A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2004 2 in 1 outdoor bug control?

Hi Everyone.... I have read twice in the paper about new products this yr. that will control pests underground like grubs and above ground like aphids...
Does anyone know the name of these products and where i could find them? It sure would be nice to have a product to kill both.
Thanks for the help!
Greg

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Anyone??

Many times if you read the active ingredients on products they are the same just being sold under different product name. Case in point Bayer Advanced Garden™ tree & Shrub Insect Control Concentrate, the active ingredient is Imidacloprid and it does control many pest insects above ground. Bayer Advanced Lawn® Season-Long Grub Control Ready-to-Spread Granules active ingredient is also Imidacloprid. So you can see that 2 different products with same active that control a wide spectrum of insects but being labeled differently. You see this too with the synthetic pythroids.

Also for grub control you already missed the application time. Grub treatment needs to applied in the fall, around September for the best control. Personally beneficial nematodes are my favorite for grub management. Also if you have more then 1/2 inches of thatch insecticide treatment is useless.

If you let me know what specific problems you are having I might be able to help point you in the right direction.

Hi..
We get brown patches on our lawn during the summer and also we have borers that get into our hybrid iris. I heard that a 10 to 1 ratio of Murphys Oil Soap is a good treatment to use.
Greg

I would be very careful from possible phototoxicity problems with non hotricultual soaps. There have been studies done showing reduces tomato production by using non insecticidal soap on them. Also I spoke with a man that had been using Pine-sol to control insect problems. After time his wife developed horrible allergies to pine.

As far as brown spots in your lawn you need to diagnose what the problem is first.

For iris borer I would give beneficial nematodes a shot. They have worked well for me on other subterranean borer species.

What state are you in? zone?

Hi...Im in IL..zone 5...So the soap solution wouldn't be a good idea?
We were trying to find a less $$ solution to fix our iris borer problem...
He have dug up the section of grass with the spots and found grubs in it....So far we have been using Grub Ex. I wonder if Bayers Grub Control is better?
Thanks for the help.
Greg

You said that you are trying find a less expensive solution to iris borers then nematodes.. what pricing are you looking at for treatment?

$30-$40 I have a feeling its probably best for the $$ range to stick to Grub Ex or the Bayer Grub Solution..or an organic solution that we can make at home...Is there anything out there besides these products?
Maybe i will check around the gardening sites for some alternative control solutions..