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Gardening

Raine1967

(11,654 posts) Fri Apr 17, 2015, 04:04 PM Apr 2015

Has anyone had luck with using Milky Spore to rid themselves of grubs? [View all]

Specifically these:

I was prepping spoil for the garden and found a bunch. Went and bought some today and I hope it rids me of these nasty buggers this year.

They wiped out my dukes last year and now I see they are in my main veggie bed.

BOO.

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Has anyone had luck with using Milky Spore to rid themselves of grubs? [View all] Raine1967 Apr 2015 OP

My understanding is they work but alfie Apr 2015 #1

For now, I'm fine with that. Raine1967 Apr 2015 #2

That's what those white suckers are? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #3

They are not cicadas. Raine1967 Apr 2015 #4

My cukes did pooorly last year as well. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #5

Were your plants dying from the ground on up? Raine1967 Apr 2015 #6

A lot of them simply started withering. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #7

We used milky spore a few years ago NEOhiodemocrat Apr 2015 #8