Grubex in bulk form??

[Newblue]

I need to spread grubex or like product over 4 acres. According to the package I would need 40 - 15 lb bags or 600lbs. Is there anyplace I can buy grub killer granuals in bulk. The hopper on my spreader will hold 500 lbs so adding 15 lbs bags at a time does not appeal to me. Also each 15 lb bag is $20. If I can buy in bulk hopefully the cost would go down. Thank you ahead of time for any help.

Mike

 

[TBDonnelly]

Look at this. 'Merit'. Comes in thirty pound bags. Would take approximately 9 bags to do 4 acres.

http://catalog.ehgriffith.com/info.php/cPath/30_435/products_id/2560

Don

 

[Newblue]

Thank you Don. I wonder what the price is on 30lb bag of Merit Grub killer? I tried to log in to that site and get a price but it kept running me in a circle. That stuff looks exactly like what I want.

Mike

 

[TBDonnelly]

Once you register and login.......it's working for me. You save about $10.00 on the 30 pound bag. Price comes down to $90.60

Don

 

[Schultz]

On a slightly different subject but related to grub treatment. My lawn is riddled with grubs that kill the grass, but worse yet is my dog that digs up all the moles in my 4 acre lawn.

So I too want to curb the grubs and moles. However does the grub treatment kill beneficial worms like red leaf worms, night crawlers, firefly larva, etc, or does it target specific species?

Tim

 

[Newblue]

I have read on the Scotts Grubex bag that it targets only certain types of grubs. I too have the mole/dog problem that I am treating the grubs for. Unfortunately the dog is not mine but a neighbors that will not keep it a home. After the fourth time finding the holes in my yard and asking them to keep the dog at home I stepped in one and twisted my ankle. Next hole animal control will be called.

Mike

 

[Panache]

Try "milky spore". It is a disease of the grubs. High initial cost but it keeps working for up to 20 years. It affects only grubs when they ingest it. I used it after I bought a new house and could lift the yard like a rug. It does not kill all, just controls them.

 

[Schultz]

Thanks guy's. I'll check out the Scott's and Milky spore.

Any advice on how to train the dog to fill in and level her holes when's she's done?

 

[Panache]

I would be happy if I could get her to dig on command at a particular location. Much easier putting the dirt back in the hole than getting it out in the first palce. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[ToadHill]

Milky Spore is a great product but it will not survive a northern winter. Merit in a 50 lb bag covers about 15.000 sq. ft. so you will need about 3 bags per acre. Cost from Lesco was about $65 last year.
In some areas Merit is a restricted use product and you need a pesticide license to purchase it.

 

[klm]

Wish my neighbor had a dog like that. I would be glad to follow him and fill the holes.

 

[Schultz]

I can get her to dig on command by just pointing to the mole line in the grass, but if my wife catches me doing that I get yelled at by her for encouraging it.

That's how it all got started. I had a shovel and the dog was following me to the garden (she was 6mth Ger. Short Hair puppy) I saw the mole trail and dug it up a little and showed her the hole. She got a smell and has been digging and killing moles for nine years. Little did I know what it was going to turn into, if I could get her to stop I would. I think the first year she killed 50+ moles. She can even find them the early part of winter before it freezes the ground with snow cover. She walks slowly and listens for them, when she hears them she's starts digging. The population has been curbed since then, now it's only 10-20 a year, but I think she's upset the natural balance. I've got big patches of dead grass from grubs, I've got grubs like you wouldn't believe.

 

[forgeblast]

Gardens Alive also have a product to kill grubs. its biological product that you add to water and the little neimatodes go and kill the grubs for years. i sprayed it two years ago, and those spots are still great, my parents also did and their grass is finally coming back in areas that could never hold grass.
There are two types also one for the north and one for the south, the south one also kills some mole crickets(?) not sure what they are.
ps the easiest way to spray the neimatodes is to get a water gun, i then pin point the areas. plus its fun /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif, safe for pets too!!
forgeblast

 

[awlchu]

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This brings back old memories of my dog, a Brittney. He would find moles and with his front K9 teeth grap the mole's neck and break it (by shaking it). I was lucky he would find them above the ground.

A natural way of eliminating moles.