The timeframe to prevent grubworms starts right now. From now until about mid-July, you have the window to effectively prevent grub damage in your lawn. After that, your options become much more limited—and much less effective.
If you've been putting off grub prevention, now is the time to act.
How Grub Prevention Works
It's important to understand that grub prevention doesn't completely keep grubs out of your lawn. What it does is kill young grubs before they have a chance to feed on your turf's root system.
Grubs are the larval stage of beetles, including June bugs. Female beetles lay eggs in lawns during early summer, and those eggs hatch into small grubs. A preventative application creates a barrier in your soil that kills these young larvae as they emerge.
The key is timing. Once grubs reach a certain size, the preventative no longer works effectively. At that point, they've begun actively feeding on your lawn's roots, and you'll need a different product to address the problem—by which time significant damage may have already occurred.
For homeowners in Midlothian, Prosper, and throughout the DFW area, getting this preventative down during the proper window is critical.
Who Needs Grub Prevention Most
Grub prevention is especially important if you've had grubs in the past. Grub problems tend to recur in the same lawns year after year because the conditions that attracted beetles originally—healthy turf, adequate moisture, the right soil type—haven't changed.
Another warning sign: if you've seen a lot of June bugs on your property, pay attention. June bugs are adult beetles, and where there are adult beetles, there will likely be eggs laid in your lawn. Those eggs become the grubs that destroy turf.
Homeowners in Prosper, Waxahachie, and throughout North Texas who notice June bugs swarming around porch lights in early summer should consider grub prevention a priority.
Don't Try to Predict—Just Prevent
Here's the challenge with grubs: there's no reliable way to predict whether you'll have an infestation without applying a preventative. By the time you see the damage—brown patches that pull up easily because the roots have been eaten—it's too late for prevention.
The cost of treating an active grub infestation, plus repairing the lawn damage, far exceeds the cost of prevention. And there's no guarantee you'll catch the problem before significant damage occurs.
Don't delay. Apply your grub preventative now while the window is open.
Watch the video below to learn more about grub prevention timing and why it matters for your lawn.
For professional grub prevention in Midlothian and Prosper, contact Vista Lawn and Pest.
