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When you bought your home, understanding the regular maintenance that comes with keeping your yard looking nice may have not been fully realized. Mowing, weed eating, fertilizing, and removing organic debris are little chores to be done throughout the year. But if your lawn has been invaded by an insect pest, act fast before you lose your entire lawn as well as all your weekends of hard work. Your lawn, ornamental trees, and flowerbeds could decline quickly and leave your yard looking damaged, patchy, and completely destroyed.

Inspect your yard

Regularly walking through your yard to see if all the plants and lawn are looking good and healthy can go a long way. If you notice some wilting, yellowing, or if something doesn’t look quite right, look a little closer to see if you can detect any insects on the plants. Lawn pests may be the hardest to see with your eyes until you see real evidence in the grass itself. If you notice tiny bugs munching on leaves or walking along the stalks or stems or find clumps of insect eggs under the leaves, it is very possible that insect infestations are destroying your landscaping.

Insect Infestations

Not all yard infestations look the same depending on what kind of creature is doing the infesting. Knowing what to look for can help you know when it is time to seek out help for your lawn.

• Large, ragged holes or scalloped edges on plant leaves from snails
• Ant bed mounds can be much more widespread through your yard than what you can see on the surface
• Wilted grass to yellow or brown turf patches caused by white grubs
• Various tree ailments can be caused by insects like oak worms, California five spined ips, and cypress tip miners

A trained professional can inspect your yard and recommend an appropriate treatment for whatever your lawn needs. A few treatments for pest infestations include:

• Turf insecticide
• Miticide
• Tree insecticide spray

Prevention

A healthy lawn can put up a good fight against a pest attack. If your yard isn’t getting access to enough water or nutrients, it may be more susceptible to pests.   Regularly tending to your yard by:

•  Watering it regularly, in the morning before the sun evaporates the water
• Fertilizing your lawn in early spring, as the growing season starts to ramp up
• Aerating is something that isn’t always considered by homeowners who are problem-solving about what could be causing their lawn to suffer. But this process allows much needed oxygen to get down to the roots so that they grow healthy

If you are looking to hire a company that will not only tend to the regular maintenance of your yard, but is also experienced in treating pest infestations from all sorts of insects that can wreak havoc on your yard, give The Experienced Gardener in Fresno County a call today.