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Suggestions to eradicate the white grub problem are many. Applying laterite soil or mura mannu is one amongst them. We do not have quality laterite soil nearby. Hence we removed the soil from the pit of dead arecanut palm and refilled it with red soil which we have in the vicinity. And drenched it with chloropyriphose. My worker said at that time that if the plant failed to survive in this pit we can stop replanting . All those plants survived for only one year. The next advice was that plot must be forked and grubs be removed manually. As I got some workers from Gadag Part of the plot was forked and grubs was picked and destroyed.Everyday hundreds of grubs were collected and destroyed. The work was done in the month of September. But to my surprise instead of recovering the plot deteriorated further. Now I lost all hope. But in these periods I found that several farmers are suffering from this problem. To some I suggested the use of chloropyriphose or phorate. To my surprise atleast one of them said that he got good result with the pesticide. One thing is certain. Those pesticides which I use are recommended worldwide for grub problem. Hence medicine is correct. May be timing and methodology of application is wrong. But every where it was recommended to apply in the month of May-June or August-September. Instead of pouring the pesticide it was advised to dig some holes in the areca pit and put pesticide there. It was tried.And it took the whole months work .No improvements was noticed. In the meanwhile about 700 palm were destroyed.And my income was considerably decreased. To be frank more than the whitegrub problem comments from others was unbearable. Simply farmers were not understand why grubs attack only a few plots? While some plots shows recovery why others not? Hence we got the reputation of lazy farmers,I am not cultivating the land, grubs are everywhere because of my poor maintenance, it was problem to me, and they successfully controlled this menace. And some merchants in the guise of organic farming,try to sell their products. One such person visited our plot. I showed him part of the plot which had no problem. He immediately proclaimed that all of our problem aroused from imbalance in the nutrient supply. Solution- purchasing manure from his company. We proceeded to the grub attacked plot and explained the problem . His reaction is very simple . In the evening beetles come and sit in plants in the boundary. Stroke it and collect it.We laughed behind him because that plot did not had boundary plants. In this way several persons tried their best to sell their products to us. Everyone claiming their product was best in controlling the grub problem. I lost faith in organic products with this. I decided that it is not possible for me to retain the arecanut plants for a long time. Since I manage rubber plantation I have something to eat. Last year the income from the arecanut plot was not sufficient to pay labour charges. Some farmers say other crops like banana, cocoa can be cultivated in these plot. But in my plot both these plants wont worked. I decided to plant acacia and ordered for 5000 plants.