The key to a grub-free lawn in North Carolina is using preventative grub control! These treatments are designed to be absorbed into the soil where the grubs are located. Once the grubs hatch, they come into contact with the treatment and are eliminated. For the best results, it's crucial to apply these treatments between May and mid-June when the grubs are starting to hatch but have not yet matured. Unfortunately, skipping these treatments can lead to a quick infestation of grubs on your lawn. If an infestation occurs, you'll need to schedule curative treatments to address the problem and then invest in lawn care services to help your lawn recover from any damage it may have suffered.

How do preventative grub control treatments work?

Preventative grub control treatments are one of the most effective ways of protecting your lawn from grubs. These types of treatments need to be applied across a lawn, and they will then sink down into the soil. If there are any grub eggs in your soil, they will start to hatch and as they do, they will come into contact with the treatment and be taken care of before they have the chance to start feeding on the roots of your grass.

Grubs are more difficult to control after reaching maturity, making preventative treatment crucial.

When should you apply preventative grub control treatments?

While preventative grub control treatments are very effective at eliminating grubs, they only work on newly hatched grubs, so it's crucial that they are applied at the right time. The best time to apply preventative grub control treatments is between May and mid-June, which is before the grub season starts. When the treatments are applied at this time, they will be ready to go when the grubs start to hatch! If you wait too long to apply this type of treatment and the grubs mature past a certain point, it won't be effective, so make sure to get the treatment down in time!

What happens if you skip preventative grub control treatments?

A lawn care professional in Matthews, NC, using equipment to provide lawn care after a grub infestation.

If you decide to skip out on preventative grub control, there's a chance that your lawn will end up being infested by grubs. If this happens, they can start causing extensive damage to your lawn as they work their way through the soil and feed on the roots of your grass. You will then need to schedule a curative treatment to eliminate the infestation. While the curative treatment can wipe out the grubs on your lawn, they can't reverse any damage that they already caused.

To help your lawn recover from this damage, you might also need to invest in lawn care services. For example, lawn fertilization will supply your lawn with the nutrients it needs to continue growing strong after the infestation. Core aeration will help your lawn absorb these nutrients with ease. Overseeding will help fill in any bare patches on your lawn that were caused as a result of grub damage. Weed control will control any weeds and allow your lawn to benefit from the other lawn care services without having to compete with weeds.

Give us a call today to schedule our grub control service.

At Carolina Turf Lawn and Landscape, we're family-owned and operated and have been in business for 13 years. To help prevent a grub infestation, our team of professionals will come out to your property and apply a preventative grub control treatment to your lawn between May and mid-June before the grub season begins. If your lawn is already infested with grubs, we offer curative treatments to eliminate them.

We offer our grub control service to residential and commercial properties, as well as HOAs, in Matthews, Weddington, Ballantyne, Wesley Chapel, and Charlotte, NC, plus many other surrounding areas. Give us a call today at (704) 649-0430 to sign up!