Turf Care
Lush Lawns, Montgomery County Style: Expert Turf Care
Blue Tree Landscaping’s turf care service will keep your yard looking its best month after month and year after year. Take a moment to think about what you want in your landscape. We provide a total lawn care solution for our clients including:
- Routine turf care maintenance: weed control and fertilizing
- Turf management: aeration and overseeding
- Seed and sod
- Drainage and swale management
Our Objective: A healthy, green lawn for you and your family to enjoy
Aeration and Overseeding
Is your lawn getting thin, turning brown, or developing spots that just don’t look as good as they should? Over time, most soil becomes compacted or hard, and your turf has trouble filling in those thin and browning spots. Drought, disease, and insects can also take their toll. If any of this sounds familiar, aeration and overseeding might be just what you need.
Getting Your Lawn Back On Track
All lawns, regardless of their condition, can benefit from some level of renovation every year or so. One of the best means of rejuvenating turf is to combine the power of professional aeration with overseeding.
During aeration, a machine known as a core aerator pulls plugs of soil and thatch up from the lawn to break up compacted soil and create more room for air, water, and fertilizer to reach the roots. This results in expansion of the root system for thicker, healthier grass. Aeration also helps to break up thatch, which can prevent water, fertilizer, and insect controls from reaching the soil if it gets too thick.
Following up aeration with overseeding is a great way to thicken up a thin lawn or add a hardier, more drought-resistant grass variety to your property. Good seed-to-soil contact is essential for seeding success, and the new grass seed will have an easier time growing in the holes left behind by aeration. Keep in mind that if your lawn has been seeded, the soil should be kept moist with light, frequent sprinklings until the new grass is well established.
Call us today at 610.222.0590 for all of your landscaping needs!
Turf Care Programs
Bronze – 5 Step Program
Step 1 – Early Spring – Balanced fertilizer for spring green-up. Pre-emergent weed control to prevent crabgrass and summer annual weeds.
Step 2 – Late Spring – Fertilize with micro-nutrients to prepare for summer stress. Broadleaf weed control on actively growing weeds.
Step 3 – Summer – Slow release fertilizer to carry turf through harsh summer conditions. Spot treatment for broadleaf weeds.
Step 4 – Early Fall – Balanced fall feeding for healthier roots and fall recovery. Broadleaf weed control.
Step 5 – Late Fall – Winter fertilizer for healthier greener turf next spring.
Note: Touch up applications for weed control, yellow nutsedge, crabgrass, etc. are not included in this program. Additional treatment applications can be done at an additional cost.
Silver – 8 Step Program
Step 1 – Early Spring – Balanced fertilizer for spring green-up. Pre-emergent weed control to prevent crabgrass and summer annual weeds.
Step 2 – Late Spring – Fertilize with micro-nutrients to prepare for summer stress. Broadleaf weed control.
Step 3 – Summer – Broad spectrum lawn insect treatment to prevent damage from surface feeding insects, sod webworms, and grubs.
Step 4 – Summer – Slow release fertilizer to carry turf through harsh summer conditions. Spot treatment for broadleaf weeds.
Step 5 – Late Summer – Post emergent treatment to control actively growing yellow nutsedge and crabgrass in lawn.
Step 6 – Early Fall – Balanced fall feeding for healthier roots and fall recovery. Broadleaf weed control.
Step 7 – Late Fall – Winter fertilizer for healthier greener turf next spring.
Step 8 – Late Fall – Lime application to improve soil pH and nutrient balance.
Notes:
Steps 3&4 and 7&8 will be applied at the same time.
Gold – 10-Step Program
Step 1 – Early Spring – Balanced fertilizer for spring green-up. Pre-emergent weed control to prevent crabgrass and summer annual weeds.
Step 2 – Late Spring – Fertilize with micro-nutrients to prepare for summer stress. Broadleaf weed control on actively growing weeds.
Step 3 – Summer – Broad spectrum lawn insect treatment to prevent damage from surface feeding insects, sod webworms, and grubs.
Step 4 – Summer – Slow release fertilizer to carry turf through harsh summer conditions. Spot treatment for broadleaf weeds.
Step 5 – Late Summer – Post emergent treatment to control actively growing yellow nutsedge and crabgrass in lawn.
Step 6 – Early Fall – Balanced fall feeding for healthier roots and fall recovery. Broadleaf weed control.
Step 7 – Fall – Core Aeration – Double plug core aeration of turf areas.
Step 8 – Fall – Overseeding – Overseed turf areas – will be done with core aeration.
Step 9 – Late Fall – Winter fertilizer for healthier greener turf next spring.
Step 10 – Late Fall – Lime application to improve soil pH and nutrient balance.
Notes:
Steps 3&4, 7&8, and 9&10 will be applied at the same time.
