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Gardening

Curmudgeoness

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7. I like the idea of using biotics to kill the grubs.

Reply to elleng (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 8, 2015, 08:53 PM

Jul 2015

I have always wondered how many of the beetles in my yard were grubs in my yard. How far do they travel? The three years that it took my rose roots to produce a plant again were three years without any Japanese beetles in my yard, so they went somewhere else, and they came back from somewhere else. I am not sure how this would work, but it is worth a try.

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I appear to have Japanese Beetles on/around one of my rose bushes [View all] elleng Jul 2015 OP

I catch them and crush them instantly. eom roody Jul 2015 #1

Thanks, elleng Jul 2015 #2

Shake them into a jar of soapy water. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2015 #3

Thanks, lots of good info. elleng Jul 2015 #4

I use the jar of soapy water as well. Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #5

Mine are in containers so wouldn't have problem destroying them, Curmudge, elleng Jul 2015 #6

I like the idea of using biotics to kill the grubs. Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #7

LOTS more info here: elleng Jul 2015 #8