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We know you want a beautiful, green, healthy, more weed-free lawn. That’s where the professionals at LawnAmerica can help. Our core service provides professional weed-control and fertilization. While these are very important for the health of your lawn, more is required for lawncare success. If you do your own mowing, it’s very important to mow properly and consistently. Watering you lawn is vital at many times of the season. Part of our job is to educate you on these and other factors, so see the information on watering and mowing for more information. We’ll also keep you informed on important and timely lawn and landscape information with newsletters, mailings, and of course, contact us anytime if you have questions.
The best defense against weeds is always a thick, healthy, well-fertilized turf. Our custom granular fertilizers expertly applied will not only help keep your lawn green, but will help keep it thick and healthy. A thick and growing turf will help choke out many undesirable weeds. Our lawncare programs are designed to provide the proper blend of nutrients at the proper time, depending upon your turf type. See our section on Fertilizers for more information.
Many weeds are best controlled with a pre-emergent herbicide applied before the weeds germinate. Summer annual weeds such as crabgrass can be prevented with an early spring liquid pre-emergent applied with our Step 1 Treatment. Winter annual weeds are stopped with our last treatment of the season—the Late Fall Weed-Control Treatment. In between these two liquid treatments, we spray post-emergent weed-control products to control existing weeds that pop up during the growing season. Depending upon your program choice, you’ll receive from one to five regular treatments of post-emergent weed-control during the middle part of the growing season.
While pre-emergent products are good, they are not 100% effective. With different weather and environmental conditions, you may have some weeds still appear. These will need to be spot-treated with special post-emergent herbicides. Many broadleaf weeds and nutsedge cannot be prevented with a pre-emergent herbicide, so they need to be sprayed as they come up during the growing season, usually on a spot-treatment basis.
Listed below is a general outline of our LawnAmerica lawncare service. For a specific schedule for your area, go to your local operator homepage.
R1 Early Spring Weed-Control |
Liquid blanket treatment of pre and post-emergent herbicides to control existing weeds, plus prevent summer annual weeds from germinating. |
Cool-season grass may receive fertilizer also. |
R2 Spring Fertilization/Weed-Control |
Granular application of balanced fertilizer, plus liquid treatment for weeds. |
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R3 Early Summer Fertilization/Weed-Control |
Granular application of balanced fertilizer, plus liquid treatment for weeds. |
Cool-season turf receives special organic fertilizer in many cases. |
R4 Summer Fertilization/Weed-Control |
Granular application of balanced fertilizer, plus liquid treatment for weeds. |
Cool-season turf receives special organic fertilizer in many cases. |
R5 Early Fall Fertilization |
Special fall application of balanced fertilizer, with emphasis on nurturing the root system. Spot weed-control may be applied if weather permits. |
Cool-season turf receives special organic fertilizer in many cases. |
R6 Late Fall Weed-Control |
Liquid blanket treatment of pre and post-emergent herbicides to control existing winter annual weeds, plus prevent other winter annuals from germinating. |
Cool-season lawns are fertilized only with a granular fertilizer, plus spot-treated for existing broadleaf weeds. |
Monthly 7-Step Program |
Consists of R1 & R6, with 5 monthly treatments of fertilization and weed-control in between. |
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