In many parts of the country white grubs wreak havoc with lawns. They feed on grass roots and can destroy your entire lawn if left untreated. If you had a grub problem (for more information click here) last fall and weren't able to apply control measures, take action. First, apply Bayer Advanced™ 24-Hour Grub Killer Plus Granules this month to kill the grubs that are feeding on your lawn this spring. It delivers overnight results, and it also kills other pests including chinch bugs, cutworms, mole crickets and sod webworms. If you are trying to prevent grubs in the future you should apply Bayer Advanced™ Season-Long Grub Control Granules in May or June to control this summer’s grubs. Its new, patented dual-action formulation promotes turf recovery with essential nutrients and controls grubs all summer long. And don’t forget, today’s grubs are tomorrow’s plant-eating beetles.

If you have also had problems with insects that feed on grass blades, such as armyworms, chinch bugs and sod webworms, use Bayer Advanced™ Complete Insect Killer For Soil & Turf Granules. It combines two Bayer proprietary ingredients that kill more than 50 kinds of above and belowground pests including ants, aphids, armyworms, bagworms, chinch bugs, cockroaches, cutworms, earwigs, fleas, grasshoppers, gypsy moths, lace bugs, leafhoppers, leaf miners, mealybugs, mosquitoes, pine tip moths, rose midges, sod webworms, spiders, spittlebugs, thrips, ticks, white grubs and whiteflies. Bayer Advanced Complete Insect Killer for Soil & Turf is available in both ready-to-spread granules, ready-to-spray liquid and liquid concentrate. These products can also be used to control insects on flowers and shrubs. To keep pests away from homes, apply beneath shrubs, around house foundation and nearby grass or weeds.

This Month’s Grubs Turn into This Summer’s Beetles

White grubs are the larval stage of a specific family of beetles, which includes Japanese beetles, June beetles and rose chafers. In other words, the grubs that may be in your lawn now will turn into beetles that feed on your trees, shrubs and flowers later this summer. (To take an informative look at the life cycle of white grubs and the beetles they change into, click here). Bayer Advanced offers a complete line of products to protect your plants from these ravenous beetles. To protect your roses and flowers, try Bayer Advanced™ All-In-One Rose & Flower Care Concentrate. It protects your plants from insects like Japanese beetles, plus against common diseases, all while it feeds.

To protect your trees for up to 12 months, use Bayer Advanced™ Tree & Shrub Insect Control Concentrate. No spraying is necessary. Simply mix with water and pour at the base of the tree. It’s also available in a new landscape concentrate, which treats twice as many trees. To protect and feed your trees, use the new Bayer Advanced™ 12-Month Tree and Shrub Protect and Feed Concentrate. Again, no spraying is necessary – just sprinkle around the plant base and water in. It protects for up to 12 months, plus offers slow release feeding. Bayer Advanced Tree and Shrub formulations can also be used to protect trees from devastating pests like Emerald Ash Borer and adelgids.

This year, Bayer Advanced is continuing its partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation by pledging 100,000 trees, or one tree for each bottle of Bayer Advanced™ Tree & Shrub Insect Control Concentrate or Bayer Advanced™ Tree & Shrub Protect & Feed Granules sold between April 1 and July 31, 2008.