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Message: [QUOTE="ChanellG, post: 44080, member: 199"] When I first started toiling about in garden #3 this past fall, I discovered there were grubs throughout the raised beds. I don't just mean one or two here and there, but bunches of them scattered throughout. The last thing I wanted to do is put in a bunch of plants and then have the roots destroyed by those ugly little things. It turns out there are different kinds of grubs, only I have no idea which these are because I've not seen them emerging as adults. As far as I've always known, grubs have been a bad thing, but as I've been checking around for something to eradicate them, it seems not everyone sees them as that big of a deal. When spring rolls around I will be purchasing beneficial nematodes because of their effectiveness on other unwanteds besides the grubs. I read somewhere that dish soap could be used to combat them as well, though I'm not sure I have faith in that. There are far too many to hand pick, and excavating and bagging the soil is proving too labor intensive. (It's not all that warm anyway...) Have you been bothered by grubs or their adult counterparts eating your edibles? Have you successfully gotten rid of them via organic means? [/QUOTE]