Lawn Care Advice

[tattoobob]

I have to buy System 4 twice because my yard is so big, that would be 300 bucks, plus all the time I spend spreading it, pulling up weeds, and crabgrass. it is 8 applications at 10 for the first and 35 each after that. comes to 255, next year it will be 280

I told him I will try it for a year if it doesn't improve I will try Lesco products, but I think thats what they use

[rockfisherman]

There's been some discussion on using Milky Spore to control grubs, so here's WIKI:

After researching this on the web, the consensus of the extension programs is that Milky Spore controls Japanese Beetle grubs only. Various vendor websites claim that it controls the other grub species as well, but I have not found cooperative extension research that confirms this.

http://www.ladybug.uconn.edu/WhiteGrubs.htm

In my little corner of South County, RI, 90 % of the grubs are Oriental Beetle. Maybe 4 % are Asiatic Beetle, and 4 % are Japanese Beetle, and 2 % covers the rest.

I'd like to try Milky Spore to control the Oriental Beetles, but I can't find any scientific research to back it up. If someone knows of a scientific study of Milky Spore and Oriental Beetles, I would like to hear about it.

[tattoobob]

Yeah I would never pay that much, I don't even mulch every year, I just turn it over. if it wasn't under 300 I wouldn't even think of it.