Weed & Pest Control

Weed Control and Other Lawn and Maintenance Needs

Residential lawn care specialists will conduct an examination of your property and make program recommendations customized to the needs of your lawn and landscape. These may include lawn fertilizers, weed control applications, and if necessary, targeted residential lawn care treatments for insects, grubs, and lawn diseases. Sunny areas are treated different from shaded areas because they have unique requirements, and your lawn is inspected thoroughly in order to spot signs of unwanted insect populations as early as possible. Your residential lawn care specialist can also help you with soil analysis, aeration, seeding, and lime applications.

Weeds are definitely unsightly, but they are also harmful to your yard because they compete with grass and other plants for moisture, nutrients, light and space.

To control weeds such as dandelion, clover and thistle, we apply a post-emergence herbicide, which is absorbed into the leaves and is circulated down into the root system. This doesn’t prevent the seeds from germinating and re-infesting a lawn.

Proper fertilization, mowing and irrigation encourage grass to grow in quickly and thus preventing weed seed germination and growth. Ohio Lawncare Company can help you develop a total weed treatment and prevention solution.

Crabgrass is a grassy weed, best controlled in the spring, before the weeds germinate. This is a pre-emergent application. Crabgrass germination occurs when the soil averages above 65 degrees (this is also the same time when forsythias and lilacs bloom).

While hot dry weather encourages crabgrass, a well-maintained lawn that is properly fertilized, watered and mowed rarely has crabgrass regardless whether a pre-emergent pesticide is used.

Ohio Lawncare Company can provide you with a Pre-emergent Weed Control treatment to prevent weeds like crabgrass from showing up in your lawn.

DISEASE CONTROL LAWN TREATMENTS

Lawn and Yard Diseases

Discolored and spotted grass leaves may be a sign of disease or fungus. Diseases, such as leaf spots, snow mold or spring dead spot, are caused by fungi. The best way to prevent a disease or fungus is to keep your lawn healthy with proper mowing, watering and fertilizing.

If you notice lesions on your grass blades, particularly during cool weather, you might have leaf spots. In the summer months, the fungus infects the blades, spreads to the base of the plant and kills it. Applying a series of fungicide treatments - or calling Ohio Lawncare Company to do it for you - will protect your lawn from devastating injury.

A common fungus that develops in wet, cool weather and can be destructive under snow or after prolonged rain is Snow Mold. Serious snow mold can lead to rotting of the crown and roots, so contacting a lawn disease treatment professional like Ohio Lawncare Company can help prevent widespread lawn damage from Snow Mold.

While raking matted spots will encourage circulation and encourage lightly infected areas to repair themselves, seriously affected areas require may require reseeding or lawn rejuvination.

Lawn Disease Prevention - Preventing lawn diseases can be far more effective and less costly than treating diseases once they’ve taken hold. Get helpful tips that can lead to effective lawn disease prevention.

Mowing and Watering - The way you mow and water your lawn can play an important role in lawn disease prevention. Learn how you can keep your lawn healthy and vibrant through proper mowing and watering.

We will develop a personalized plan and schedule for your lawn care maintenance and landscaping needs. For more information contact us or call 614-547-5700 today.

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LAWN DISEASES
Brown Patch - A summer-loving turf grass disease that can ruin your lawn in short order, brown patch is the bane of those who value their lawns. Learn the cause, symptoms, and how Spring-Green’s lawn care professionals treat brown patch lawn disease.

Common Patch and Ring - The three common fungal grass diseases -- summer patch, necrotic ring spot & brown patch -- can all do a great deal of damage in a short amount of time. Read about how prevention is the best cure for these common patch and ring lawn diseases.

Dollar Spot - may not initially look serious, but it kills grass to the roots and can seriously scar your yard. Read more about symptoms, treatment, and prevention methods for dollar spot.

Fairy Rings - While some regard fairy rings as a sign of good luck, they spell misfortune for those invested in their lawns. These rings of fungi can kill grass in circles ranging from three to twenty feet in diameter. Learn the steps you can take to protect your lawn from fairy rings.

Leaf Spot - Leaf spot is a warm weather disease that can cause a great deal of damage to your yard. However, when caught early, it can be effectively treated before the damage is irreversible. Read more about how to properly treat leaf spot.

Mushrooms - Mushrooms themselves may be unsightly, but typically don’t cause lasting harm to your turf. The fungi that produce them, however, can be far more harmful. Learn how to keep your lawn free of fungi and mushrooms.

Necrotic Ring Spot - Necrotic ring spot can be devastating to an improperly fertilized lawn. Read about how professional lawn care services can protect your yard from necrotic ring spot.

Pythium - A large part of the strategy in fighting pythium blight involves making your lawn an environment hostile to its growth. Read more about keeping your lawn healthy and free from pythium.

Red Thread Lawn Disease - Red thread lawn disease thrives in cool, wet weather. Although it is especially prevalent in the Pacific Northwest, this fast-moving disease destroys yards nationwide.

Rust Lawn Disease - Rust spores are light enough to be carried great distances by the wind, so this fungal disease can affect even the best kept lawns.

Snow Mold - The snow has finally melted, and you’re ready to show off your beautiful, well tended yard. To your horror, however, your once-green and lush grass is covered with large patches of blight. Learn how Spring-Green’s lawn care professionals combat snow mold.

Spring Dead Spot - Primarily affecting varieties of Bermuda grass, spring dead spot actually begins in the fall and is hidden by grass’s typical winter dormancy. This deadly lawn disease kills the entire plant structure, and demands preventative measures be taken. Read more about how to keep your lawn free of spring dead spot.



Ohio Lawncare Company services Bexley, Blacklick, Columbus, Delaware, Dublin, Gahanna, German Village, Johnstown, New Albany, Pataskala, Pickerington, Polaris, Powell, Sunbury, Upper Arlington, Westerville, Worthington, and all the Central Ohio surrounding areas.