Residential Lawn Program

Residential Lawn Program

Fertilizer - Turf grass requires nitrogen,potassium, iron, and manganese.  We use a combination of Organic and Synthetic Fertilizers in granular and liquid forms to achieve optimal results.  During the summer, we are not able to use nitrogen as local ordinances prohibit its application.  We will apply chelated Iron for yellowing during the summer.

Soil PH - Our soils tend to be alkaline.  Many tested are 7.6-7.8.  St. Augustine and Zoysia grass prefer to be in a soil PH of 6.5.  We apply acid producing fertilizers as a part of our maintenance programs.  The lime content in our water is increasing the PH every time you water, so be careful not to over water.

Damaging Insects- chinch bugs, web worms, cutworms,grubs, etc.

We apply asystemic material in the spring to preventively control chinch bugs and grubs.  Chinch bug season runs between June and October, although some years we’ve seen them as late as December.  We can have as many as five generations per year.

We monitor for chinch bugs using a vacuum.  This helps to evaluate the need for treatment and assess post treatment effectiveness.   If your yard had chinc hbugs last year, they will likely be back the following year as we never kill 100% of them, only enough to prevent damage.  Our philosophy is to only treat as necessary for damaging insects.  This will allow beneficial insects that naturally control the damaging insects to survive in your lawn.  This is a good thing!

Disease - The most common diseases are Brown Patch, Large Patch, and Gray leaf spot.

Several things can be done to limit damage from these diseases:

-Control stress - don’t mow grass when it’s wet if disease is present.

-Control irrigation - don’textend the time your grass is wet. Water between 2 - 8 a.m.              

-Mow with sharp blades.

Treatments applied do not cure the disease; they simply protect healthy grass allowing it to grow out of the problem.  

Weeds – Over-watering and mowing too short are the most common causes of weed problems. Your lawn must be hydrated and stress free to apply herbicides without damaging the turf.  Our service controls broadleaf weeds but not crabgrass.  At the first sighting of crabgrass we recommend killing with roundup (remove dead area) and resod.

A broadcast treatment of your entire lawn may be done initially to control heavily infested yards.  Spot control of weeds is our approach as we feel that less pesticides and herbicides is better for the overall health of your lawn.

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