`~Gearing up for Spring `~

~~Were Gearing up for Spring~~

Lawn
We will be starting with Pre-emergent crabgrass and weed control with custom blended fertilizer. In the next week or two.


This is the time you might wanna do some Core Aerificatoin.

With every rain or mow use, the soil is compacted tighter and tighter making it tougher for the roots to “squeeze” through the spaces.Core Aerification eliminates soil compaction and helps to control thatch by removing "plugs" out of the soil and leaving them on the lawn. The soil and microbes are then redistributed to the thatch layer of the lawn which helps to break down that thatch. Some of the other benefits are that the holes left by removing the  "plugs" water, air, and fertilizer can get into the soil and root system to improve the health of the lawn. You end up with a thicker lawn that has a stronger and deeper root zone, better drainage, drought tolerance, better disease and weed resistance, better coloring, decreased thatch, better water and nutrient uptake. There is nothing but positives to core aerating your lawn.
For a residential lawn once a year is all you need, but if you have alot of traffic such as children playing or dogs walking on the lawn all the time which compacts the ground or your yard is of heavy clay soil your lawn would benefit form both a spring and fall Core Aerification.

Trees and shrubs

Right now were doing some Dormant Oils to kill over wintering insects and. Were gearing up to do some root feeding and Systemic insecticides to protect the trees and shrubs from insects this summer.

Did your lawn take a beating this summer?

Try SLIT SEEDING.

Now that  the weather is turning extremely hot and dry in these later weeks of  summer, this sets  the scene for extensive grass loss due to the lack of moisture and extreme heat. Add to the mix high humidity and it immediately will put your lawn under stress, very likely resulting in disease and wiping out of th grass. If you find that your yard has suffered from disease, drought and insect damage, you might want to look at doing some renovation. by overseeding areas that have been affected.
 
If your lawns just a little thin you can do overseeding and broadcast the seeds over the whole lawn.
 
But, if there are bigger bare areas or is  extensively thin slit seeding is recommended.
Slit Seeding is done by creating small slits in the soil where seeds are dropped into the slits and grow. Seeds are distributed in a uniform fashion across the lawn This is a great way to renovate tired-looking lawns and thicken grass for a plusher-looking lawn the following spring. 
Both overseeding and slit seeding  are  usually done Begining of Septemberthrough the middle of October depending on weather conditions.
 
If you are interested in this service or have any questions or want us to come out and take a look, Give us a call @ 248.584.3506 ,we would be happy to come out.