Frequently Asked Questions
Customer:
I have brown circles in my yard, and they are getting bigger and
bigger, I have watered it and fertilized it but it's not doing any
good!
Answer:
What you have is a fungus, Brown Spot, Patch! The worst thing to do is
water and fertilize it, you need to get a fungicide and spray the
areas, and they even sell a granular that can be broadcast over the
areas. Don't water late at night. You want to water early in the
morning so your lawn will have all day to dry out and be dry when the
sun goes down. This is true with plants; by watering early you will
have the best chance of avoiding grey leaf spot, brown spot, and
powdery mildew.
Customer:
How long should I water my lawn? I have an automatic lawn sprinkler system!
Answer:
In our area our soil will only absorb 12 to 15 minutes of water at a
time. Any more will just run off and you will be just wasting water.
If you have spray heads set those to 12 to 15 min on your timer clock,
if you have rotor heads set those to 25 to 30 min, each head sprays in
gallons per hour.
You hear the term WATER DEEP and to do this you'll need to set your
sprinklers to run a cycle then have it repeat another cycle after it's
finished, this way you'll have the soil soaking up the water VS.
Letting it run off. In the winter months you still need to water your
lawn and plants but it doesn't need as much as in the summer months.
Customer:
I have a common Bermuda grass lawn that I mow each week, the lawn is very green during the week, but after I mow the yard it will turn brown for a few days and then green back up. I have even set the mower to a higher setting but I will still have browned scalped out areas, I take pride in having the best yard on the block but I just hate to mow it when I know it will be brown for a few days afterwards. What can I do?
Answer:
Well the first thing to do is call Jake's Lawn Care to mow your yard. Ha! Ok let me see how I can explain this here vs. showing you .I will say this! the worst thing you can do for common Bermuda lawn is keep raising the height of your mower, Basically your lawn is just too thick and each time you raise your mower it gets thicker and when you mow your just mowing the green off the top of the grass blade. If you will go out in your yard and pull up one piece of grass from the dirt, you'll see the small tip area you have been mowing. Look how tall and thick the brown area is of what you pulled up! The bottom inch of all that should be the height of your lawn! Point is your lawn is so thick that the sun will only hit the tips of the grass blades and you mow that off each week! The solution is to keep your lawn short and thinned out. 1" TO 1 ½" Max height wise, Thin out the lawn using a vertical machine. Scalping the lawn in the spring and Bagging the lawn will also help. Bermuda lawns should be 1"to 1 ½" and St Augustine
should be mowed at 3" to 3 ½". By letting the sun get to all of the
grass you will have the greenest lawn on the block.
Customer:
What it the proper way to prune a Crape Myrtle tree?
Answer:
I have always heard of never taking off more than half the height of
the tree. I don't agree with this. The Crape Myrtle is a very pretty
tree and the bark to me is just as pretty as the buds, When you prune
too heavy it leaves a big knot in the trunk, On an older tree you can
tell where it has been pruned in past years, just look at the trunk
and see the knots in the smooth bark. I feel that in pruning a Crape
Myrtle you should never take more than the size of a pencil unless
it's hitting your house or rubbing things, and then it might be a
question of just removing the whole branch. We usually will go up in
the tree pruning out spent buds and clipping off smaller limbs
thinning the tree out and we do this in late winter before spring.
When a tree has reached a desired height then you can prune to keep
the leaves and flowers where you want them keeping the ugly knots from
being seen in the lower trunks. Also I look for bigger branches
touching each other, over time theses branches will bond together
sometimes making a very interesting look and I'm not sure how healthy
this is for the tree, so I try to keep things growing on their own.
You can prune and train theses trees to grow to the appearance you
want .
Customer:
What is the best way to control summer weeds?
Answer:
The best way to control summer weeds starts with a pre-emergent put
out in January! For winter weeds use a Pre-Emergent put out in
October. You want to create a barrier in the soil to keep the weed
seed from germinating. Actually I like to use a Pre-Emergent 3 times a
year each application giving a barrier of time of 4 months. You can
spot treat weeds with a post emergent spray or granular on certain
types of grasses be sure you know what type of grass you have and read
the label before applying anything. Or Just call Jake's Lawn Care! |
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