Grubs might be the cause. They eat grass roots, so the grass can’t absorb water from the soil. If you want to save your landscape, you have to learn how to get rid of grubs in your lawn. To tackle the problem,
This can be a problem when trying to mow the lawn, but in most cases that is a minor inconvenience. Ants even fertilize your plants. It has now been shown that ant excrement provides the plant with nutrients. Fire ants do bite and sting. It certainly makes sense getting rid of these ...
Grubs tend to hide beneath the upper soil surface, making them difficult to detect. But if you have large patches of brown grass or mole tunnels throughout your lawn, garden or flowerbeds, rest assured you have grubs! Grubs usually reside 2-4 inches deep in the soil. Dig the soil up t...
Milky Spore, a natural product available at most general stores, can be an excellent way to combat garden grubs naturally. The milky spore works by infecting grubs with bacteria that will ultimately kill them off. Unfortunately this method takes a couple of years before taking effect; so if yo...
There are a number of ways to deal with Japanese beetle grubs naturally:Beneficial nematodes: Spray your lawn and garden with beneficial nematodes for natural, biological control of Japanese beetles. Nematodes seek out grubs (and over 200 other pests that live in the soil) and kill them. This...
First come the Japanese beetle grubs (larvae), which damage grass when overwintering in the soil. The grubs feast on the roots of lawn grasses and garden plants. This can cause brown patches of dead or dying grass to form in the lawn, which will pull up easily thanks to the weakened ...
Garden ants are more of a nuisance than a real problem and they rarely damage plants directly. Ants in the house are unwelcome visitors. The lifespan of a queen ant is up to 15 years. Of the 11,000 species of ants in the world, an incredible 1,275 can be found in Australia. It...
Got grubs, armyworms, or cutworms in your lawn and garden? We’ll explain how to use beneficial nematodes for pest control so you can get rid of these and more than 200 other soil-dwelling pests. Beneficial nematodes are one of the bestorganic pest control optionsout there, and they’re...
Many species of wild animals also will eat Japanese beetles. Wild birds known to eat these beetles includerobins, cat birds and cardinals. Mammals – namely opossums, raccoons, skunks, moles and shrews — will eat beetle grubs, but you can also expect them to dig up your lawn in the ...
Fungus Gnats larvae feed on the plants as they grow. Since they grow in the ground, they can only feed on plant roots, often slowly killing a plant when infestations re-occur. These types of gnats don’t kill large plants as the younger plants tend to be the most impacted when their ...