by Green Thumb Expert | Jun 21, 2012 | Turf Grass, Weed Control
Crabgrass and broadleaf weeds will be coming to your lawn early this year. This year we saw one of the earliest onsets of broadleaf weeds that I can remember. We were treating lawns in April that normally wouldn’t get treated until the first part of June. We had a...
by Green Thumb Expert | Jun 20, 2012 | Insects, Turf Grass
We just started applying our grub control products to lawns in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Waterloo this week. If you have had problems with turf damaging grubs in the past, it is extremely important to consider the use of grub control products in your lawn. Grub...
by Green Thumb Expert | Jun 20, 2012 | Annuals and Perennials, Insects, Shrubs and Trees
While inspecting a customer’s property today I had my first sighting of Japanese beetles of this season. For those of you that are not familiar with Japanese beetles, they are the flying insect the size a skittle, bright green and dark orange in color. I am sure...
by Green Thumb Expert | Jun 19, 2012 | Turf Grass
If you live in eastern Iowa chances are that your lawn is experiencing a severe drought. While driving though the Cedar Rapids area today I noticed multiple properties that were completely toast. Not a weed in the yard, but the entire grass area was burnt. I also...
by Green Thumb Expert | Jun 18, 2012 | General, Turf Grass
When we perform landscape installations in eastern Iowa, we come across a wide variety of soil conditions. Every thing you can imagine from sandy soil to rocky soil all the way down to clay. It is extremely important to know what type of soil you are working with if...
by Green Thumb Expert | Jun 18, 2012 | Lawn Diseases, Turf Grass
Summer lawn diseases are sometimes hard to properly identify because of the similarities between the diseases. Some of the lawn diseases actively present in the summer produce similar damage to that of drought stressed grass. Through grass-blade examination and...
by Green Thumb Expert | Jun 15, 2012 | Lawn Diseases, Turf Grass
Summer time is one of the most susceptible times for your lawn to be stricken with a fungus. Your lawn may already be stressed by weather conditions such as extreme heat, mugginess, or drought. The last thing that your lawn needs is a summer lawn fungus to wipe out...
by Green Thumb Expert | Jun 15, 2012 | Lawn Diseases, Turf Grass
Spring turf grass diseases can occur at any time when the conditions warrant. With spring time comes the active growing season for your turf grass. Along with the pleasure of a well maintained lawn comes the headache of spring turf grass diseases. Most spring turf...
by Green Thumb Expert | Jun 14, 2012 | General, Lawn Diseases, Turf Grass
Some abiotic factors are preventable and others are not. The good news is that most abiotic factors are curable. If your lawn is suffering from one of the abiotic factors below, there is hope for your lawn. Since each factor requires a different cure, we have...
by Green Thumb Expert | Jun 13, 2012 | General, Lawn Diseases, Turf Grass
The term abiotic disorders when referring to turf grass, means nonliving. Problems in the turf grass caused by abiotic disorders are not caused by living organisms such as insects or weeds, but by conditions such as weather, soil conditions and the human factor. ...
