Crabgrass
Digitaria spp.
The tell
Flat, light-green rosettes that sprawl from a central crown, always worst along driveways and south-facing edges where the soil runs hot.
Round 06 · Sep - Oct
Weeds out. Roots in. On schedule.
Weed control, fertilization and insect control for home lawns — applied in seven timed rounds by licensed applicators who walk the lawn before they treat it.
What we treat
Three problems, one program.
A lawn thins for a reason. We treat the three that account for nearly every call we take — and we treat them in an order that lets each one hold.
Weed lane
Pre-emergent + post-emergent
Weed Control
A soil barrier stops weed seed before it germinates. Anything that slips through gets treated by name, not blanket-sprayed by habit.
How it works
Feed lane
Slow-release nutrition
Fertilization
Seven feedings built around a soil test and weighted to fall, when 80% of root growth actually happens. Colour is the side effect; density is the goal.
How it works
Insect lane
Prevent grubs, scout the rest
Insect Control
Grubs are stopped before they hatch. Surface feeders are found by scouting on every visit and treated the week they turn up.
How it worksThe treatment year
Seven rounds, timed to the grass.
Lawn care fails on timing far more often than on product. Every bar below sits in the weeks when that treatment actually works. Pick a round to see what it does.
Weed
Feed
Insect
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Pre-emergent and starter feed
The barrier goes down before soil temperature reaches 55°F, which is when crabgrass seed wakes up. Miss this window and you chase crabgrass all year.
- Slow-release granular fertilizer to carry the first flush of growth
- Pre-emergent barrier that stops 80-85% of crabgrass seed from germinating
- Cool-season broadleaf weeds — henbit, chickweed, bittercress — treated on contact
20 min
Inspection before we quote
How we work
We read the lawn before we treat it.
Two lawns on the same street can need opposite things. Blanket-spraying every property on a route is fast and cheap, and it is why so many lawns look treated without ever looking healthy.
- A soil test sets the pH, phosphorus and potassium targets for the year
- Weeds are identified by species, because a sedge ignores broadleaf herbicide
- Every visit includes a scouting check for insect activity
- You get a written summary the same day: what was applied, and what we found
Field guide
Know what you’re looking at.
Most lawn problems are misdiagnosed before anyone reaches for a product. Here are four of the most common — and the most commonly confused.
White grubs
Scarab larvae
The tell
Turf feels spongy underfoot and peels back like loose carpet because the roots are gone. Skunks, raccoons and birds tearing up the lawn overnight is the other giveaway.
Yellow nutsedge
Cyperus esculentus
The tell
Glossy yellow-green, grows faster than everything around it, and the stem is triangular when you roll it between your fingers.
Chinch bugs
Blissus leucopterus
The tell
Irregular yellow patches in the hottest, sunniest strips that keep expanding no matter how much you water. Adults are a fifth of an inch, black with white wings folded in an X.
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Years treating lawns in the valley
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Properties on a program right now
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Timed rounds in the treatment year
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Customers who renew each season
From the route
What people call us about.
They found chinch bugs along my driveway strip in July and treated it the same visit at no charge. Two other companies had told me it was drought.
Sample review
Signature plan
The soil test explained why the back yard never held colour. Fixing the pH did more in one season than four years of me guessing at the hardware store.
Sample review
Complete plan
Crabgrass along the sidewalk was the reason I called. First spring on the program it simply did not come up.
Sample review
Essential plan