CDsSister said:
Would it be possible to put your pots down into the semp bed?
Would that keep the grubs out if you cover the drainage hole with mesh of some kind?
It would be nice to see them in that space again.

Yes, Yes, Yes.

Kate,
You are such a trooper. What we do for our semps. It will be beautiful in not time!

Kate, glad you continued to figure out what these were, I don't know that I would have done that!! So good on you! I think you could do more reading and figure if there is a plant which repels them and plant the bed for a season with that (like onions or garlic or mint??) then in Sept you could do the micro worm thing! (It seems like a lot, but I think being one summer out of he bed, then planting it "correctly" with no more loss of plants would be a good thing!)
Do keep us posted and stay motivated!!!
Cheers

Interesting article on your grubs Kate. http://buckeyeturf.osu.edu/ind...

Thanks Lynn, that's the first article that I've come across that mentions insecticides, I've saved it so that I can try and find some pof the ones mentioned at the right time.

And thank you all for your love and support

You are so welcome Kate.

I love that we are all here for one another. It was also fun learning about that ugly grub. Where is the shuddering emoticon?

Lynn, you mean the little guy shaking in his boots?

That would work. I can look at them, but I don't want to pick them up.

Somebody must have picked up those buckets worth...Kate was that you? or DH or garden gnome?

Bev, seriously doubt garden gnome would be up for that - regardless of how "gardeny" she is! Totally EW!
I'm thinking Kate had to do that one on her own, probably DH was also like "Honey I'll take the gnome out for a walk!"
I may be totally wrong though!

gg5 said:I'm thinking Kate had to do that one on her own, probably DH was also like "Honey I'll take the gnome out for a walk!"
I may be totally wrong though!

The things gardeners do to save their plants!

webesemps said:Somebody must have picked up those buckets worth...Kate was that you? or DH or garden gnome?

How did you guess? Lol Yes, me, but only with the aid of angled tweezers. My favourite gardening companion, be it transplanting seedlings, picking off dead leaves or or collecting grubs they are my most used piece of equipment.

I spent all yesterday moving and transplanting the semps from my bed. 8 ended up in pots and the rest in the blue tray that it took my Dad forever and several drill bits to drill through. It was early evening by then so rather than paint it and wait 2 days for it to dry I just put them in. There'll be time for that at a later date when everything gets moved around again. I need to top dress them today and then I'll post pics later.

The grubs seem to have come out of the bed looking for food, they had climbed into my seedling trays and one even made it up into my tin bath! I've lost a few seedlings and some baby arach noids but thankfully I now know the signs, and managed to replant the babies before I lost any more. I also found some hiding under bags of compost and bricks. I bashed one with a brick. Hard. Buggy still wiggling. I put the brick back on it and jumped on it. Buggy STILL wiggling! These things are indestructible! So then I picked it up and put it in the bucket and drowned it like I did with all the others. There were too many to squish individually when I first started digging them up so rather than risk letting them escape again I sent them to a watery grave. Little did I realise that was probably the only way to get rid of them!

I also got my front garden pots filled with geraniums yesterday too, planted some lavender seeds, and split my spiral aloe seedlings. Although I only had enough windowsill space to bring 2seedlinds back inside. I had o leave the rest outside. I'llkeep a close eye on them, but hopefully they'll be ok during the summer. It was a very busy, but at the same time very relaxing day. Although my bed was definitely calling me early last night

And they all lived happily ever after, except for the grubs.
What a day of accomplishment.

Eviesmummy said:
The grubs seem to have come out of the bed looking for food, they had climbed into my seedling trays and one even made it up into my tin bath! I've lost a few seedlings and some baby arach noids but thankfully I now know the signs, and managed to replant the babies before I lost any more. I also found some hiding under bags of compost and bricks. I bashed one with a brick. Hard. Buggy still wiggling. I put the brick back on it and jumped on it. Buggy STILL wiggling! These things are indestructible! So then I picked it up and put it in the bucket and drowned it like I did with all the others. There were too many to squish individually when I first started digging them up so rather than risk letting them escape again I sent them to a watery grave. Little did I realise that was probably the only way to get rid of them!

Well...YUCK ! I was eating my bowl of porridge when I go to this...That image of you, Kate, jumping up and down on a brick to destroy the monster in the movie is priceless (they should shoot that scene...take 3...Kate, could you jump higher and grit your teeth harder, thank you darling...)

Sorry Bev! I hope I didn't put you off your porridge




The only down side is that the cat has decided that the gap underneath makes the purrrrfect hidey hole for sneaking into, and then hurling himself at the ankles of unsuspecting passers by!

For the new tray planter. Wonderful and colorful Kate.
For the cat hidey hole. I had a mini movie in my head and could see the entire event.