wildflowerpa Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 How can Iget rid of grub worms? I can't use beer but I have heard that it works. I would like something non toxic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickDraw Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I bought a powder at Hanzely's nursery. Those little buggers were eating the roots of my bushes and they didn't grow for a year or two. Yikes. I sprinkled some of that powder in the dirt and haven't had a problem since. It is supposed to last 6 or 7 years too, I think. Good luck. P.S. Maybe dig them up for fishing bait? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Do you mean slugs? That is what beer works on. You can use diatomceous earth or ashes around the plants. That cedar mulch works as well. They supposedly won't crawl across a ring of copper wire either. If you mean grubs, as in Japanese beetle grubs, you want to get the lawn treatment stuff that has the milky spore bacteria in it. It takes a few years but it rids you of the grubs and the adult beetles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracy96 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I use a pet friendly snail and slug bait. It works really well on my dalia's (sp) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildflowerpa Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 there is no way I am picking those things up for fishing. I'll stick to worms. lol My dughter used beer for grubs and it worked for her. They were definately grubs. They are most hidious things I've ever seen. yuk yuk yuk!!!!! Thanks for the suggestions though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slk59 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Epsom salts work great on slugs. Sprinkle directly and watch them melt - kind of like the wicked witch on Wizard of Oz. I'm not usually cruel but those things are plain gross and devour my flowers worse than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klsm54 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Grub Grubs do most of their work below ground, where they live through that stage of their life. Slug Slugs are not burrowers, they attack plants, and fruit, above ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Gross and grosser! Wonder what grossest would be? I know table salt dissolves slugs. Epsom salts is a new one. You can set up a slug ambush by putting a flower pot or rock in the problem area. They will crawl under it to get out of the sun. They you come by with your Epsom salts and its, "I'm melting, I'm melting!" This is all-out war with no Geneva Convention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 I had friend who would go out into her garden at night with a flashlight and find them in droves. She had a knife she reserved specially for her night time jaunts but sometimes she bagged hundreds. That's when they are mainly out feeding and you can see them easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSTeach Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 My mil does the bowls of beer for the slugs. It seems to work pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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