We've gotten a lot of calls and emails already this season about tree seedlings in the lawn or mulch areas. Unfortunately, lawn herbicides have very little effect on woody plants like trees, so there isn't much our applications can do to control them in a lawn setting. One of the best ways to rid your lawn of them is consistent mowing. Repeatedly cutting the tops off by mowing over them will kill the seedlings in most cases. You can pull them up if you want, but mowing is just as effective. 

In the mulch areas and flowerbeds, they can be pulled out or mulched over. Steer clear of nonselective herbicides containing glyphosate as they're not very effective on the tree seedlings and they may kill or injure other plant material in the area.

Now is the time to schedule a preventative grub control application. The grubs are nearing their adult beetle stage where they emerge from the soil. Some of them will do major feeding damage on plant material as adults while others do very little feeding as adults. They then lay their eggs in your lawn, usually in late June to early July. Applying a preventative grub control application before the eggs are laid inhibits the eggs from hatching and keeps grubs out of your lawn for the rest of the year. If you currently have grub activity in your lawn or you've had activity in years past then it may be a good idea to do a preventative treatment. Grubs can still be treated later in the fall with a different insecticide, but by that time they will have damaged your lawn.

If you're not sure if you have this application scheduled just email us. We will be happy to check, and if not, give you pricing on this application.