Everyone wants an even fertilizer application. But come spring time, I see it time and time again where a homeowner tries to fertilize his or her lawn, and ends up striping the lawn with the fertilizer. Applying fertilizer unevenly will result in unsightly light green strips in a sea of dark green grass. What happens to cause the uneven fertilizer application with a rotary spreader could be a spreader malfunction,…
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Have you ever noticed that brown spot with a dark green ring around it in your yard that shows up along the sidewalk, or near your mailbox, utility box, or fire hydrant? Your lawn was looking really nice and then this shows up. What a pain. This brown spot is considered dog patch, and by the name, you can tell where is comes from. Here is a quick explanation as…
Read MoreDormant Grass
Spring is underway, and the grass will be looking better and better every week as the weather warms up. However, you may notice that not all of the grass greens up evenly. Why is that? Why is there still dormant grass? Not all grass greens up from winter dormancy at the same time. Some species like Kentucky bluegrass, perennial rye grass, and fine fescue will green up rather quickly. They…
Read MoreMulch Ring
A ring of mulch around a tree provides many benefits. That mulch ring will protect the tree, provide for the tree, and help to create a neat appearance for your lawn and landscape. A mulch ring will help to protect the tree in that the mulch adds a buffer strip between the grass and the trunk of the tree. That is important to help to eliminate damage from things like…
Read More2015-2016 Winter Wrap Up
Winter wanted to start a little bit early in West Michigan. We saw a few inches of snow fall the weekend before Thanksgiving, but that snow only stuck to the grassy areas. It took a few days to melt. Then December, it is the first month of winter, but the month of December was anything but. During the middle of the month, we hit record high temperatures. Christmas was green…
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