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 ...

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 ...

Q: Two years ago I put down milky spore disease to control a grub problem in the lawn. Since I applied it, I've read that it doesn't take care of all grubs. Last year, I didn't have a grub problem.

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 ...

In the fall companies hit consumers with more ads for lawn products that control grub infestations. Save your money and what’s left of the honey bee population and bypass the stuff, says a national ...

Grubs can destroy a lawn quickly. You wake up one day and a greening up lawn isn't greening up. You might have grubs. Here are the main things you need to know to keep grubs from killing your lawn.

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, ...

Now that lawns are beginning to green up, some Midlanders are finding patches of thin or dead grass in their yards. These patches may be the result of grubs eating the root system of the turf.

One of the most easily recognized insects in the home landscape is the white grub. Almost every gardener has seen white grub larvae in the soil, while installing new plants or tilling the vegetable ...

Last week one of our Master Gardener Volunteers mentioned that she came home to a back yard that was completely destroyed by skunks. This is a telltale sign that there were grubs in the lawn. This ...