Hi all,
I'm turning a neglected, grassy garden into a veg plot, and while digging out the beds I've found a lot of cockchafer grubs (and a few adults). They're horrible-looking, but from looking around the web I find that they eat roots (particularly grasses, which is a threat to my green manure - forage rye, and potatoes), which I was hoping to plant next year.
Question is, can I get rid of them? The only pesticide I found mentioned is implicated in bee colony collapse, so that's out of the question (I'd much rather use organic methods, but I'd prepared to use pesticides if they don't poison other species.)
In general, how much of a problem are they going to be? Is it a few specific crops that I'll have to forget about, or will they munch anything and everything?
Any advice much appreciated.
I'm turning a neglected, grassy garden into a veg plot, and while digging out the beds I've found a lot of cockchafer grubs (and a few adults). They're horrible-looking, but from looking around the web I find that they eat roots (particularly grasses, which is a threat to my green manure - forage rye, and potatoes), which I was hoping to plant next year.
Question is, can I get rid of them? The only pesticide I found mentioned is implicated in bee colony collapse, so that's out of the question (I'd much rather use organic methods, but I'd prepared to use pesticides if they don't poison other species.)
In general, how much of a problem are they going to be? Is it a few specific crops that I'll have to forget about, or will they munch anything and everything?
Any advice much appreciated.
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