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poppysue Westbrook, ME(Zone 5a) Jun 08, 2003

I'm seeing a lot of them as I dig around in my soil. I know this buggers are up to NO good. Is there anything that can be done about them? I'd at least like to decrease their population.

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flowox Newark, OH(Zone 5a) Jun 09, 2003

Here is from Rodale's garden problem solver.........

Trap wireworms in pieces of potato. Spear pieces of potato with sticks and bury them 2 to 4 inches deep in the garden, leaving a portion of the stick above ground. Set the potato traps at 3- to 10foot intervals. The wireworms will burrow into the potato pieces and feed. After a week, dig up the potato pieces and destroy them, along with the wireworms that are inside.

Try a bug juice spray made by crushing some of the wireworms themselves and adding water. Strain, and spray on affected plants. Gardeners report that the bug juice kills or repels the wireworms.

Both sound kinda gross to me but I guess if it works it's worth a shot

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flowox Newark, OH(Zone 5a) Jun 09, 2003

here's more...........

wireworms don't seem to like a chemical in butterfly milkweed (Asclepsias tuberosa). In a laboratory test, wireworms lost their appetites when seeds and seedlings were coated with an extract of butterfly milkweed juice. The pests even avoided soil that had been treated with the extract.

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