Your lawn is the most inviting area of your home. Setting it up beautifully provides a great space for outdoor activities. But once your lawn is invaded with pests, it will start to lose its appeal. Some insects like to feed on grasses and their roots which can instantly ruin your Emerald-green lawn. If you want your lawn to function best, then it needs to be healthy. You may start by getting rid of the pests surrounding it. How? Here are some of the best tips:

1. Spray Natural Repellents

Natural repellents are probably the simplest and easiest way to get rid of lawn pests. These repellents are a mixture of ingredients that you usually find at homes such as plants, oils, herbs, and other substances. Natural repellents function as agents that repel the pests through blocking off their senses like their sense of smell. Once their senses are affected, it will be harder for them to feed on things and their other means of food. They will be forced to stay out of the area where natural repellents are sprayed all over.

Here are five commonly used natural repellents for lawn pests:

1.1. Lemon Scented Spray

One of the many uses of Lemon is as an insect repellent. You can create your homemade lemon-scented spray by mixing 1 cup of lemon-scented dish soap and lemon-scented ammonia. The mixture helps repel pests such as mosquitoes, flies, and fleas. To easily apply, pour it into a hose-end sprayer with a 20-gallon setting. Avoid breathing in the fumes while doing this process. Make sure that people and pets are kept out of the area until the lawn has finally dried and free of pests.

1.2. Apply Garlic Powder

Garlic is a powerful natural insect repellent. It repels a variety of insects including mosquitoes, ants, bugs, beetles, slugs, and termites. Garlic’s strong scent keeps those pests out of your lawn. Just simply sprinkle 1 to 2 pounds of dry granulated garlic to your lawn area and wait for a few days or weeks until all pests vanish. You can also dissolve garlic powder in a cup of water. Put it in a spray bottle. Then, spray it to your lawn.

1.3. Soap Spray

Another known natural insecticide is a soap mixed with some other ingredients. The soap has fatty acids that dissolve the exoskeleton of insects that causes their dehydration. You just need to mix dish soap and water thoroughly into a spray bottle. Not only you can save money from this mixture but also it is more eco-friendly.

1.4. Use Baking Soda

Baking soda has a natural substance that can be a good remedy for your lawn trouble. Homeowners use it to aid problems such as mildew and weeds. But you must use baking soda carefully as it is proven to have phytotoxic effects that can damage the grass. You may sprinkle baking soda lightly on areas around the soil to get rid of pests such as slugs, roaches, ants, and silverfish.

1.5. Onion, Garlic, and Pepper Spray

A combination of onion, garlic, and pepper makes an all-purpose repellent spray. To create the mixture, liquefy 2 garlic bulbs and 2 onions. Afterward, add 2 quarts of water and 2 teaspoons of cayenne powder. After mixing all ingredients, let them sit for about an hour. Then strain the liquid to the bottle spray. Add 2 teaspoons of dish soap to your mixture and thoroughly stir it before spraying to your loan. The dish soap acts as a surfactant that lowers the water tension. It also allows the homemade spray to have effective results as it better sticks to the grass blades.

2. Remove Grubs from your Lawn

Lawn grubs, also known as white grubs, are small, C-shaped beetle larvae about half-inch in length. Grubs can be a great pain when they start to invade your lawn. These tiny pests have soft bodies with legs near their head. They can cause great damage to your lawn as they usually feed on the grassroots causing some grass sections in your lawn to die. To prevent damage to your lawn, it’s best to get rid of the grubs.

Here are ways you can do to remove grubs from your lawn:

2.1. Look for brown sections of your lawn.

A heavy grub infestation damages your lawn. Areas where grubs have attacked look like they went through drought. So, once you see irregular patches of dead grass in your lawn, grubs are probably the ones responsible for that.

2.2. Identify the type of grubs

Before taking any action to get rid of the grubs, it’s better to identify first what kind of grub you are dealing with because it may have an impact on your treatment plan. Identifying the grubs will give you an idea on the proper methods to eliminate them.

2.3. Apply Beneficial Nematodes

Beneficial Nematodes are microscopic worms commonly used for gardening as a form of biological pest control. Nematodes feed on various pests especially the grubs in your lawn. These tiny worms enter the pests’ body and inject them with lethal bacteria that kill the pests with no adverse impact on plants, animals or humans, which makes it an environmentally friendly solution.

2.4. Remove dried parts

To improve your lawn, remove those dried parts caused by the grubs. Dried parts will lose the beauty of your lawn. Make sure to properly remove them, and not affect those good ones. After removal, seed and fertilize your lawn. It helps repair any damage and prevent new grubs from laying their eggs.

3. Care for Your Lawn

Sometimes, pest invasion happens when there is no longer care given either to your home or lawn. Once care is neglected, it is easier for the pests to have access to your home areas. One helpful way to manage your lawn well and achieve outstanding results is to regularly check your lawn. You also need to water carefully, mow and fertilize your lawn. With the right approach, you’ll have a healthier lawn. Pests may start to invade but by checking regularly, any further damage can be avoided as you will immediately notice the pests’ presence.

4. Apply Mechanical Pest Solutions

Mechanical solutions are effective natural pest control that you can easily put up in your lawn. It uses physical means like barriers, fences, and other tools and equipment. Two of the most common actions done by homeowners to control pests are through handpicking and building mechanical traps.

4.1. Handpicking

This method is considered as the quickest way to eliminate pests. You just simply use your hand to pick up pests. But it has some drawbacks because it needs to be performed before any plant damage and before a major development of insects.

4.2 Mechanical Traps

Mechanical traps make use of physical objects to create barriers and trap insects, kill or estimate their numbers. You may purchase them or create your trap with some of the materials you can easily find at home. However, certain traps are costly to manufacture and may end up helping insects rather than harming them. So, it’s best to choose the mechanical trap you think works best for your lawn.

Your lawn is a striking asset of your home. Once it starts to get dry and damaged, it will lose its charm and purpose. To avoid any destruction to your lawn, make sure that you regularly take care of it and prevent any invasion of pests.

Nevertheless, if you see pests lurking around your lawn, then do the effective ways to get rid of them. If you worry about the budget for your lawn treatment, then forget it. You do not have to call for pest control experts or purchase pesticides. There are natural ways you can do as discussed in this article. Those ways can be a great help to treat your lawn problem.

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