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On the way to the truck I noticed 10-12 larvae on the sidewalk. Figured the rain was driving them out. Later got a call from home. The neighbors were alerting us that they had an infestation of armyworms and they had eaten up their lawn. Our lawn care guy told us that he had lots of yards to treat. Never had them before.
Cray says he has em bad, some years they get really bad
Send them my way! I have 10 acres to mow, I can't stay caught up with all of the rain showers we are getting! Lol
my daughter and a bunch of her neighbors have got a bad case of em over in the plantation lake section of olive branch.. what can we do to stop em???
I built a house several years back and the folks were about to move in and I had been watering the mess out of the yard because it was really hot that year. I pulled up one day and I swear it looked like the yard was crawling from the street. Those jokers ate the whole newly sodded yard before I could get trugreen out there to kill them. Had to re-sod the whole yard.
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We got them bad, neighbor below me sprayed last night and they were still thick this morning. Neighbor to my north they have completely killed about 2 acres behind his house. Had lawn care guy out spraying his front this evening. Strange though we have some kind of larger green and black worm about twice as big as a normal army worm mixed in with them this year. Had them bad about 3 years ago also. Friend of mine raises about 50 acres of tif ton 44 for horses and they are killing him. Said he has been fighting them for 3 weeks.
Easy to kill. Seven if it's being grazed, Eight, Malathion, several insecticides will kill them. Depending on what insecticide is used, the speed of dead larva will vary. When sprayed with some insecticides they will take two or three days to actually die but they will quit feeding soon after they are sprayed. The trick is to catch them early. Another thing I have noticed is if they start off in a pasture and move across it and come to a cotton field, they seem to not be attracted to the cotton leaves.
Just lost 100 acres oh
f hay in two days from them
Send some my way I'm tired of mowing.
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I just applied sevin today, I think I caught them pretty early though.
Walked out this morning, seems each step killed 10 to 20 worms. Never seen them this large and this many before. They've cleared everything but the St. Augustine. I let the chickens out for 3 hours and walked them to the backyard. They stopped under the swing and didn't walk away for 20 minutes. They will get out for most of the day tomorrow.
I've had them at my place for 6 weeks. I had been warned about them so I caught them early. I've treated them several times and it knocks them back but soon a new generation hatches and you start over. Have gotten rain 16 out of the last 18 days and it's washing away most of the poison. Good thing is treatment is cheap and they are relatively easy to kill.
Feesh, what are you using to treat?Quote:
Originally Posted by feeshrman
I was using a carbaryl spray and am now using a liquid seven that is supposed to be about 5 times stronger. I think the residual is better with the new stuff also.Quote:
Originally Posted by cray
Thanks, right now using malathion, it's about 50.00 a gallon at TSC. May have to try some seven cause I can see this being ongoing for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by feeshrman
Don't waste your time with pyrethroids. Worms have built up resistance. DuPont makes a product called Prevathon that we use in field crops gives 4 weeks residual. I'm not sure if they have a turf and pasture grass label. You can check with local ag extension offices to see if it is labeled for turf grass. Probably can google a label and find out.
Great safe product.
My chickens got out of the coop for 8 hours saturday. They left the coop running for the backyard. After 6 hours they started moving off to other spots on the hill. I walked over the backyard and didn't see the first worm. Most of the grass is stems.
I asked my son about the grass at his new house, there isn't any. He's been sowing bermuda seeds and watering it as work is being done on the house. The only green spots of grass is the St. Augustine I transplanted 2 months ago. With all the rain we've had tomorrow might be a good day to transplant some more.
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We have alot of them in Jonesboro!
get your lawn guy out quick!! I had them two years ago and they destroyed half my back yard in three weeks. once the lawn guy sprayed for them, it eliminated them almost immediately! Good luck.Quote:
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OK....you guys know WAY more bout this than I, but here's what I think I know. My lawn guy says two months are critical....August and April. Mid August you put stuff down to kill them as the larva begin to hatch, then another application April to ward off any you might have missed in August. I'm fighting Jap. beetles now, not the army worms, but it couldn't be too much different. Just remember the two months that start with "A", and hit 'em hard. Excessive rain makes the hatch more impactful, but it also can dilute or wash away the chems. And you guys are right....sho don't take em long!!!! My guys say the APRIL application, even though you may not see them, is important to get out in front for the upcoming summer. Just an FYI.
Thanks to this thread and Billy E, I caught em early in my yard......Had a couple spots appear dead, got to looking and you could see them suckers crawling everywhere.....Big and small........I put their lights out today!! I hope..LOL
Found out the other day that the buggers were in my lawn been noticing brown spots all over. Called my lawn service and they came out and sprayed should get them.
I live in Plantation Lakes in Olive Branch and I have my lawn guy on the way tomorrow. Not bad yet but I don't want them to get any worse.
I found them on my okra. I'll have to make a food safe spray in the morning.