Get the Jump on Lawn Pests
 Don't let insects and weeds get a foothold in your lawn. Take action soon so your lawn will look great all summer long. For complete instructions on how to give a spring tune-up, click here.
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 white grub problem last fall but didn't do anything about it (more information on grubs), use Bayer Advanced™ 24-Hour Grub Killer Plus Granules. It delivers overnight results, and it also kills ants†, chinch bugs, crickets, cutworms, earwigs, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, millipedes, mole crickets, pillbugs, scorpions, sod webworms, sowbugs and ticks. If you want to protect your lawn from grubs all season apply Bayer Advanced™ Season-Long Grub Control Granules next month. Its new, patented dual-action formulation controls grubs all season long, PLUS promotes turf recovery with essential nutrients.
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 Concentrate. 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 Concentrate is also available in both ready-to-spread granules and ready-to-spray liquid. 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.
Control weeds. Weeds compete with grasses for water and nutrients and make your lawn look lousy. A well-cared-for, vigorous lawn will resist weed invasions, but if you have problems, use Bayer Advanced™ All-In-One Weed Killer for Lawns Concentrate. It kills lawn weeds like dandelion and clover, plus grassy weeds, like crabgrass and nutgrass, in one easy step. For St. Augustine lawns and other Southern lawns, use Bayer Advanced™ Southern Weed Killer for Lawns Ready-To-Spray to control your broadleaf weeds.
†Ants except Carpenter Ants, Fire Ants, Harvester Ants, and Pharaoh Ants. |
Young trees require special attention if you want them to become long-lived landmarks in your landscape. First, make sure they get proper water. After planting, construct double, concentric watering basins. The first should be just outside the rootball and the second about two feet outside that. Fill the inner basin with water to wet the rootball and use the outer one to wet the surrounding soil. Until the roots of the tree extend into the native soil, the inner circle will have to be filled with water most often, possibly more than once a week in hot weather. The outer circle can be filled less often. After the first year the inner circle can be taken down. When you water, make sure the water penetrates the entire rooting area. This means filling a 6- to 8-inch-high basin two or three times.
There are two types of weeds - grassy and broadleaf. Bayer Advanced has formulated a weed killer that targets both types of weeds at once, anytime throughout the season -