Landscaping help!!! - Page 2

CleanGSR · 10-03-06, 04:53

Ha. That would be fun to sit out there and shoot whatever it is, but being in the city limits, that's a pretty hefty fine. I just got done spreading the whole backyard with an insect killer that kills about 10 different insects including grubs. I guess we'll see if that works. Oh and yes, there were more spots out there that weren't there yesterday. I think I'll setup the Camcorder to record for about an hour after I go to be tonight.....see if it catches anything. Thanks for all your help.

CleanGSR · 10-03-06, 05:08

Oh, one other wierd thing. My front yard is all Zoycia grass and I love it. I've planted a couple of plugs in the back to get it to spread back there. I have two pretty large circles that have spread nicely. All of these torn up spots are all around the Zoycia grass but not a single one in the nice Zoycia grass. It's wierd.....kind of like whatever was digging up the ground specifically avoided my nicer grass.

chpsk8 · 10-03-06, 10:00

If you were in my area I'd be telling you they were squirrels. That looks like the damage a red squirrel does when it gets around Fall. Little buggers dig up everything. Some of them are burying food and others are digging up stuff to build a nest.
Get a live trap. Squirrels or skunks, whatever it is you'll know in the morning.

As far as being particular about the grass. As mentioned before they could be digging up grubs. Ever see any white grubs in the lawn? Ever have unexplainable dead spots in the yard? (telltale sign of grubs)

CleanGSR · 10-04-06, 07:13

Well my backyard is really rocky so I've got quite a few bald spots just from bad dirt. I have seen grubs in the dirt when planting stuff though, so I know that there are some. My only fear is, if I trap a skunk alive.......what then? How do I get rid of it without getting sprayed?

I did a little research on my Zoysia grass and found out that since it's so dense and it's roots grow 2-3 feet deep, I won't have bugs in that grass and it's harder for animals to dig in the Zoysia grass. I can buy enough plugs to do my entire backyard for under $100. Next spring I'll be doing that so I don't have to worry about this again. Hopefully the grub killer will take care of it for now.

pwrstrk02 · 10-04-06, 10:39

i live near kc and i have a mole prob. early this summer they were very bad, like four of them were in my yard, some of you might not think that that is alot but what a nightmare and havoc these little critters do. put some cheap granuals down and i guess you get what you pay for in insect and grub killers cause not a single dif was noticed in a weeks time. still had chiggers REAL bad and the ticks were still there (finding on my dogs and myself) and not to mention the ants that were leaving the black crap trail around all my windows. so went out and bought BAYER (the originator for all of the ortho products that bayer has been selling to them) lawn spray. it was about two days later that ALL of the incects were gone and every mole mound and run that i had stomped down did not return untill about four months later (wich was until about two weeks ago

and its worse) so its time for another spraying. long story short ha ha dont buy cheap stuff to take care of the prob.

CleanGSR · 10-04-06, 11:47

I didn't buy the cheap stuff for fear of what you just said. It was the seconod most expensive stuff they had in the granules form. Hopefully it works, but if not, I'll try that spray you mentioned. We have our house sprayed for bugs inside and out every 6 months so we never have a problem except for in the yard.

Tasty · 10-04-06, 12:29

I would have guessed squirrel damage too. That's what they do to my lawn sometimes. Anyway, that definitely looks like animal activity to me too. I don't see insects doing that kind of damage, in terms of holes, to the yard. I have a mole that is kicking my a$$ right now, tunneling all over my yard. I would try a live trap and see what you end up with inside of there in the morning. If you do catch something, hopefully not a skunk, you can always call the city to come and fetch it.

Eliot Ness · 10-04-06, 12:41

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Originally Posted by Tasty

........I have a mole that is kicking my a$$ right now, tunneling all over my yard.........

Didn't you kill one just a few months back? Seems like you posted a pretty cool mug shot back then. Maybe you need to put down some of that stuff pwrstrk02 used

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Good luck and post another mug shot if you get him/her...

Grimm · 10-04-06, 12:42

I also concurr that it looks a lot like what we have lately. I'm pretty certain ours is squirrels because it's also in our backyard which is fenced in. We had a Beagle for six years and never had this problem before. We just got rid of him a couple weeks ago, and now the little buggers are going to town.

Tasty · 10-04-06, 01:04

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Originally Posted by Eliot Ness

Didn't you kill one just a few months back? Seems like you posted a pretty cool mug shot back then. Maybe you need to put down some of that stuff pwrstrk02 used

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Good luck and post another mug shot if you get him/her...

Yeah, kill one and another one steps up I guess. This new girl/guy is even busier than my former resident (at least it's not in my front yard though). The trap is set as we speak...