Raccoons prefer to dip their food in water, so getting rid of possible water sources in your lawn will make your property less hospitable to raccoons and encourage them to go somewhere else. 6. Treat your lawn for grubs Have raccoons been digging holes in your lawn? They’re probably huntin...
Chemical grub control should be your last resort. Choose an insecticide with the active ingredientscarbarylortrichlorfonand apply it only when you know you have many active grubs in your lawn. Typically, grubs are young and actively feeding close to the soil surface in late July to early Septemb...
Attracting songbirds such as robins can also help keep grubs at bay; their natural predators will help control them. While this approach may take time before it bears any fruitful results. In addition to birdlife attraction, mulching your garden with organic matter and fertilizing its soil will a...
How to Control Lime Flux, White Grubs and Eriophyid MitesQ: I just moved to the Tucson area and in the front yard is avery large mesquite tree that has...Warren, Peter
As skunks love to find lots of grubs in your garden, one of the best preventative methods is to treat your lawn so that you get rid of their favorite snacks. Spray your lawn with milky spore disease or beneficial nematodes. This will also help to controlJapanese beetlelarvae, so it’s ...
How to get rid of moles using mole baits Bromethalin is the neurotoxin most often used in mole baits. Like common mouse poisons, it’s alsotoxic to petsand other wildlife. Mole baits infused with bromethalin are often shaped like earthworms or grubs in an attempt to trick the mole into ...
While scientists are working on a long-term solution, woodpeckers are busy rooting out the insect’s grubs, which bury themselves beneath the trees’ bark, feeding on cambium. It’s been purported a single woodpecker can eat as much as 85 percent of an infested tree’s EAB population, ...
the solution may be that they will eat not only your roots and the grubs that live around them. Skunks eat anything. They just like to get their meals the easy way. So, one way of getting rid of them may be poisonous pellets, but poisoning is not what most people would want to do...
An average sized lawn is 5,000 square feet, so that is 25,000 grubs! It’s not possible to kill all the grubs, even if you resort to using a chemical that sits on the lawn for months. Using a natural suppression treatment, like our Organic Grub Control, is a good idea to minimize...
Moles are carnivorous, so they eat insects, grubs, or worms—not your plants. Despite this, moles’ digging can damage your garden and lawn. Here are tips on how to identify, deter, and control moles. What Are Moles? Moles are small insectivorous mammals from the familyTalpidae.They are ...