Do you wonder about what happened, the big hubbub about Maine lawn grubs?
Damage to your Maine home lawn due to grubs. Like a lot of things, to get rid of lawn grubs in Maine requires near perfect timing and a tested method matter a lot. Grubs are most vulnerable in late summer to early fall when they are small and feeding near the ground’s surface. It’s not once and done.
Fall application, spring/summer maintenance to guard against the lawn grubs in Maine are needed.
One DIY organic method is applying beneficial nematodes.
They come live, refrigerated and time is of the essence to help them get established on your grub infested lawn.
These microscopic worms attack and kill grubs in the soil on Maine property owner lawns.
A box that covers about 2,000 square feet usually costs $30–$50.
Apply them in the evening after watering or rain, and keep the soil moist for at least two weeks to begin the lawn grub evictions.
Results can take a few weeks, but it’s a safe, natural approach that won’t harm pets, children, or pollinators.
Milky spore is another organic treatment that targets Japanese beetle grubs. It costs about $40–$60 per 10 lb bag and needs to be applied 3–6 times in the first year. It can take one to two years to see noticeable results, but it lasts for up to 10 years once established in the soil.
For faster results, chemical treatments are available to Maine home owners to apply to their lawns.
Preventative grub killers like Scotts GrubEx (active ingredient: chlorantraniliprole) cost about $20–$30 for a bag that covers 5,000 square feet. Apply in late June to early August. It prevents new grubs from developing and lasts several months. Helps to continue to attack lawn grubs.
If grubs are already active and damaging your lawn, curative treatments like Bayer 24-Hour Grub Killer Plus (active ingredient: trichlorfon) work faster.
These cost about $25–$40 per bag and act within 24–72 hours use in your warfare with lawn grubs in Maine.
However, they only last a few weeks and should not be used repeatedly on your Maine lawns.
This grub fighting treatment can also harm bees and beneficial insects if misapplied.
For best prevention, Maine homeowners should avoid over watering Maine home lawns.
Grubs thrive in moist soil.
Water deeply once or twice a week rather than daily. Raise your Maine home lawn mowing height—beetles prefer to lay eggs in short grass.
De-thatch in early summer to reduce places where grub eggs can be laid around your Maine home lawn.
And attracting birds like starlings and robins by providing birdbaths or feeders is smart thinking—they naturally eat grubs. At night you can see where raccoons, starlings, skunks, lots of prey out in the backyard looking for a grub snack.
Looking around my Southern Aroostook County location, lawns with grub damage is everywhere. The local weather has called for rain a lot in the forecast and local grub predators have gone right to down. Big business for lawn repair outfits in Northern Maine. Do you mow your own lawn? Is there a problem where you live with lawn grubs?
In places, it looks like large sections of lawn have been rototilled. Sod ripped back and exposed with pecking, rodent tilling obvious around my local area of Maine.
Getting rid of the pests once they move on to your property is not the easiest solution for lawn grubs in Maine.
To check if you have a grub problem, lift a square foot of sod in late August or September.
If you see more than five grubs per square foot, it’s time to treat. Living in Maine, somethings you have a grub hub bub to deal with but ask your neighbors.
Just have to ask around when you live in small Maine community.
Quiz the folks down at the corner store where you refuel with coffee each morning or where you get your hair cut and styled.
Mainers are quick to help and offer solutions that work like a charm that cost the least.
They will humbly share the mistakes they made that you want to avoid.
Or to relay what provided the best results for any life situation like lawn grubs in Maine.
Simple, want to help Maine towns are a rich resource. All you have to do is ask, let your Maine family, friends and neighbors know about your grub or whatever problem keeping you awake nights.
I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker
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