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Gardening

Raine1967

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4. They are not cicadas.

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 17, 2015, 08:30 PM

Apr 2015

I thought they were (nasty as well) cutworms…

These little bastahds are worse than cicada's. They eat the roots of grass and the garden plantings. I am normally all peace and love and stuff — but these things are getting squashed when I find them.

and when I don't — they are gonna chow down on the milky spore.

I really hope this works. I had a tough enough time last year watching my cukes wither away. seeing them in my main garden ben, well that is bug too far.

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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