Yes, we've done two courses of contact pesticide (not diazinon, which is no
longer available) -- one liquid, one granular.


"Srgnt Billko" wrote in message
...

"jerry" g.miller@NOSPAMgmailDOTcom wrote in message
...
I live in southern Pennsylvania. Grubs destroyed most of my back lawn,
leaving about 3,000 sq ft in need of replacement. I got started on the
restoration myself, removing the dead turf and killing the nasty varmints
... but the job is too big for me to finish.

A contractor is proposing to do the following:

-- till the (now bare) damaged areas
-- grade
-- dethatch/rake the surrounding balance of the back lawn
-- seed the regraded section
-- overseed the dethatched area
-- return in spring to apply an early-season course of Merit to prevent a
recurrence of the grubs.

Cost quoted for all of the above is $600, and he'd do it next week. He
says
there's no need to wait for spring, plenty of good grass-growing weather
this fall.

Is this a 1) a reasonable plan, and 2) a reasonable cost?

I've had no luck in getting additional contractors to quote on the job
...
they're all too busy.


Should we assume you have already treated the area with diazinon - or are
you against using chemicals ? I used it in southern NYS and it worked for
me - but there are just a couple times a year when it works good.