Have you ever noticed brown patches in your yard?
Your yard may have fallen victim to a grub infestation. While one or two grubs in your lawn may not cause any severe damage, an increase to as many as 100 or more can lead to tremendous damage.
You should consider getting lawn grub control as soon as you notice any signs of grubS. Below is a comprehensive guide to control different types of lawn grubs.
Signs of Grubs in Your Lawn
Have you noticed the signs below? You may need lawn grub control ASAP.
Animals in Your Yard
Do you notice raccoons, birds, possums, or skunks in your yard? These animals feed on grubs. If you notice these animals in your yard, it may be a sign of grub activity. They often dig up your lawn to get to the grubs just beneath the surface.
Dead or Dying Grass
Grubs often feed on the roofs of grass in your yard. This causes the grass blades to brown, wilt, and die off, creating unattractive brown or dead grass patches.
Loose or Bumpy Turf Grass
As grubs eat their way through your lawn, it can lead to an uneven terrain. Your grass may feel spongy when you walk on it. What’s more, your grass may become so loose and easy to pull out.
Lawn Grub Control and Prevention Tips
Having grubs doesn’t mean you’ve neglected your yard. Grubs love a healthy lawn. This is why you need to find ways to ensure they don’t destroy your beautiful lawn.
Here are some tips:
Spray Beetles with Insecticide
Grubs worms are larvae of billbugs and multifarious scarab beetle species. Once you notice them in your yard, you should eliminate them before they cause a grub infestation.
Watering Tips
Lawn grubs prefer moist soil. Practicing infrequent but deep lawn watering can discourage adult beetles from laying that hatch into grubs in your yard.
Overseeding
Grubs like sparse, thin grass. The thicker your lawn’s grass is, the less likely grubs will be present. Overseeding in the fall or spring will help give your lawn a boost in thickness.
Dethatching
If you already have grubs, a thatch layer may be shielding them from pesticide treatments. Before you use pesticides to treat grubs, you should consider core aerating or dethatching your lawn. Dethatching periods will depend on the type of grass you have in your lawn.
Keep a Clean Garden
Young grubs eat decaying plant material. Ensure you pick up dead plant material from your garden. When you’re picking the dead plants, you can also collect the grubs you see. To completely get rid of lawn grubs, you can toss them to birds, drop them into soapy water, or slice them in half with a trowel.
Find the Best Time to Apply Grub Control for Lawns
The best time to apply lawn grub control depends on whether you’re preventing them or killing the ones that are already in your yard. For prevention, you can do it in June and July just when the grubs are about to hatch.
If you want to stop grub damage, you can do it any time between early Spring to early August. This is when grubs are most active damaging your grass. Read more posts about home and living from our blog.
