I'm in Southern Ontario and have finally got a grub infestation under
control - now I have to re-establish my damaged front lawn. What's the
best approach for me to use and is Fall the best time to do it?

"Brad" wrote in message
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I'm in Southern Ontario and have finally got a grub infestation under
control - now I have to re-establish my damaged front lawn. What's the
best approach for me to use and is Fall the best time to do it?

whattaya growing?

Don wrote:
"Brad" wrote in message
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I'm in Southern Ontario and have finally got a grub infestation under
control - now I have to re-establish my damaged front lawn. What's the
best approach for me to use and is Fall the best time to do it?

whattaya growing?


If you have crows visiting your lawn, they will keep white grubs under
control. Unfortunately, since the early depression years crows are very
wary of man. This is not to say crows don't cause other problems.

Grubs aren't the problem now. That's been solved. I'm looking for some
tips or ideas on how best to re-establish the damaged areas. Top dress
and overseed is probably the approach I'm going to use but I need some
guidance on timing.

Grubs aren't the problem now. That's been solved. I'm looking for some
tips or ideas on how best to re-establish the damaged areas. Top dress
and overseed is probably the approach I'm going to use but I need some
guidance on timing.

"Brad" wrote in message
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Grubs aren't the problem now. That's been solved. I'm looking for some
tips or ideas on how best to re-establish the damaged areas. Top dress
and overseed is probably the approach I'm going to use but I need some
guidance on timing.

kinda hard to help you if you won't tell us what you are growing!

"Don" wrote in message
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"Brad" wrote in message
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Grubs aren't the problem now. That's been solved. I'm looking for some
tips or ideas on how best to re-establish the damaged areas. Top dress
and overseed is probably the approach I'm going to use but I need some
guidance on timing.

kinda hard to help you if you won't tell us what you are growing!

Southern ontario - mid sept is a good time to start.

Sorry Don. Missed your earlier post. This was an established lawn when
we bought the house and it's in a newer subdivision so I'm thinking it
was initially put down as sod as opposed to seeding. Probably a mix of
turf-type Perennial Ryegrass and Kentucky Bluegrass.

"Brad" wrote:
Grubs aren't the problem now. That's been solved. I'm looking for some
tips or ideas on how best to re-establish the damaged areas. Top dress
and overseed is probably the approach I'm going to use but I need some
guidance on timing.

I'd suggest slice seeding if it wasn't grub damage. Did you find big grubs
in the soil below your damaged turf? You must be way yonder up north to
have your lawn destroyed by grubs already. Did it frost there yet?

Steveo wrote:
"Brad" wrote:
You must be way yonder up
north to have your lawn destroyed by grubs already.

Unless you're dealing with billbug larvae.

Thanks for all the replies. Actually, it was grubs and it took me to
the second in-star to solve the problem. The grubs are now gone. My
original post was looking for the best time to repare the lawn. My
solution to repair the damage is to top dress and over seed somewhere
around mid September.