Message Board - Pests, Weeds and Diseases: winter and insect pests
30 Nov 2010 by Henk Vlug
In the latest Pitchcare I found this comment:
On the positive side our Editor, Laurence Gale, pointed out that the cold will destroy a lot of turf pests, meaning a reduction in populations.
There is no insect pest in turf or anywhere else that suffer from cold winters. Mild and wet winters are more harmfull than ice or snow. In the last case the overwintering insect stages will suffer from mold or may eventually wake up and cannot find food. Leatherjackets survive strong frost, especially when there is a snow cover that helps the soil stay moist. Drying out is much more dangerous to them when frost meets no snow cover and the upper soil is frost dried. White grubs are hidden so deep in the soil that they are not affected by wheather conditions. As a rule insects that occur in our climatic conditions are adapted and survive.
Henk Vlug
Entomologist
www.insectconsultancy.nl
30 Nov 2010 by minch
Henk - thanks for this.
As a long term sufferer of white grubs on golf courses, I wonder if we could have a brief conversation.
My email is paulw@mgcnew.co.uk
Many thanks and best wishes - Paul Worster.
Golf Courses Manager, Minchinhampton.
Chairman 2010 - BIGGA
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