Gardening Question

[JenniferCameron]

My grass died and I had no idea why, so i lifted up the soil to look around and I found these little white JUMPING larvae. I have no idea what they are, they've killed my grass beyond repair and I'm pretty sure the soil is ruined. My other plants seem ok, but the grass is done.

I'm just super curious as to what they are, I have no idea.

Has anyone else had this problem ?

My grass is just in a giant rectangular pot.

 

[Leaf]

I almost choked to death on a cookie I was eating when I got to your last sentence because it threw me for a loop.

Are you not talking about your yard?

 

[JenniferCameron]

Hahaha. No I live in an apartment, but I grow a few things on my balcony for the rabbits. I thought that people would assume it was a lawn so I had to add in that last line.I grow like 5 different things for them to eat so they always have some fresh food.

The other plants are fine and I threw out the dead grass and soil. I guess I'll have to start my grass from scratch again, it's a shame the rabbits loved it, but such is life.

I wish I knew what the bugs were because they destroyed the grass, I was amazed how bad it got, It's like all of the sudden the grass went from green and healthy to mush (and I mean mush). I know it was because of the bugs but I'm not sure how to prevent it from happening again. Obviously pesticides are out of the question.

 

[Leaf]

That makes sense!

I really don't know, but I remember angoragrl posting pictures of the many things she and Matt grow indoors for the rabbits and themselves. He's studying to be a chef so they grow a lot of their own stuff indoors, I believe.

You may try PMing her to see if she has any idea.

 

[EileenH]

Could they be grubs?

http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/whitegrub.html


Whatever you treat with, I would ask a gardening store for organic - chemicals used on lawns affect everything, right on up the food chain. The bugs (good ones, not the ones you're talking about. Worms, etc) get affected, and at this time of year, are fed to young and growing birds by their unknowing parents, and can cause problems like metabolic bone disease and other types of pesticide poisoning. Sorry, but I cannot silence the rehabber in me at times..http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/Fact_Sheets/default.cfm?fxsht=8

 

[JenniferCameron]

EileenH wrote:

Could they be grubs?

http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/whitegrub.html


Whatever you treat with, I would ask a gardening store for organic - chemicals used on lawns affect everything, right on up the food chain. The bugs (good ones, not the ones you're talking about. Worms, etc) get affected, and at this time of year, are fed to young and growing birds by their unknowing parents, and can cause problems like metabolic bone disease and other types of pesticide poisoning. Sorry, but I cannot silence the rehabber in me at times..http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/Fact_Sheets/default.cfm?fxsht=8

Thanks, and I already posted that pesticides are out of the question.

 

[EileenH]

Sorry! I read your first post but didn't read the second one.:headsmack

The lawn in a previous apartment I rented had grubs; one way to tell is the lawn comes up easily when you try to pull some out, like a weak rug or something. You'll get a handful ot a patch of grass, instad of just the grassI don't know how to explain it.