rough lawn caused by worms?

Rich Iowa · Aug 12, 2015

My mom's yard is so rough the push mower bounces all over, tried rolling the yard this spring which helped slightly but still too rough. I've noticed it getting rougher the past few years. Neighbor suggested I get some grub killer, said it would kill the worms that he swears is making the lawn so rough. Anyone else heard of this?

jwmfarms · Aug 12, 2015

The grubs are feeding on the roots. Moles tunnel thru the yard to eat the grubs. Get rid of the grubs and the moles will leave. I have the same problem!

fixerupper · Aug 12, 2015

Keep rolling. Wait for rain and roll it wet. It took me several years with a heavy roller to smooth out my lawn. If you roll it dry you wont accomplish much. Earth worms aerate your lawn so i would be hesitant to kill them.

David G · Aug 12, 2015

Leave the worms alone, they are good, keep rolling.

jeffcat · Aug 12, 2015

Down here in south jersey the sand box, I have a lot of ants. They can really build some big mounds. Also some moles.

Rich Iowa · Aug 12, 2015

The ground was wet this spring when I rolled, in fact I had a hard time getting a break between showers to get the rolling done. I always thought worms were a sign of good soil so I too am hesitant on killing them.

gtractorfan · Aug 12, 2015

I mow our neighbor's lawn using her garden tractor. It gets lots of dead spots which I suspect is caused by grubs and is VERY rough. She has a lawn service fertilize it but they don't use an insecticide which is what it really needs. Don't know if grubs make it rougher.

Texasmark1 · Aug 12, 2015

Probably the Moles. I have Grubs big time but lawn isn't rough, just St. Augustine dies off and leaves brown spots. Grove love SA roots. Could poison them and get rid of the spots but I breath the air when mowing and don't want to be breathing poison that I put on the worms. So they stay. Besides, when the June bugs hatch they feed lots of nocturnal critters around the night lights.

pete 23 · Aug 12, 2015

It's night crawlers up this way that leave their castings all over the lawns. Some spots actually get muddy after a rain. I used to pick them for bait and it never hurt the population.

GordoSD · Aug 12, 2015

When I lived in Orlando I had the mole crickets in my SA grass. I had a very clever Brittany at the time he got to cruising the yard and stuffing his nose in the grass. I figured he had a cricket located. I would get down on my knees and dig a little and tell him "Cricket, Cricket" And he started digging and got it. From then on we had morning cricket patrol and I know he dug up more than 100 one summer.

DENNIS MIN · Aug 13, 2015

jw,

That is not what I had experienced. Grub killer, sonic sticks, repellant applied by professionals, spring-tine traps...nothing.

Used the trap mole eliminator, got 12 or arguably 13 moles in one season. Got 5 this year so far. We are talking a few acres, maybe 2.

I have the satisfaction of knowing the mole population is being reduced by evidence of their body in the trap.

Grub killer may work, but I did not see the direct results of it.

D.

DannyE · Aug 13, 2015

I got worms in my grass fields, skunks come along and dig
them up, holes 2 in. dia. and 2 ins. deep. Then it rained
and the skunks came after the grubs. The guy cutting the hay
said I have some weird crop circles. some pics

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