Grubs may be the first thing you think of when you see unsightly bare areas in your lawn. However, other common lawn problems, including disease and drought, can cause bare spots in your turf, too. So ...

Every year there is growing interest in controlling Japanese beetle grubs using alternative pest control materials such as microbial-based insecticides and beneficial nematodes. Japanese beetles were ...

Grub worms can be one of the trickiest pests to deal with in your garden. The soil-dwelling larvae are hard to spot without digging up a patch of your yard and treating the problem can be just as ...

LAST YEAR I HAD A TRUE GRUB LAWN PROBLEM, WITH DOZENS OF GRUBS PER SQUARE FOOT. I COULD ROLL UP MY GRASS LIKE A CARPET. I RE-SEEDED IN FALL AND YESTERDAY BOUGHT A GRUB CONTROL WITH MERIT. I READ THAT ...

I’ve never used a grub control product on my lawn and never had a grub problem. Am I missing something? My neighbors use this stuff. Lawn grubs get blamed for dead patches in lawns but are not usually ...

Q: I discovered yesterday that I have a moderate amount of grub damage to my suburban Harrisburg lawn. My questions concern the usage of chemical control for the grubs. I plan on applying milky spore ...

Quote of the week: "A good gardener always plants three seeds -- one for the grubs, one for the weather and one for himself." The telephone calls about grubs are coming in, and the grub-control ...

A fairly common question we get at the Extension office from residents each year is “What can we use to control grubs in the lawn?” There are several insecticide products available for controlling ...

You’re admiring your lawn one day when you notice something strange: irregular brown patches, grass that peels up like a cheap rug, and maybe even raccoons or birds clawing at the soil. Chances are, ...

Grubs can be a problem in lawns some years. Adult beetles will be attracted to irrigated lawns that are surrounded by dry lawns to lay their eggs in early summer. If the season is dry and you are the ...

DEAR JESSICA: Down in Boynton Beach, Florida, I had a 5-foot (around and tall) gardenia, and every month I gave it the juice from an otherwise empty pickle jar, so about half the liquid volume. It ...