Grub question for lawn aficianados
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Definitely grubs. Make sure you water before applying your chosen product. The products are probably all similar just choose the chemical that you like best there are probably a couple options.
Right now you are in that fine line of if you will get a good kill on them with it about to get hotter which will force the grubs deeper. Typically you want to apply grub control either early spring when it is cooler and they more near the surface to feed on it or in the fall when it cools down a bit when they come back to the surface to feed again. Usually can get your best results applying a grub killer product in the fall when they are the most active.
Scott's GrubEx tells you to water after applying. First time I've ever heard of watering before you apply.
I got mine down a little over a couple of weeks ago. Applied it late in the afternoon and it rained all night. Glad I did not have to water it in.
A few grubs aren't in issue. There are quick kill products that you can use right now if you think it's bad enough. I won't run a quick kill product unless I'm finding a lot per square ft.
The quick kill grub control will not prevent future grubs, so if you want to kill them now and prevent them in the future you'd need to use two products in most cases. The quick kill products contain triclorfon aka Dylox. Those products also kill a bunch of other insects too, so if you don't have a lot of grubs it's not good to use it.
Scott's grubex is a preventative treatment using chlorantraniliprole. I think it needs to be applied in May as it takes some time for the active ingredient to get working in the soil. It's likely not too late though to use this product, but I'd have to look at the label. I've never used that chemical so I can't give you much more details on that.
The most common preventative is imidicloprid aka Merit. Usually Merit is applied mid-June up until early July.
Some of the grub preventatives have fertilizer or more commonly just the potassium, so like a 0-0-7 analysis.
The quick kill grub control will not prevent future grubs, so if you want to kill them now and prevent them in the future you'd need to use two products in most cases. The quick kill products contain triclorfon aka Dylox. Those products also kill a bunch of other insects too, so if you don't have a lot of grubs it's not good to use it.
Scott's grubex is a preventative treatment using chlorantraniliprole. I think it needs to be applied in May as it takes some time for the active ingredient to get working in the soil. It's likely not too late though to use this product, but I'd have to look at the label. I've never used that chemical so I can't give you much more details on that.
The most common preventative is imidicloprid aka Merit. Usually Merit is applied mid-June up until early July.
Some of the grub preventatives have fertilizer or more commonly just the potassium, so like a 0-0-7 analysis.
If you want to get rid of grubs get yourself some skunks. They'll dig those things up like crazy and eat them. Your yard will be destroyed and you'll have a skunk problem, but one step at a time.
Or just do what the people here say and get some GrubEx etc. Note I believe most of the products kill during the egg stage so it isn't the grubs you see right now that you are necessarily going to get, but when those transform and lay the next set of eggs.
Or just do what the people here say and get some GrubEx etc. Note I believe most of the products kill during the egg stage so it isn't the grubs you see right now that you are necessarily going to get, but when those transform and lay the next set of eggs.