Any Tru Green customers?

I am current customer (I wouldn't necessarily say I'm a satisfied one)

here is a post I made recently a about my current issues

I'll say this, their service is great for weed control. Outside of that...meh

I'm my old house some 15 years ago I had them come out to give me an estimate on our yard.

We had a decent sized silver maple in the front yard and bermuda or zoysia would not grow so I had fescue.

The guy came out and was telling me how he needed to kill all those weeds so my yard would look good. I had to explain to him how that fescue wasn't a weed.

Regardless to say, I didn't hire them.

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Why pay them when you have this board? I’ve seen some top quality responses, people on here seem to know more than your residential weed control company. Post some pics, buy a backpack sprayer and a fertilizer spreader, and meet some new friends at your local lawn and garden store. Own your yard. It’s also great therapy.

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+1 on this, you can do it yourself for a fraction of the price and learn to enjoy it rather than seeing it as a chore. On the other hand if you have money to burn or absolutely no time or desire then have at it, just know that a lot of those guys are just doing what they are told and really have no clue on how to fix your yard.

I’d either do your own, or hire a local company. Preferably a small one where the actual guy doing it is more likely to 1) know what he’s doing and 2) care.

I used them. They did just an average job. I stopped the service, but they would not leave me alone. They were relentless. I threatened lawsuits - turned them in to the Better Business Bureau. That went on for some time. They finally stopped after I had sent a letter to their regional office. So...not a fan.

OP what kind of grass do you have?

Did you ask Trugreen how they planned on getting rid of the Dallisgrass? They have to use sethoxydim. I know they have access to every product but I don't know if they use every product. If you are in Baton Rouge that Trugreen location is a franchise and not a corporate owned location.

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they would not leave me alone. They were relentless

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I had them in Florida and like you said it was average. Cancelled and moved to Virginia. Changed phone numbers too. Them frickers still found me. If Jimmy Hoffa would have used Tru Green, the case would have been solved within a week

I use them in Baton Rouge and would say I’m moderately satisfied. My lawn doesn’t look amazing or anything, but the weeds are under control, the service is convenient and the prices are reasonable. I don’t like dealing with those chemicals myself and was struggling to find the time to do it on schedule, and I like that they come during the day and spray them so they are definitely dry by the time I get home from work and let the dog and child out into the backyard.

My two biggest issues are dallisgrass and nutsedge. They haven’t completely eliminated them, but have done a decent job of suppressing them. The dallisgrass was terribly out of control in my backyard before I hired them, and they definitely made a huge difference. One issue is that my yard consists of three different turf grasses, so it may be tough to find the right application that works optimally for all three.

One good thing is that if you aren’t satisfied after one of the regularly scheduled applications, you can contact them after 10-14 days and they come back out and do another “service call” application for free. I’ll typically take advantage of that a couple times a year and haven’t had any issues with them coming back out. This is with the Baton Rouge location, not sure if every location offers that.