How to help your lawn recover—and prevent future damage. If you’ve been following along with our Summer Lawn Survival Series, you’ve already learned two important lessons: Now it’s time to talk about what comes next. One of the biggest misconceptions homeowners have is that every brown lawn needs more water. While watering is an important part of lawn care, it’s only one piece of helping your lawn […]
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If you read the first article in our Summer Lawn Survival Series, you already know that brown grass is a symptom—not a diagnosis. Now it’s time to narrow down what’s actually affecting your lawn. Heat stress, insect damage, and lawn diseases can all leave behind similar-looking brown patches. The good news is that your lawn usually provides clues. You just need to know
Grub, Disease, or Drought? How to Tell the Difference Read More »
One day your lawn is lush, thick, and green. Then, seemingly overnight, brown patches begin appearing, the grass starts thinning, and areas that looked perfectly healthy suddenly seem dry, faded, or even dead. If you’re wondering what happened, you’re not alone. Every summer, homeowners throughout Northeast Ohio ask us the same question: “Why is my lawn turning brown?” After more than 45
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Most lawn programs are designed for maintenance. A healthy fertilizer schedule plus broadleaf control keeps dandelions, clover, and other common invaders in check. For most lawns, that’s exactly what is needed: steady feeding and prevention. But some lawns have a deeper weed problem that requires repair, not maintenance. Knowing what to look for can help you choose the right program to
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Have you ever found yourself wondering: What is THAT in my lawn? It might be a weed, an insect, or something that looks like fungus. No matter what type of lawn pest or disease it is, it’s not welcome in your yard! When the warm weather hits Ohio, the weeds and insects appear, as well
If you’ve noticed brown spots or white powdered areas of your lawn – you might have fungus. To avoid further damage, an online search might lead you to information regarding fungicide. What is fungicide, and what is the best fungicide for your lawn? What Causes Lawn Fungus? Before we consider what fungicides to use, let’s
Fungicides for Your Lawn: Causes and Treatments Options Read More »
Fungus can be the unfortunate factor standing between you and a healthy lawn. Lawn fungus takes many forms, with unsightly results. Some of the common types of lawn fungus include summer patch, fairy ring, powdery mildew, pythium blight, brown patch, gray snow mold, red thread, dollar spot and rust diseases. To determine what is affecting
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What is that weed in my lawn? It’s a game many of us play in the summer. Many homeowners immediately assume crabgrass, but what you have in your lawn might be nutsedge. Nutsedge is a type of sedge – a grass-like plant that can be very hard to eliminate from your lawn because it can
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When it comes to lawn care, most people focus on their lawn. Mowing, fertilizing and leaf removal are important, but you need to take care of your trees and shrubs too. Starting in March or April, our tree and shrub program consists of our licensed specialists visiting every 6-8 weeks. Monitoring all season long, we
Tree & Shrub Program: Protection from Insects, Diseases and More Read More »
Have you been seeing this “weed” popping up in your lawn in the summer? If so, you are dealing with a unique plant from the sedge family of plants called Nutsedge, and it is neither a grass, nor a weed. How to Treat Nutsedge Nutsedge requires treatment above and beyond that of traditional broadleaf weed
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