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Worm casts are good for lawn health, but can be a nuisance – here’s the only way experts recommend dealing with them

Have you noticed small, spiralled heaps on the surface of your lawn in the morning and been left scratching your head? Those distinctive deposits are worm casts, and they are actually the sign of a ...
inforum

Night crawlers can cause lawn problems

FARGO - A modest population of night crawlers can be beneficial to a lawn because they aerate, digest excess thatch and contribute to the nutrient balance of the root zone with their waste discharge. ...
Post and Courier

Horticulture Hotline - Worms will affect your green lawns

Army worms, sod webworms, mosquitoes, gray leaf spot, chinch bugs, nutrient deficiencies, weeds, heat, vines, fire ants, lace bugs, rats, flies, fleas, termites and roaches seem to be dominating the ...
Post and Courier

Horticulture Hotline: Go to war against the army worms in your lawn

Army worms, sod webworms, mosquitoes, gray leaf spot, chinch bugs, nutrient deficiencies, weeds, heat, vines, fire ants, lace bugs, rats, flies, fleas, termites and roaches seem to be dominating the ...
The Advocate

Those tiny moths you see are producing webworms that are killing your lawn; here's what you can do

Across the state, lawns are in trouble. Sod webworms are the main culprit this year, said LSU AgCenter Extension specialist Ron Strahan. “The numbers are biblical," Strahan said. "We have observed ...