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I too get them, but not a problem with Bayer Advanced Season Long Grub Control and Turf Revitalizer.
Grubs love lawns with thick deep roots to chew on mid to late summer.
Timing really is the key...some of these products are preventive measures others are to be used at the time grubs are actually doing the damage.
I have a neighbor who says they don’t use any fertilizer, no fungicides, and especially no grub control. Let’s just say there are so-called lawn shows it, but not in a good way.
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Originally Posted by villageidiot1
I disagree on the grubs. I get them every year in the same sections of my lawn. I can take a thatch rake and pull up big sections of grass because the roots have been eaten. I get these brown spots earlier than what has been mentioned. I'll probably start seeing them in late July. I'll throw some grass seed down and usually have new grass by September. I've used all the grub control products on the market but they always come back.
Every spring I hear from a lot of concerned homeowners that they discovered grubs in their lawn and they need to know what product to use to kill them. I totally get the fear, especially if you're discovering damaged sections of lawn. Lawn damage from grubs will peel up easily, almost like a carpet since grubs eat the roots of the grass. It can be pretty scary when you first make this discovery.
While I understand the sense of urgency to react, the truth is a lot of the damage you're seeing in the spring was probably from last fall, you just didn't realize it. Grubs feed for a very brief period in the spring. After that brief feeding period they get ready to transform into Beetles. After spending several weeks as Beetles they will lay eggs in the soil over the summer and those eggs will hatch into the next generation of grubs. These newly hatched grubs will feed on your lawns roots all fall until they eventually overwinter in your lawns soil.
Why is this important? If you're looking to kill grubs, it's much easier to kill them when they are small right after they hatch in late summer. The grubs in your lawn now are the biggest they can be. Big, fat grubs in the spring are very hard to kill, and honestly, most of the damage is already done at this point. Instead of trying to kill them now, you're much better off killing them in the late summer/early fall stages of their life. Check out the 2 products I recommend for preventing and killing grubs:
I am not concerned with the damage grubs do, but the armadillos digging for them tear my yard up every year. I had to put a short fence around the flower bed due to the armadillos tearing up the bed so bad that I had to completely redo it.
I couldn’t imagine the damage those do, however my first year when I skipped grub control, let’s just say never again.
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I am not concerned with the damage grubs do, but the armadillos digging for them tear my yard up every year. I had to put a short fence around the flower bed due to the armadillos tearing up the bed so bad that I had to completely redo it.
And yet, with 16 years of the "benign neglect" regimen, my yard looks better than 90% of the chemical-addicted neighbors'.
Don't scalp it. Water sparingly. Never bag clippings. No synthetic fertilizers insecticides or herbicides. Occasional application of turkey-guano organic fertilizer. Occasional application of sulfur (we have slightly alkaline clay soil and chiggers). I weed using what I call my "millennial-astonisher" - a hoe.
Yes, I find grubworms when I dig. No issue, as my healthy lawn grass can tolerate a little munching. Whatever this "thatch" is that I'm supposed to be having to remove every year, I don't have it, because the organic material on my yard can degrade naturally, because the beneficial organisms in the soil haven't all been killed by constant repeated applications of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and synthetic fertilizers.
The chemical-addicted lawn care routine is like living your entire life on Red Bull, Doritos and beer, and then expecting that if something goes wrong, the cardiologists and oncologists will be able to fix it.
And yet, with 16 years of the "benign neglect" regimen, my yard looks better than 90% of the chemical-addicted neighbors'.
Don't scalp it. Water sparingly. Never bag clippings. No synthetic fertilizers insecticides or herbicides. Occasional application of turkey-guano organic fertilizer. Occasional application of sulfur (we have slightly alkaline clay soil and chiggers). I weed using what I call my "millennial-astonisher" - a hoe.
Yes, I find grubworms when I dig. No issue, as my healthy lawn grass can tolerate a little munching. Whatever this "thatch" is that I'm supposed to be having to remove every year, I don't have it, because the organic material on my yard can degrade naturally, because the beneficial organisms in the soil haven't all been killed by constant repeated applications of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and synthetic fertilizers.
The chemical-addicted lawn care routine is like living your entire life on Red Bull, Doritos and beer, and then expecting that if something goes wrong, the cardiologists and oncologists will be able to fix it.
Agree.
I use diluted Dawn dishwasher soap....apply it monthly from late April to late July.
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