Grubs In Vegetable Garden Soil

Sometimes the best way to get rid of lawn grubs is to keep them out of your soil in the first place.

Grubs in vegetable garden soil.

At some point or another it s inevitable for a gardener to run into white grubs in garden plants or wriggling around in the soil. Grubs look a bit like white caterpillars usually just beneath the top layer of soil in a garden. Once they become a bit bigger white grubs will feed on grassroots as well as roots of vegetables and flowers. To offset the damage caused by the grub worms keep your vegetable garden or lawn watered.

The fleshy white pests not only look gross but they can also. In the late stages white curl grubs tend to cause the most damage to lawns and garden beds as this is the time when they re feeding the most. Beyond garden soil grubs are commonly found in grass lawns. That means targeting the adult beetles before they have a chance to lay their eggs.

How to kill grubs in a vegetable garden. Grassy patches attract the adult beetles that lay the eggs which later turn into grubs. Remove all lawn grass and grassy weeds from in and around your vegetable. Till the garden soil every spring and fall.

Beneficial nematodes are most effective against white grubs in the summer and early fall and requires soil temperatures above 60 degrees. So when i loosen the soil in my veggie garden in the spring i leave the grubs on the surface for the birds to get. When they are in their adult beetle form they are dealt with just like any other above ground garden bugs. That said once they go through metamorphosis they very well may damage your plants.

In their earliest phase grubs feed on decaying organic matter. In my experience the grubs will not be a problem in the veggie garden. A grub infestation in lawn creates dead patches of grass that stay yellow and sad looking no matter how much water or care the area receives. This may be something to consider as you wrap up your vegetable garden in the late summer.

They range in size from 1 2 inch to 2 inches long and look nearly identical whether they re the. This is probably the best long term solution you have. Use a spade for small garden areas or a mechanical tiller if you re managing a large garden plot. The challenge though is that the timing for beneficial nematodes is not optimum.

Robins and other songbirds love grub worms.