You may notice that sometimes lawns in the neighborhood are blue after they are treated by a lawn care company. So what’s up with that? Does the blue color make the lawn healthier? And why are some blue and not others? Some companies add a blue turf dye to their mix so that their technicians… Read more »
Posts Categorized: pre-emergent
Does Pre-emergent Really Need to be Watered In?
I know it’s still officially winter, and turning your irrigation system on or dragging the hose out is not high on your priority list. However, if you have had a pre-emergent treatment to your lawn, it does need to be watered into the soil within about 5 days for best results. We are actually in… Read more »
Your 2017 Lawn Will be Starting Soon
Another new year is upon us, so the LawnAmerica team is busy preparing for another year in providing lawns that our customers love while making our world a little greener. We typically will begin our spring weed-control later in January, as long as the Oklahoma weather cooperates, which often does not happen. But if we’re… Read more »
Spurge is Made for Summertime Hot Weather
With hot and dry weather that we encounter in July and August in Oklahoma, a common summer broadleaf weed named Spurge makes its’ presence known. It can not only grow in lawns, particularly well along the edge bordering the street, but in landscape beds, small cracks in driveways, etc. It does not take much soil… Read more »
Nutgrass Going Nuts
The reason they call it Nutgrass is not because it drives homeowners and lawn care operators nuts trying to control it, but rather the little nutlets in the soil from which it germinates. Nutgrass is actually a sedge and not a true grass. The main species we deal with in Tulsa and Oklahoma City is… Read more »
