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Utah Pest Control and Lawncare Association

Moore Green belongs to the Utah Pest Control & Lawncare Association which provides training in the safe use of pesticides, pest identification, and other issues relating to lawn care and pest control. Each year we attend training seminars to keep current on what is going on with landscape problems. Blake Moore has been serving on the Board of Directors since 2002.

Why Winterize Your Lawn?

Here it is late October and the temperatures are cooler and the days are shorter.  It’s tempting to skip the final fertilizer treatment of the year and startup again next spring.  Besides, what does it matter what the lawn looks like over the winter months?
It’s not an issue of having the greenest lawn during the winter, in fact, we want the grass to go dormant to protect it.  While you may not see a lot of growth in the lawn, the grass grows like gang busters under the soil.  The grass is growing roots in order to store nutrients.  Fertilizing in late October through November gives the lawn the necessary nutrients to have a successful green up in the spring.
A healthy root system is what our lawn needs to prepare itself for the hot summer temperatures.  Consider aerating late in the year before the soil is too wet to really help the root system thicken up.  So think twice before skipping the last fertilizer of the year.

Weeds for All Seasons

Let’s face it, if it wasn’t for weeds, we wouldn’t be in business. The plants we call ‘weeds’ are tough, aggressive and a nuisance.  They come in all types, sizes, and seasons.  That’s right – they don’t come all at once.  Some grow in the spring while others thrive in the summer heat.  Some even grow during the winter underneath the snow.  This is why one weed treatment isn’t sufficient to keep your lawn weed-free all year long.

Moore Green’s yearly programs are designed to combat multiple weeds and target them when they’re most vulnerable – and we attack them from all angles.  We target their seeds with our spring pre-emergent to prevent them from getting started.  We use ‘combo’ products with 3 to 4 different products to control the wide-variety of lawn weeds.  We always include an additive to help the spray ‘spread and stick’ to the leaves so that rain or sprinklers won’t easily wash it off.

Less weeds, Moore Green

Lawn Grub Control

Just when your lawn is looking its finest, lawn insects like grubs, sod webworms, and cutworms destroy large sections, making your lawn look like a war zone. While it can be very frustrating to lose turf areas to grubs, it can be even more expensive to replace the dead lawn. Moore Green offers a season long Grub Preventer treatment which is applied before the grubs arrive. By taking care of the lawn insects early we can prevent their damage. This way, the lawn you’ve worked hard for all spring will keep its beauty all through the summer.

Choose Moore Green to keep grubs out of your lawn.

Train your lawn NOW for Wise Watering

Every year we hear about reducing our water-use on lawns during the summer.  Unfortunately, summer is the worst time to start reducing your watering.  There is some good news, however.  Your lawn can be trained to use less water but the training starts NOW!  Follow these steps this spring to prepare your lawn for summer.

  1. Don’t water until the lawn needs it.  All too often I see homeowners start an every-other-day watering program as soon as the secondary water is turned on.  For the past two years, I have gone until June before I turned my sprinklers on!
  2. Get water deep into the root system on the first watering.  It’s the roots that take up the water and getting water deep into the soil allows the roots to grow deeper (roots won’t grow in dry soil).
  3. Mow the grass at 2 ½”.  Longer grass blades results in longer roots.   The higher grass shades the soil and prevents the soil from drying out as quickly.  This will allow the lawn to go two or more days between waterings.

There is a lot of room for improvement in using less water on our lawns.  Those who perform water audits show that the average lawn is getting 100” of water per year; Hawaii doesn’t receive that much water!  If you want someone to take a look at your sprinkler system, give us a call.  I know qualified companies that do this type of work.  Talk to one of our Moore Green technicians for help in setting your sprinklers correctly.