Maintenance of a lawn is very important for it to look beautiful and healthy. One possible damage to a lawn comes from grubs. In fact, the extent of harm from grubs can be quite considerable and preventive steps should be taken as soon as possible. Wilting of grass and the presence of wildlife and birds in your lawn is an indication of the fact that your lawn has been infested by grubs. If you find small holes in the lawn, then it could be because of small animals having tried to uproot the grubs. Generally, possibility of grub infestation is high during dry weather, particularly the time between spring and fall. Before starting with treatment for grubs, do make sure that the problem is actually with grubs and nothing else. The good part about treatment of grubs is that it is not a very difficult procedure as grubs can be seen immediately under the lawn soil.



The only care you have to take before treatment is to verify the kind of insect that is present in the soil. If your soil is infested with white grubs, then it is the larvae of beetles and it is usually white, fat and seen in a C shape. These beetles have six legs and a brown head and take two years to transform into a matured beetle. The best time to treat them is during warm weather, when they are usually feeding. As long as no grub infested area is left untreated, grub removal is easily achieved.

However, it is always better to stop grub infestation before it starts rather than worry about the treatment procedure. This applies to grub infestation, also. If you take certain measures beforehand, you will not be afflicted by the problem of grubs and you won't have to spend time in treating them. The best cure for not letting grubs enter your lawn is to place bacteria that give rise to milky spore disease in your garden. The great thing about these bacteria is that it does not let grubs appear in your lawn and it has no other side-effects on your lawn. Apart from this, the bacteria can function for a great number of years and is very useful, particularly when used before the infestation has begun. If the lawn is already infested, then the bacteria do not have a very impressive effect on your lawn and it will take considerable time for you lawn to be rid of the grubs.

Apart from this, there are microscopic worms called nematodes in the soil which attack the white grubs. They are very small, but perfectly capable of destroying the grubs. The way they function is by entering the grubs' body and then giving out a poison which finishes off the grubs in around two days time. Rather than resorting to chemicals, nematodes are a very effective way of doing away with grubs. This should be an essential learning from your supplies gardening exercises.