What services
do you offer?
How often do you come out?
What is your guarantee?
How soon do I need to water after an application?
How much should I water?
How long do my pet and I need to stay off the lawn
after an application?
Do I need to be home when you spray?
When can I mow or rake my lawn after an application?
Do you spray for bugs?
What insects brown out the lawn?
How do I check for insects?
What weeds do you control?
What’s the difference between crabgrass
and orchard grass?
Can you get rid of mushrooms?
Do you winterize the lawn?
Q: What services do you offer?
A: Lawn fertilization that includes weed and insect control. We also offer
a bug barricade sprayed around the exterior of your home.
Q: How often do
you come out?
A: We spray every 4-6 weeks (6 or 7 sprays per year depending on the weather).
Q: What is
your guarantee?
A: We guarantee your lawn will be green to your satisfaction 3 weeks after
each application. Also, your existing broadleaf weeds will be damaged
after 2 consecutive applications and killed after 6 consecutive applications.
Q: How soon do
I need to water after an application?
A: This depends on the weather. For example, in the cool of early spring
and late fall, watering may not be necessary. During the heat of the summer
you may need to water by noon the next day. We will leave watering instructions
at the time of service.
Q: How much should
I water?
A:Until there is 10 inches of moist soil (enough to cover the full root
zone). You can check this by pushing in a screwdriver after watering.
If it goes in easily and moist soil sticks to it, then you have watered
sufficiently. Or, you can pry back the soil with a shovel to see the watering
depth.
Q: How long do
my pet and I need to stay off the lawn after an application?
A: Stay off the lawn until it dries. (About one hour).
Q: Do I need to
be home when you spray?
A: No. If you are not home we will spray the lawn and leave the invoice
on the door along with the watering instructions.
Q: When can
I mow or rake my lawn after an application?
A: Don’t mow or rake the lawn for 1 week unless it rains or you
water.
Q: Do you spray
for bugs?
A: Each spray we check for insects that brown out the lawn. If
we find insects we apply insecticide. If you think you have insects browning
the lawn, please call the office right away. Insecticide is not an effective
preventive, observation saves more lawn. For an additional fee, we spray
a Bug Barricade around the outside of your home to help prevent spiders,
ants, earwigs and wasps from entering. Please call if you would like this
service.
Q: What insects
brown out the lawn?
A: Grubs, Billbugs, Cranberry Girdler and Sod Webworm are the typical
insects in this area.
Q: How do
I check for insects?
A: Insects damage grass blades by severing the roots or crowns. A grass
blade with insect damage is brown throughout the entire blade. Check a
brown spot by pulling up a handful of grass. If the grass pulls up like
carpet that is an indication of possible insects. With the grass pulled
up, then look for insects on the soil.
Q: What
weeds do you control?
A: All broadleaf weeds: Morning Glory, Dandelion, Spurge, Thistle, etc
Q: What’s
the difference between crabgrass and orchard grass?
A: Crabgrass is an annual grass that germinates in the spring and grows
during the summer months. We can help control crabgrass by using pre-emergence
in the spring and spraying special herbicide in the summer. Orchard grass
is a perennial grass that grows taller than your regular grass and year-round.
There is no selective way to kill orchard grass without killing your lawn.
To kill orchard grass you can spray roundup, then dig up and replant.
Q: Can you
get rid of mushrooms?
A: There’s no spray to get rid of mushrooms. Mushrooms are a sign
of nature decomposing something in the lawn. The best thing to do is kick
or mow them over. To help prevent them, try watering deeper and less frequently.
Q: Do you winterize
the lawn?
A: Yes, on the last application of the season we apply a higher concentration
of fertilizer to help the roots grow deeper and build carbohydrates. This
helps the lawn grow thicker and healthier in the spring.
