Grubs keep gardeners awake at night. Their favorite place to feed is the roots of plants, which quickly damages them and leads to their death. How to fight them? Is there an effective way to get rid of grubs in the garden?
Got yellow spots on your lawn? Be careful, because grubs may have made their home in the garden
The grub is the larval form of the beetle. Beetles lay their eggs in the ground, and from them hatch larvae, which over time transform into grubs. They are characterized by a brown head and a body length of up to three centimeters. While in the soil, they feed on the roots – they gnaw on them, which causes them to slowly wither, because the roots are unable to absorb water and nutrients.
How to check if grubs are the culprits of our damaged ones? The first herald of the presence of grubs is the presence of May beetles. If we see them around our house, they have certainly laid eggs in the soil and in the next year we may have a problem with grubs. An additional symptom of their presence is yellow grass, dry patches on the lawn and drying and even dying plants.
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How to get rid of grubs? There are several ways
Home remedies can effectively discourage grubs from living in our garden. Here are a few of them.
- Repellent plants – onion, alfalfa, mustard, buckwheat. Grubs do not like these plants, and planting them on the plot will help scare them away.
- Lure them with lettuce. Grubs love this vegetable, so planting them in one place in the garden will effectively distract them from other plants.
- Potato tubers. As in the case of lettuce, grubs like to nibble on potato tubers. If you place them in several places on the plot, they will abandon other plants in favor of a potato that is tasty for them.
- Tansy slurry. Mix 1 kg of tansy leaves with 10 liters of water and leave for 2 weeks to water the plants with the fermented mixture. However, remember to dilute it with water in a ratio of 1:20 before use.
Source: Gazeta
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