Video: Sampling for white grubs
July 25, 2019
In an ideal IPM world, we'd like to be able to sample for white grubs and confirm their presence, BEFORE making preventive insecticide applications. But sampling can be tedious and also damaging to turf. As a result, preventive insecticides are sometimes applied even when there are no grubs present at all.
In this video, we illustrate a quick and gentle procedure that allows you to detect grubs with minimal damage to turf. Some damage will be evident even when sampling…