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Northville Ny

While burying vines I noticed some white grubs in the soil.Are they bad for my patch? If so, what do I do?

6/27/2009 7:44:10 PM

Farmville, Virginia (mfowler@hsc.edu)

Grubs feed on plant roots. Many garden centers have a product called "GrubX" (or variations of it). It is granular form. I guess you could sprinkle that on the soil around your vines. Once it get wet it activates in the soil. I always put down an application of this before planting time. I have been told that the plant will actually intake the product and help fight the squash vine borer. Anyone else heard that?

6/27/2009 8:04:17 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

Active ingredient of GrubX is imadicloprid (Merit) so it will help with other bugs including borers.

6/28/2009 9:57:37 AM

Northville Ny

I have been using Merit 75 as a drench for an insecticide.Every 14 days I re-apply. Should I use grub X where the plant is headed?

6/28/2009 12:07:22 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

See the other post under new growers.

6/28/2009 3:16:26 PM