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UPDATED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17:

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UPDATED THURSDAY, APRIL 18:

After a warm/dryer winter, and if you look further back, 2 dry summers, we entered into this spring like services were going to be very early. Then Mother Nature kicked into gear to solve our drought problems (as of 4/16, they have removed our drought status) and late in March we had several high water content snowfalls that stalled our start date. Then the snow melted rather fast in early April, and then it was about letting things dry out enough thereafter. Mother Nature quickly made this more of a “normal" spring by bringing consistent rainfalls to our area (not more snow like in past springs). With all this said, we were able to actually start on Thursday, April 11th, but we have not been allowed to work for a bunch of days (due to weather) since that start date. And here we sit at the time of this update a week later (Thursday, April 18th) with plenty of spring cleaning & lawn de-thatching to accomplish.

We did have crews out the previous weekend, and we plan to this upcoming weekend on 4/13. We are putting in the effort when days allow us to, but again, we all need to be patient, we have not had many days to work quite yet.

With all that said, with perfect weather, we anticipate being very close to being fully completed with spring clean up and lawn de-thatching somewhere right around Friday, April 19th. And that April 19th date for “finishing spring clean ups” is still even a bit early, so we are still right on track or a bit ahead of a “normal” season. But, and this is a big “but” - we do have a couple chances of rain in the forecast during the week of April 22nd. With this anticipated, we are expecting our spring clean up & lawn de-thatching service to last into the early part of the week of April 29th.

As far as gutter cleaning jobs here in the spring, most are getting done as we progress through our schedules for spring clean up, and any leftovers we do have upon completing our spring clean up schedules, we will finish these gutter jobs during the week of April 29th or shortly thereafter, it just all depends on weather.

Stay tuned for more updates to come!

Past Updates

UPDATED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17:

OPTIONAL Spring Green-up Application: This application has been on-going and will wrap up on Friday, April 19. There just may be a couple to finish up on Monday, April 22nd, but we are thinking at the time of this update we will be done by the end of 4/19. Again, this application is an optional application that you can sign up for as an extra “1st” application which juices your lawn early in the spring. With the rains mixing in while applying this application has been good for GREAT results!

APPLICATION #1: Pre-Emergent: First off, pre-emergent is a preventative. That means it does not kill existing plants or root structure. So, applying PRE-emergent for lawns that have already had crabgrass is not the idea behind this application. All the PRE-emergent does is help hold off new crabgrass seedlings from developing/germinating. Is it perfect? Of course not, it is just a preventative. If you have existing roots from previous seasons, these will show a plant later in the season which our application #4 covers which is a POST-emergent crabgrass killer once the plant has shown itself.

Anyways, our pre-emergent application will begin on April 22nd. We will be applying this everyday that weather permits until we have fully completed our customers who are signed up. Because it is still very early in this process, we do not have a projected completion date yet.

One more thing. You should not be applying seed in the spring within 5-7 weeks prior or after the crabgrass pre-emergent has been applied.

If you have further questions, please feel free to EMAIL CRAIG.

UPDATED MONDAY APRIL 8:

Since our late-March snow rally, we sit on April 8th with not much snow leftover. Just some in more shaded “north” sides of properties or tucked away areas guarded from the sun may have a snow pile or 2. Anyways, it is time to get out on lawns and usually the first thing we do when the snow melts is our OPTIONAL spring green-up application. Then directly following this application, we then start to apply the 1st application of our regular program called the pre-emergent.

SPECIFIC NOTES ON THE GREEN-UP AND PRE-EMERGENT?

“Optional” Spring Green Up Application: If you are signed up for this application, the plan is to start working on this during the second half of the week of April 8th, and into the first half of the week of April 15th.

1st Application (pre-emergent): Our 1st application from our regular programs includes a pre-emergent for NEW crabgrass seed germination. Although, some crabgrass seeds can get going at 55 degree soil temps, the majority of them start sprouting at 65 degrees. The biggest objective to succeeding for protection is to apply prior to ground temps reaching 65 degrees. Remember, existing crabgrass roots (not new seeds) cannot be treated with a “pre-emergent”. Existing crabgrass needs to be present above soil where a “post-emergent” may be applied to deplete the crabgrass. This takes place more in the middle of summer. But, for now, it is all about NEW seedings and we will be likely starting to apply this application sometime during the week of 4/15 and our goal will be to fully have it all down by the beginning of May sometime. Exact dates at this point are fully dependent on future weather conditions.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Early April Update:

Well, the door closed fast for our early start to the season as far as our optional application called “spring green-up” and also our first program application called the “pre-emergent”. Late-March snow halted our plans to get started early, and here we sit early in April and do not know when we be able to get started. As soon as possible, we will be getting out to apply that optional application called the “spring green-up”. The goal at this time is mid-April give or take, but a lot of weather elements still need to come together to accomplish this goal. So, stay tuned for that. And then, once we are able to get out to apply the green up and that application is totally done, then we will move on with applying pre-emergent. Maybe toward the end of April we start this APP and continue through May? Tough call right now how this is going to play out.

If you are interested in signing up for our fertilization & weed control program, please go to FREE ESTIMATES.

UPDATED MARCH 3RD, 2024:

The upcoming Fertilization season for 2024 is looking to start early at the time of this update. Yes, a winter storm can change things quick in March, but things are pointing to an earlier start. What will be the most significant from an early start will be our OPTIONAL application called the “spring green-up”. This application is very good to get a jump start on your lawn with very fine kernels applied containing Ammonium Sulfate. If you are a current customer and have not filled out your service forms yet, please do so as soon as possible. There could be a short window to apply this 1st optional application. If you are a new customer looking for service quotes for our fertilizer and weed control program for the 2024 season, please go to FREE ESTIMATES. We will keep you posted here, but at this pace (upon current update), we will not be surprised if we may be out before April applying this lawn green-up accelerator. Stay tuned!

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