Comments on: A Rose by Any Other Name… (Part One) http://countrylife.lehmans.com/2008/05/15/a-rose-part-one/ Your online simplicity village Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:07:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sarah N http://countrylife.lehmans.com/2008/05/15/a-rose-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Sarah N Tue, 20 May 2008 16:44:33 +0000 http://countrylife.lehmans.com/2008/05/15/a-rose-by-any-other-name-part-one/#comment-487 Here is Sherry's response (which she couldn't get to post and finally emailed to me) - I thought you all would find it helpful: Yes, Milky Spore works as soon as the soil is warm enough for the grubs to start ingesting the roots (and disease spores) – the speed of results is directly proportional to how closely together the “plugs” of powder are installed. Even with a good, heavy application though, the likelihood is, you won’t see a really dramatic change this first year. I should mention that any areas of your lawn that are already badly affected can be thickly overseeded with Kentucky 31, a grass which naturally contains endophytes that are also deadly to grubs. The one place this type of seed is not to be used is anyplace where pregnant mares or their foals will graze, as the otherwise helpful endophytes are dangerous for the developing fetus/foal. Hope that helps, Best regards, Sherry E. Here is Sherry’s response (which she couldn’t get to post and finally emailed to me) – I thought you all would find it helpful:

Yes, Milky Spore works as soon as the soil is warm enough for the grubs to start ingesting the roots (and disease spores) – the speed of results is directly proportional to how closely together the “plugs” of powder are installed. Even with a good, heavy application though, the likelihood is, you won’t see a really dramatic change this first year.

I should mention that any areas of your lawn that are already badly affected can be thickly overseeded with Kentucky 31, a grass which naturally contains endophytes that are also deadly to grubs. The one place this type of seed is not to be used is anyplace where pregnant mares or their foals will graze, as the otherwise helpful endophytes are dangerous for the developing fetus/foal.

Hope that helps,
Best regards,
Sherry E.

]]> By: Sarah N http://countrylife.lehmans.com/2008/05/15/a-rose-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Sarah N Fri, 16 May 2008 16:35:38 +0000 http://countrylife.lehmans.com/2008/05/15/a-rose-by-any-other-name-part-one/#comment-473 Thank you Sherry for the advice on naturally combating Japanese beetles! Their grubs DESTROYED our lawn last summer (they love our roses and weeping cherry tree) and it's still not back to normal. Now we're worried about this year, and we are NOT "treat your lawn" type people. We will look into the milky spore idea - I'll have hubby check at our little gardening center downtown. Does it start working as soon as you use it? Thank you Sherry for the advice on naturally combating Japanese beetles! Their grubs DESTROYED our lawn last summer (they love our roses and weeping cherry tree) and it’s still not back to normal. Now we’re worried about this year, and we are NOT “treat your lawn” type people. We will look into the milky spore idea – I’ll have hubby check at our little gardening center downtown. Does it start working as soon as you use it?

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