How do I know if grubs are eating my lawn?
Three signs: brown patches that spread in late summer, turf that lifts up easily because the roots are gone, and skunks, raccoons or birds digging in the lawn at night. If you peel back a section and find more than a handful of white C-shaped grubs per square foot, you have a problem.
How does Shades of Green protect against grubs and insects?
One application, season-long protection
In late spring we apply Grub Plus, a preventive treatment that lasts from spring through fall. Think of it as insurance: it stops grubs before they hatch instead of treating damage after.
It covers more than grubs
Most companies' grub control only covers grubs. Ours also protects against the surface feeders that chew grass blades and crowns: billbugs, chinch bugs, sod webworms and armyworms.
It's in every package
Grub Plus is included in Standard, Preferred and Premium. You don't have to remember to add it.
What if the damage is already there?
We'll inspect the lawn, confirm what's causing the damage (grubs, disease and drought can look alike), and treat what's actually there. Then we'll watch it on the next visits. Dead areas don't grow back on their own, so a fall aeration and overseeding is usually the repair.
What does grub control cost?
Nothing extra. It's part of the base package, starting at $41 a month for a 3,000 sq. ft. lawn.
Compare the three lawn care packages
Standard
The essentials.
$41 / month*
Addresses the common problems every lawn in our area runs into. 8 applications.
Includes:✓ Custom-blended fertilizer
✓ Broadleaf weed control
✓ Two-part crabgrass program
✓ Grub Plus
✓ Spot weed treatments
✓ Micronutrient package
✓ pH adjustment
✓ Nutsedge control
✓ Free service calls
Preferred
For soil and root health.
$61 / month*
Everything in Standard, plus the two things that fix compacted soil. 10 applications.
Includes:✓ Spring Soil Builder
✓ Fall core aeration
Premium
For a thicker lawn.
$93 / month*
Everything in Preferred, plus seed. 12 applications.
Includes:✓ Fall Soil Builder
✓ Overseeding at a 5 lb seed rate
*Starting prices for a 3,000 sq. ft. lawn on a 12-month payment plan that begins in January. Standard is our minimum program; anything else can be added on its own.
Common questions about lawn insects
Read more about lawn grubs and insects
Explore care for your property
Four things, all outdoors: we feed and protect lawns, we keep bugs out of yards and homes, we look after sprinkler systems, and we do lawn and pest care for businesses. We don't mow, and we don't treat landscape beds.
Lawn care, from the roots up
Fertilization, weed control, grub protection, aeration and fall seeding, timed for Indiana's seasons. Three packages, one price list.
Take your backyard back
Mosquito, flea and tick treatments for the yard, and a perimeter barrier that keeps ants, spiders and other crawlers out of the house.
Sprinkler care, spring through fall
Spring startup, system audits, backflow testing and fall winterization, in three yearly packages. And repairs when something breaks.
Care for your commercial property
Lawn treatments, pest control and winter snow removal for hotels, offices, restaurants, warehouses and other properties in the Lafayette area and the north Indianapolis suburbs.
Ask before you choose
What's included? What costs extra? How long before I see results? We'd rather answer those questions before you spend a dollar. Most of them are answered in the Learning Center.
