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1. Anthony Phillips

   

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   10/15/2012 2:10 PM

   Does anyone got any advice for dealing with earthworm castings. Bent/Poa fairways and tees. Mowing has become a muddy mess due to the amount of earthworms coming to the surface in the fairways and tees. Has anyone tried the early bird fertilizer, if so please list pros and cons.

   
   
   
   
2. Grote Richard R

   
   10/15/2012 3:10 PM

   3336 with Daconil will get em

   
   
   
   
3. Dru Clark

   

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   10/15/2012 3:10 PM

   Anthony Phillips said: Does anyone got any advice for dealing with earthworm castings. Bent/Poa fairways and tees. Mowing has become a muddy mess due to the amount of earthworms coming to the surface in the fairways and tees. Has anyone tried the early bird fertilizer, if so please list pros and cons.

   
   
   I have heard that Early Bird works well but I have no experience. Also heard 3336 will work.

   
   
   
   
4. Jackson Reiswig

   

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   10/15/2012 3:10 PM

   I'm also very curious about the early bird. You can take them out with aloft or arena + fleet or pervade.....if you can afford it. Not cheap. Guillotine works as well. Just get it down deep.

   
   
   
   
5. Werner Thomas S

   
   10/15/2012 3:10 PM

   Aloft works great and go at the grub rate. Good for about a month.

   
   
   
   
6. Virgil Range

   

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   10/15/2012 10:10 PM

   Have you tried Seven. its worked in the past for my supts when i was an assistant.

   
   
   
   
7. Samuel Wood

   

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   10/16/2012 7:10 AM

   I used Early Bird last week for the first time on my Push-up greens. We had the same problem with castings after several heavy rain events. I went with the 6lb/M rate and lightly watered in. That night another 1.5" of rain. Needless to say i did not know if it would work or not. Since the application have not seen a casting on any of the greens that were treated. Worms surfaced and dried up and were picked up by greens mower.
   
   Brilliant marketing plan with name Early Bird since it is just another organic fertilizer that cost four times as much as the others.
   
   Sam Wood
   Zebulon Country Club
   North Carolina

   
   
   
   
8. Anthony Nysse

   

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   10/16/2012 8:10 AM

   Aloft or Arena. We spray greens and tees twice a year. 4-5 months control. Sprayed Aloft yesterday, in fact.

   
   
   
   
9. Baker Daniel

   
   10/16/2012 8:10 AM

   I'll second Tony on this one. Bonus grub control out of our Arena

   
   
   
   
10. Joshua Breda

    

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    10/22/2012 8:10 AM

    merit provides some suppression. My first app of Early Bird had little effect. I know Transom (regals consyst I think......thiophanate methly...excuse spelling) is very toxin to earthworms. Sevin works OK but not long residual.

    
    
    
    
11. Michael Posey

    

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    10/24/2012 2:10 PM

    I have found that a tank mix of seven and arena at high label rates gives me great initial knock down and then about 6 months residual control of grubs. Only drawback is that it has the same effect on the earthworms even though they are not on the label.

    
    
    
    
12. James Colo

    

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    10/29/2012 7:10 PM

    Apply Arena @ 6.4 oz / A. Water in at night. I use it all the time when they appear.

    
    
    
    
13. Craig Kimmel

    

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    1/11/2013 1:01 PM

    Outside of spraying with fungicides or insecticides that I don't have the budget for, has anyone come up with any effective methods for mitigation or removal of worm castings? I am dealing with non-overseeded dormant hybrid bermuda fairways in southern California. We have tried cocoa mat, groom-it greens brush, chain drag and mowing (which seems to work the best if it is dry). Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
    
    Craig Kimmel

    
    
    
    
14. Ryan Walsh

    

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    1/17/2013 7:01 AM

    I have had great success using early bird at the 6lb/M rate. We use it on tees and spot treat areas on fairways in the spring and fall when our mowing frequency is reduced. Try to time the application prior to a rain event (.5" or so). Just make sure to have a clean up crew out to blow off all of the dead worms that surface. It has been a great alternative to chemical use with a low toxicity to birds. However, it is toxic to fish, keep it away from any ponds or streams where runoff could take place.
    
    Ryan Walsh
    GCS Hyannisport Club
    Hyannis Port, MA

    
    
    
    
15. Aaron Gutierrez

    

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    1/17/2013 10:01 AM

    ummmmm ive heard that roller scrapers work well! Unless the worm castings are as bad as a heard of cattle on laxatives!

    
    
    
    
16. Russell Young

    

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    2/22/2013 4:02 AM

    Daconil mixed with Sevin SL Wamo