Jangchub wrote:

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:30:46 -0600, Omelet
wrote:
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For slugs and snails, Dark Ale.

Worked far better for us than cheap beer. They seemed to prefer the
Irish Ale.

I'm not kidding. ;-)

The more yeast the more you attract them. That's what they go for.

The discovery was actually accidental...

I don't drink beer, dad does. We were out of the cheap stuff for snail
bait in the dishes, so he put out what he had in the 'frige.

I swear it attracted at least 3 times as many slugs as the Dos Equis did!

Dad commented that slugs just had good taste. G
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In article ,
Jangchub wrote:

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:30:46 -0600, Omelet
wrote:
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For slugs and snails, Dark Ale.

Worked far better for us than cheap beer. They seemed to prefer the
Irish Ale.

I'm not kidding. ;-)

The more yeast the more you attract them. That's what they go for.

The discovery was actually accidental...

I don't drink beer, dad does. We were out of the cheap stuff for snail
bait in the dishes, so he put out what he had in the 'frige.

I swear it attracted at least 3 times as many slugs as the Dos Equis did!

Dad commented that slugs just had good taste. G
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Nicholson

Does the beer just attract them, or does it also get rid of them?
I wonder if they like hops? As an IPA drinker, I could put down some Dog
Fish Head 90 min IPA!

Cliff's first response was spot on. Beneficial nematodes. But WOW, what a
thread. Maybe it's just that things are finally warming up and people are
crawling out from under their rocks to get involved in the discussion, or
maybe.....MORE BEER!
"Justin Wilson" wrote in message
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Do you think the grubs will be out early this year due to all the warm
weather?
How do you treat for grubs?
Where can one get the best products to treat for grubs - I hate them as
they destroy my lawn and plants.
Also, snails and slugs chew my poor flowers!

Nothing like mentioning possum in the company of a Yankee to get the
conversation going......
Almost like saying Ginger?...or Marianne?.........
or Star Trek?........or Babylon 5?.......

I'm kinda liking the Ellie May versus the buttons thread drift myself...

"Vern" wrote in message
nk.net...
Cliff's first response was spot on. Beneficial nematodes. But WOW, what
a
thread. Maybe it's just that things are finally warming up and people are
crawling out from under their rocks to get involved in the discussion, or
maybe.....MORE BEER!

"Justin Wilson" wrote in message
...
Do you think the grubs will be out early this year due to all the warm
weather?
How do you treat for grubs?
Where can one get the best products to treat for grubs - I hate them as
they destroy my lawn and plants.
Also, snails and slugs chew my poor flowers!

Hey, I didn't burn Tara down!

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 21:12:31 -0600, "cat daddy"
wrote:

Nothing like mentioning possum in the company of a Yankee to get the
conversation going......
Almost like saying Ginger?...or Marianne?.........
or Star Trek?........or Babylon 5?.......

I'm kinda liking the Ellie May versus the buttons thread drift myself...

"Vern" wrote in message
ink.net...
Cliff's first response was spot on. Beneficial nematodes. But WOW, what
a
thread. Maybe it's just that things are finally warming up and people are
crawling out from under their rocks to get involved in the discussion, or
maybe.....MORE BEER!

"Justin Wilson" wrote in message
...
Do you think the grubs will be out early this year due to all the warm
weather?
How do you treat for grubs?
Where can one get the best products to treat for grubs - I hate them as
they destroy my lawn and plants.
Also, snails and slugs chew my poor flowers!

"Steve Wertz" wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:35:01 GMT, Justin Wilson wrote:

How do you treat for grubs?

Armadillos, of course. I've seen 4 in the yard in daytime this
weekend. Which is usually my daytime-armadillo quota for the
year.


That is what I use too. Helps with aeration as well.

"charliekilo" wrote in message
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"Steve Wertz" wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:35:01 GMT, Justin Wilson wrote:

How do you treat for grubs?

Armadillos, of course. I've seen 4 in the yard in daytime this
weekend. Which is usually my daytime-armadillo quota for the
year.


That is what I use too. Helps with aeration as well.

Wow,......... we only get possums for core aeration and I have yet to see
them doing it, despite being up at all hours.

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:51:52 -0600, "cat daddy"
wrote:


Wow,......... we only get possums for core aeration and I have yet to see
them doing it, despite being up at all hours.


My poor guy who lived in our yard for almost seven years, way beyond
life expectancy has died. He came up near the house to die. Every
night at about ten the neighbors dog would "woof" and I knew the
opossum was out there, and he was. That's when they emerge, about
ten.

"Jangchub" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:51:52 -0600, "cat daddy"
wrote:


Wow,......... we only get possums for core aeration and I have yet to
see
them doing it, despite being up at all hours.


My poor guy who lived in our yard for almost seven years, way beyond
life expectancy has died. He came up near the house to die. Every
night at about ten the neighbors dog would "woof" and I knew the
opossum was out there, and he was. That's when they emerge, about
ten.

I remember you talking about your opossum....... Until I got a dog, I
always had at least one come in the cat door at night for years (two
different houses). The cats ignored him/her, "I don't see that giant
mouse...". They have very soft fur, btw, and don't seem to mind being petted
after awhile......

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:01:26 -0600, "cat daddy"
wrote:


I remember you talking about your opossum....... Until I got a dog, I
always had at least one come in the cat door at night for years (two
different houses). The cats ignored him/her, "I don't see that giant
mouse...". They have very soft fur, btw, and don't seem to mind being petted
after awhile......


I did some reading about them and they are smarter than dogs and are
more in line with the intelligence of pigs, which is rather
intelligent. I miss our little guy.

Victoria

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:18:24 -0600, Steve Wertz
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:51:52 -0600, cat daddy wrote:

Wow,......... we only get possums for core aeration and I have yet to see
them doing it, despite being up at all hours.

I'd bet those are armadillos, not possums. Possums aren't
diggers.

-sw

They are opossum, not possum.