How to Pick the Best Kansas City Lawn Service.

Whether you're an experienced gardener, or just a home-owner wanting to increase your curb appeal, this article will help you to pick the very best lawn service available to you. Now is the most important time for lawn care. If you're unsure about what type of company to hire, here's some surefire tips to get you going.

Make sure the company you're working with offers free service calls. Most herbicides have got a 2 week residual. If a company is treating 4-7 times a year, there will be lots of opportunities for new weeds to come in. Make sure that your lawn service company covers all different types of weeds. Some companies charge extra for weeds like crabgrass and nutgrass. Make sure your company uses granular fertilizer. Liquid fertilizer is easy to water down. With granular, you can see exactly what they put down.

Make sure your company is private owned. Publicly owned companies have the burden of producing profit for their shareholders, while privately owned companies can focus on their customers. DONT GET RIPPED OFF! A standard 5,000 square foot yard should run somewhere around $50 for each treatment. A good way to determine the quality of service you'll get is to call the company on the phone and see how many buttons you have to press to get a real person on the phone. This doesn't apply to some of the bigger companies as you will never get a real person on the phone.<br>

Make sure your company offers a pre-emergent. Pre-emergent weed control stops grassy weeds from germinating in the spring. Without an effective pre-emergent, you'll be fighting crabgrass all year long. Make sure they're treating for turf pests. Army worms, sod web worm, chinch bugs, and any others that will chew up your grass.

Make sure your company offers seeding. Even with the correct fertilizer and an efficient weed control process, seeding will be needed for some yards to look their best. And that's it! With a little caution, you can have a great lawn service company!

As a side note, you will probably want to go with a local company. Lawns are different from place to place and only a local company can give you the customized results you are looking for. Also, it seems that many of the large corporate companies are unwilling to go the extra mile when a problem does come up.

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Chapter 3: Weed Control

Weed Control

For those of you that recognize the yellow nutsedge to the left, I'm sorry to hear it. You'll soon learn that ANY weed can be taken care of if YOU take care when selecting your products.  In this section,  I'll discuss the main types of herbicides you'll need, tips on how to select them, and proper methods of application.






The basic four types.Broadleaf- selective liquid herbicide 

When properly selected, covers ALL types of annual broadleaf weeds.  Does not include broadleaf perrenials such as wild violet, creeping charlie, and wild strawberry.

Grassy weed- selective liquid herbicide.A pre-emergent should be applied when the soil temperature reaches 51 degrees.  This is because grassy weed seeds (which there are MILLIONS of in every yard) germinate between 51 and 55 degrees.  An effective pre-emegent, when properly timed, will stop about 80 percent of grassy weeds from germinating. Try and find a granular as it will last longer.
Post emergent herbicide should be applied promptly do deal with most types of grassy weeds.
The only exeptions to the rule are nutsedge, bermuda, and zoysia.
Many times repeat applications are necessary. If the lawn is checked weekly, grassy weeds won't be a problem into the summer.

Selective Nutsedge Herbicide.
This one's important. If you have nutsedge, or you've seen it anywhere near your property, you need to have this on hand. Nutsedge is a nasty, quick growing, quick spreading, menace.
It grows 5 times faster than turf grass.
It spreads quicker when you pull the tops.
It goes to seed in four days flat!
Apply generously, repeat, repeat.

Round it Up!
If all else fails, round it up!  Necessary for wild violets and strawberries, bermuda grass, zoysia grass, and creeping charlie.  Destroy a 5 foot perimeter. Wait 6 weeks. Destroy it again if needed.

And that's weed control!

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