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How do you select a lawn treatment service?
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:14 am
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:14 am
We had a year's worth of treatment paid for by our builder. The same company is offering us $32/application.
I was satisfied with what they did last year (no weeds and my lawn did well for the most part, some thin areas). I doubt I can beat this price unless I go with some unlicensed dude, but are there any other considerations? Should I be researching what they are using or do they all use the same stuff?
I was satisfied with what they did last year (no weeds and my lawn did well for the most part, some thin areas). I doubt I can beat this price unless I go with some unlicensed dude, but are there any other considerations? Should I be researching what they are using or do they all use the same stuff?
This post was edited on 1/21/15 at 11:15 am
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:17 am to ZereauxSum
Research various services and find the best one based on pricing and reviews?
I mean, how do you buy anything?
I mean, how do you buy anything?
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:20 am to ZereauxSum
When we moved into our neighborhood we talked to those around us and got recommendations on who to use. We took their advice and have contract with a company just about everyone around us was using. We've been there for almost 9 years and they still do outstanding work.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:25 am to ZereauxSum
Do it yourself. Here's what I do at the beginning of each spring:
1. Buy Ortho Weed B Gone and spray it on all the weed patches growing in my front yard. I don't treat the back yard as much.
2. After I treat each patch of weeds with the Weed B Gone (usually takes about an hour or so), I spread, using a spreader, Scotts Weed and Feed.
3. Wait at least 2-4 hours - preferably overnight.
4. If your yard is small enough, take the time to spray on shower setting your entire front yard with a hose. This is much quicker and MUCH, MUCH more effective than just a sprinkler. If your yard is too big for that, then use the sprinkler but keep it on for at least three hours to allow for a good soaking but not too much so that it creates a lot of runoff. The idea here is to ensure that the Weed and Feed is wet enough to soak into the soil.
5. 4 weeks after step 4, Apply Scotts GreenMax to your yard with a spreader. Water again.
6. 3 weeks later, spread Scotts Weed and Feed again and water again.
Be sure to spray weed patches with Weed B Gone here and there as they pop up throughout this process. After the 2nd month, though, they should all be gone and won't come back until the end of the summer.
If you follow these 6 steps, your yard will be the envy of your neighbors. I've done this for years now and without fail, each spring around May, I have at least one neighbor stop me at the mailbox to ask what I did to my yard to get it looking so beautiful. I tell them everything except the GreenMax part - that's the secret.
It's a little more expensive than paying someone else to do it but you get the satisfaction that YOU did it yourself. Good luck!
1. Buy Ortho Weed B Gone and spray it on all the weed patches growing in my front yard. I don't treat the back yard as much.
2. After I treat each patch of weeds with the Weed B Gone (usually takes about an hour or so), I spread, using a spreader, Scotts Weed and Feed.
3. Wait at least 2-4 hours - preferably overnight.
4. If your yard is small enough, take the time to spray on shower setting your entire front yard with a hose. This is much quicker and MUCH, MUCH more effective than just a sprinkler. If your yard is too big for that, then use the sprinkler but keep it on for at least three hours to allow for a good soaking but not too much so that it creates a lot of runoff. The idea here is to ensure that the Weed and Feed is wet enough to soak into the soil.
5. 4 weeks after step 4, Apply Scotts GreenMax to your yard with a spreader. Water again.
6. 3 weeks later, spread Scotts Weed and Feed again and water again.
Be sure to spray weed patches with Weed B Gone here and there as they pop up throughout this process. After the 2nd month, though, they should all be gone and won't come back until the end of the summer.
If you follow these 6 steps, your yard will be the envy of your neighbors. I've done this for years now and without fail, each spring around May, I have at least one neighbor stop me at the mailbox to ask what I did to my yard to get it looking so beautiful. I tell them everything except the GreenMax part - that's the secret.
It's a little more expensive than paying someone else to do it but you get the satisfaction that YOU did it yourself. Good luck!
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:27 am to TDsngumbo
quote:
It's a little more expensive than paying someone else to do it
quote:
but you get the satisfaction that YOU did it yourself
I'm not feeling it.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:29 am to OysterPoBoy
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I'm not feeling it.
Let me guess -- you're part of the "why cut my own grass when I can pay someone to do it for me" crowd?
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:33 am to ZereauxSum
You don't know how to pick out your own grass?
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:38 am to TDsngumbo
quote:That sounds like a lot of work...
TDsngumbo
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:46 am to ZereauxSum
My friends over at lawn and order will do your landscaping justice.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:52 am to TDsngumbo
quote:
Do it yourself. Here's what I do at the beginning of each spring:
One of my neighbors had the same idea a few years ago. He killed most of his yard.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:54 am to TDsngumbo
I don't use weed and feed anymore
Good fertilizer and spot treatment of weeds works for me
And you are applying weed and feed twice in a fairly short time
I don't think you are supposed to do that
Good fertilizer and spot treatment of weeds works for me
And you are applying weed and feed twice in a fairly short time
I don't think you are supposed to do that
Posted on 1/21/15 at 11:57 am to yankeeundercover
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That sounds like a lot of work..
That's the exact routine I've been using for the past 3 years. I did the Scott's lawn schedule thing on their website and that's the exact regiment it gave me. My lawn is thick, weed free and green. The spreading and watering takes about 30 minutes. If you don't have that kind of time in your life it's time to reevaluate.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 12:01 pm to Croacka
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And you are applying weed and feed twice in a fairly short time
I don't think you are supposed to do that
I do the first round of weed and feed after I cut my grass for the first time in the spring. Usually in April. Then the green max lawn food in late May. Then around July 4th weekend I use the Scotts Turf Builder. Not the weed and feed. It helps the grass through the hot summer months and gets it ready for the Fall.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 12:21 pm to TDsngumbo
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It's a little more expensive than paying someone else to do it but you get the satisfaction that YOU did it yourself. Good luck!
Hmmm...I'm going to price this out. It doesn't sound like it would be too much more compared to 8 applications @ $32 to the lawn care company, and I do like the idea of know what is going on to the lawn and when.
Thanks
Posted on 1/21/15 at 12:22 pm to ZereauxSum
Cheapest, and with the most mexicans.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 12:24 pm to Darth_Vader
quote:
One of my neighbors had the same idea a few years ago. He killed most of his yard.
This is my main concern....not know what the hell I'm doing.
I've seen a couple of my neighbors completely destroy their lawns. Not just a few patches, but gray all over.
Jesus....grass grows wherever the hell it wants, unless I want it there
Posted on 1/21/15 at 12:26 pm to ZereauxSum
Build out in the country... when you're living on several acres the only thing that really matters is cutting the grass.
I'm actually considering buying a few goats to help out with that whole grass cutting thing.
I'm actually considering buying a few goats to help out with that whole grass cutting thing.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 12:29 pm to brucevilanch
For service in the BR/NO area, I use Lobb-Alexis
Horticultural Spray. They also do pest control.
They do my stuff. Good people. Good service.
Horticultural Spray. They also do pest control.
They do my stuff. Good people. Good service.
Posted on 1/21/15 at 12:44 pm to CaptainPanic
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Research various services and find the best one based on pricing and reviews?
I mean, how do you buy anything?
I'm guessing you've never "shopped" for lawn services.
Either they're one of the big ones (Scott's, TruGreen, etc) and they get crappy reviews, or they're a small outfit and have none. And like I said, nearly everyone in the neighborhood uses the same service because it was provided free for one year by the builder.
But, thanks for your contribution.
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