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arabella
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response 162 of 172:
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Apr 23 23:25 UTC 1999 |
Our grass (and weeds) definitely need mowing, but it's way too
wet to mow, alas. We have a low spot in the yard that is acting
like a miniature swamp right now. Should dry up by tomorrow,
though, so maybe we will mow then.
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scott
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response 163 of 172:
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Apr 24 13:01 UTC 1999 |
Wow, I've noticed lots of grub damage this spring. How did you guys fare?
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n8nxf
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response 164 of 172:
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Apr 26 11:01 UTC 1999 |
Yes, there has been a lot of grub damage this spring. My parents thought
the crows were doing it by pulling out the grass in their yard but I
showed them the grubs and told them the crows were going after them.
We had a smallish invasion in the strip between the curb and sidewalk.
The kids and I raked through it with small gardening tools and found
several hundred grubs. Do these things multiply or is it just part of
the life-cycle for some insect? I imaging some insect lays the eggs
and this year a lot of the hatchings survived.
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rcurl
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response 165 of 172:
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Apr 26 15:03 UTC 1999 |
No, grubs don't "multiply". I think most are beetle larvae - June Beetles,
perhaps.
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remmers
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response 166 of 172:
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Apr 26 18:14 UTC 1999 |
Re resp:162 - Although the grass was a bit damp, last Wednesday I
decided the front lawn was getting just too shaggy and mowed it anyway.
And now it needs another. Is there no end to this madness?
Speaking of madness, it will soon be time to give the lawn its spring
Grandma Putt treatment. See resp:0 for the recipe.
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arabella
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response 167 of 172:
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Apr 28 03:38 UTC 1999 |
You could rip out the lawn and plant low-maintenance groundcovers.
That would end the madness.
What does grub damage look like? I don't know if we have any.
I did find a grub when I was weeding my perennial border
(and squished it with my shovel). Most lawn grubs are
the larvae of japanese beetles. They can be controlled with
applications of milky spore disease (I believe it's some kind
of bacterium or other organism that kills the grubs, but doesn't
harm earthworms and other good bugs).
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mary
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response 168 of 172:
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Apr 28 11:58 UTC 1999 |
We are fortunate not to have a problem with grubs. They don't
seem to like the radioactivity from the Melorganite. What
a relief, eh? ;-)
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remmers
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response 169 of 172:
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Apr 29 12:09 UTC 1999 |
(Reports of radioactivity in our lawn are greatly exaggerated... ;-)
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md
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response 170 of 172:
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Apr 29 14:17 UTC 1999 |
(Do you know that for a fact?)
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remmers
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response 171 of 172:
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Aug 8 01:18 UTC 2000 |
I would like to announce that in just a couple of
weeks we will be moving out of our house and into
a condominium, where Big Brother (aka the "condo-
minium association") does all the lawn care. I
have mowed my last lawn. It's over, finnissimo,
done. You may express your congratulations or
condolances, whichever seems appropriate.
Actually, I'm quite happy about the change. But,
obviously, I will have little more to say about
lawn care.
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rcurl
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response 172 of 172:
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Aug 8 03:59 UTC 2000 |
So what will you do with your special lawn elixir? Bottle it and sell it
for sexual disfunction?
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