How to Kill Grubs: Local Gardening Expert Outlines Fight Plan

Paulette Ball, a lawn and garden supervisor at Alsip Home & Nursery, offers tips for homeowners on the subject of how to kill grubs and deal with Japanese beetles.

In the annual backyard fight against pesky grubs and Japanese beetles, Paulette Ball has come to be viewed as a heavyweight champion. She has worked at Alsip Home & Nursery in Frankfort for the last five years. During that time, she thought she had seen and heard it all—until this spring. “The grubs are already close to the surface,” Ball said. “Usually, this doesn’t happen until around Mother’s Day. This is a very strange spring.” Ball, a lawn and garden supervisor, recommends customers hit grubs hard now—with a right and a left. She offers these tips: 1. Apply a 24-hour grub kill product such as Bayer Advanced Grub Killer Plus. “That’s going to get the ones that are up close to the surface,” she said. “Usually, they don’t put this down …

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