Grub Control

As Fall approaches, we are starting to see some grub damage pop up in a few lawns. Grubs can be detrimental to your lawn especially this time of year as the grass is preparing for dormancy.

The primary food source for grubs is the roots of grass. As they feed on your lawn, you will start seeing brown patches. If you pull on the grass in these areas, it will come up like cut sod. This is the tell-tale sign of grub damage. Let us know if you think you may have grub damage and we will come out to check for you.

Not only do the grubs do damage to your lawn, but they also attract rodents such as moles, voles, skunks and armadillos which will damage your lawn as they feed on the grubs.  In many cases, the rodents will do more damage than the grubs.

There is never a bad time of year to protect your lawn with a grub treatment. We use a product called Arena to control grubs which will protect your lawn for 3-5 months. What I like best about Arena, is that it not only controls grubs, but it will also control other food sources of rodents in your lawn. One thing to note though, that while MOST of the time a grub treatment will deter rodents, we cannot guarantee that they will leave. I’ve found grub treatments to be about 80% to 90% effective in keeping moles away.

If you’re main priority is rodent control, you may want to consider using a repellent. We’ve been using MolExit with quite a bit of success. It is a castor oil based product. So far the feedback we’ve gotten from it has been good. It is a little pricey for the length of control you get, but it can save you big time compared to the damage rodents can do to your lawn. To find out more about how we can help you with grubs and rodents, give us a call at 901-476-8188