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Is It Too Late For Pre-Emergent?
It’s mid-March, the clocks have sprung forward and sunset is well after 7:30PM now. I am already taking advantage of the additional yard time after work, getting some much needed pruning done.
The days are longer too, almost up to a full 12 hours of day length! The more sunlight available means the more your grass can grab it for photosynthesis. That’s a trigger for it to wake up and start growing.
Longer days also mean the soil is heating up and that is what drives our strategy for pre-emer...
Lawn Mowing Matters Most
Today we are going to talk about the importance of mowing.Right now, if you were to ask any lawn treatment professional about, “What’s the one thing you wish your customers did properly that would help you the most?”They would 100% of the time tell you “I wish I could get them to mow properly.”But before I explain that, I want to let you know, both of my guides, Warm Season Lawn Care Guides and Cool Season Lawn Care Guides have been optimized and updated for the 2020 season.If you have been w...
Weeds In Your Winter Lawn - What To Do
What’s up y’all, hope your new year is going well!I know that many of you are getting a deep freeze and snow right now - and I hope the tips in this post today will provide some hope for you that spring is not far away!Even you folks in the southern half of the country; you have it bad too because while the cold isn’t necessarily unbearable, and you are not fighting with ice and snow - you have it worse because you can still see your lawn and it’s brown and dormant and depressing!You may be ...
Florida, Texas, Gulf Coast Fall and Winter Pre-Emergent Schedule
I wrote this plan specifically for “South Florida” as a winter pre-emergent and soil plan, but many of you could still benefit from incorporating a lot of this into your plans as well.
Watch The Videos
First off, make sure you watch the video I put out just this past weekend outlining the basics of the Florida Pre-Emergent Plan.
I’m not going to get into the watering portion in this written guide, so just make sure you get down at least 1” of water a week anywhere in Florida.Even if your tur...
Warm Season Lawn Care Tips
How To Prevent Fungus In The LawnWhat’s up y’all - hope you are having a great week!Things around the south - they are a-changin'!I’m seeing temps that are really seeming more Fall right now which I’m sure is a welcome relief for many of you.That being said, your warm-season turf is going to put on the brakes, hard and fast.When this happens, don’t be concerned about it, instead, just change up your strategy.Take a look at Athens, GA soil temps just today as I am typing this:
The average at ...
How To Control Nutsedge In Your Lawn
Nutsedge, Nutgrass, Kyllinga, Water Grass - call it what you want, it’s nasty and it’s raging right now. The heatwave last week may have stunted your good turfgrass and now you are watering things back to health and notice these lime green tufts sticking up. Your first thought: Is it crabgrass? If so, that’s another animal - but chances are if it’s sticking up tall and has that square and sharp blade feeling in your hand, it’s nutsedge. Here is some I found in Munster, IN. It certainly st...
How To Prep Your Lawn for Vacation & Fixing Gray Leaf Spot Disease
I know many of you are still planning summer vacations away and are wondering about mowing leading up to, and just before you leave, in addition to what to do when you get back.
Next, I’m getting reports of disease in lawns - especially in the deep south where tropical storm rains pounded us in Florida - and have moved to Hurricane rains through the Mississippi and Louisiana Gulf Coast.
How To Cure Brown Patches and Lawn Disease Problems In The Summer
What’s up ya’ll and welcome to summer! And with that, we want to show you How To Cure Lawn Disease Problems and Fix Brown Patches In Your Lawn.
Essentially, this is a fungus that's starting to affect lawns across the transition zone and up into the midwest.Let’s take a look at Rocky Mount, NC. Beautiful country there where Paul, from Paul’s Prime Cuts, lives and works.This area is known as the Atlantic Coastal Plains and you will find Turf Type Tall Fescue there, Centipede, Zoysia, Bermuda, ...
Treat Yourself This Father's Day
Happy Father's Day Week to all the dads and sons out there! As you all know, yard work is one of the best ways for fathers and sons to work together and accomplish goals while building a healthy relationship. So first off, make sure you take time this weekend to reach out to your dad or son and get outside together.
Speaking to dads everywhere, I have some items discounted from now until Sunday that you could get and “Treat Yourself” this Father's Day. Since you can’t find Milorganite a...
How Much Nitrogen To Put On Your Lawn This Summer
Hello there Lawn Care Nuts and welcome to “almost Memorial Day weekend!”It’s a big weekend for many reasons, primarily in remembering those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Those sacrifices are what allow us to enjoy such a weekend at home with family, in our lawns. Thank you!It’s also kind of what I call the “send off into summer” lawn application time of the season. As you guys know, I’m not a fan of pushing too much nitrogen in the heat of summer.Don’t get me wrong, I...
How To Prevent Lawn Fungus & Disease
This is part 3 of a 3-part series on preventing lawn fungus and disease in your lawn.Part 1 is a podcast/video segment here.Part 2 is a video explaining the products used in the “Bullet Proof Lawn Disease Strategy”.Part 3 is this page going over the products and their costs (all products found at Home Depot - not sponsored)
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Let’s go:Lawn fungus and disease, they are going to be talked about quite a bit over the next several weeks, I can already feel it.Here in the air...
