Does anyone have experience with using grubs for composting, like worms?
All of these are from a half 55gal blue barrel pot. All my freshly planted starters were disappearing. I assumed it was a creature on the surface- nope the damage was from below. Anyways, started digging, found all these grubs. I'm pretty sure I didn't get them all. I tossed them in to my compost barrel. I figured, if they die, they'll just add nutrients, if the live, they do some work. What's the harm?
by mrchomp1
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Seems harmless yeah. Grubs can’t lay eggs I assume since they are by definition the babies.
I’m no expert in grubs in any way (can anyone be an expert in grubs?) but i’ve read there are 100s of types of grubs. Some live in soil, some live in compost. I’ve actually found some in my compost before and they help break everything down, just like worms.
My best guess would be to add them in the compost, they wont benefit you in your garden anyways
They look like the grubs for wood chips, so good for wood chips I guess. Mine is BFL, great for kitchen scraps.
They will grow and become whatever beetle that demolished ur crops. Feed em to chickens or birds. Never in ur compost.
Imo of the chickens eat them then they’re safe. If they free ranged and dug under a bush and found some they’d probably eat them
Since those grubs were eating your plants, I think they could be harmful if put in the compost. They might survive or leave eggs that hatch later, and using the compost could introduce them back into the garden where they might damage plants. It is safer to throw them away or feed them to birds to make sure they do not come back.