Fertilization N' Weed Control Updates

Latest Update

UPDATED SUNDAY, MAY 5:

OPTIONAL “SPRING GREEN-UP” APPLICATION: If you signed up, this was completed and fully applied by the end of Friday, April 19th. If you have any questions about this application, please EMAIL CRAIG.

APPLICATION #1 (pre-emergent) - this is the application that helps prevent NEW crabgrass seedlings, and DOES NOT kill existing crabgrass or crabgrass roots (including broadleaf). Our ground temps have been hovering around the upper 40’s to lower 50’s, so we do have time still before crabgrass tries to germinate. And at the time of this update, we are in progress applying this application and should be completed sometime during the week of May 13th. We will keep you posted, but if you are still waiting to receive this application, it is just right around the corner.

APPLICATION #2 (liquid broadleaf spray) - we are not going to talk a ton about this application at this time, but this application will include killing off the infamous dandelion weed that starts popping this time of the season. Of course this APP covers a longer list of broadleaf weeds, but the dandelion is the most common that we see and want to kill this time of the season. This application will start during the second half of May, and we will keep you posted from there. If you feel your lawn needs faster weed killer attention, please simply just EMAIL CRAIG and we will get to your yard spraying just as soon as we do get set up for this application following APP #1 talked about above.

GYPSUM APPLICATION (this is an optional application you can sign up for as well) - at this time, we do not have a plan for this application. It can be applied anytime during the spring or summer. Until we have APP #1 above completed, and APP #2 above under control for weeds, then we will think about applying some Gypsum. OR - once we do get going on spraying broadleaf weeds during the second half of May and through June, when we do get windier days where we cannot spray, we can start working on this Gypsum application on the bad weather days. Stay tuned for more updates.

Past Updates

UPDATED SUNDAY, APRIL 28:

Please do scroll further down and read the previous update that we provided back on April 17th. This will catch you up to this point of where we stand at the time of this update.

SPRING GREEN-UP? This is that optional application that customers can sign up for to help spike-up/green-up your lawn. As planned and updated on the previous update, we did finish this application on Friday, April 19th. This application is now closed down for the season and finished up.

APPLICATION #1: (pre-emergent) - - right after finishing the optional green up APP talked about above, we immediately got onto getting the pre-emergent applied. All week during the week of 4/22, when Mother Nature allowed, we were out applying this application. We know that Crabgrass and other broadleaf is starting to form a bit at this time, but the soil temps are staying in the upper 40’s still. Crabgrass germinates in that 55-65 degree soil temp range. Broadleaf weeds can start germinating in that 45-55 degree soil temp range. So, we are seeing some dandelions popping and if you are experiencing a few more dandelions than you would like to see, our next application of weed control covers the dandelion and the rest of the broadleaf weed spectrum. At this time, it is still way too early to talk about when all pre-emergent will be applied by as we do have plenty to go. Our goal is to have this application wrapped up somewhere by the end of the week of May 6th?

We will keep you posted, and if you have any questions, please EMAIL CRAIG.

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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