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Top 5 Lawn Service Problems and How to Fix or Avoid Them

Top 5 Lawn Service Problems and How To Fix or Avoid Them

Using a commercial lawn care service should be a stress and worry free venture; however, sometimes this is not the case. In my 30+ years serving lawn care customers, I’ve heard some of the problems homeowners have had when using a lawn care company. I would like to address some of these issues and help you understand why they happen and what you can do to fix them or avoid them all together.

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How Much Does a Lawn Service Cost?

How much does it cost to use a lawn service?

When considering lawn care, you inevitably arrive at the question – How much does it cost to use a commercial lawn care service? Although this can be difficult to answer because not all lawns or their needs are the same, I will do my best at explaining some pricing guidelines.
The most obvious pricing factor is the size of the lawn, which is measured in square feet or by the acre and is calculated by measuring the length and the width and multiplying them together. A 20,000 square foot lawn will cost more than a 5,000 square foot lawn. What may not be as obvious is that a 5,000 square foot lawn may not be half the price of a 10,000 square foot lawn. This is because the lawn service company must charge for the time to travel to each property and perform duties like loading product, cleaning off sidewalks, reeling up a hose, doing paperwork, etc. that takes roughly the same time regardless of the size of a lawn. Moore Green has a minimum charge of $47.00 per treatment.

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Prepare your Lawn for Winter

Follow these steps to get your lawn off to a great start next spring.

  • Lower the mowing height.  For the last mowing of the year (try and do it before the snow falls) lower the mower to remove enough leaf blade to discourage the grass to lay over on itself.  Long grass that over-winters creates the perfect conditions for snow mold which causes round brown patches in the lawn.
  • Rake up leaves.  When snow covers leaves and other debris that is left on the lawn, the grass can die out or at least grow snow mold.  A clean lawn will over-winter better than a clutter filled lawn.
  • Get the Winterizer Fertilizer.  Turf grass will increase the root system to allow storage of nutrients.  Fertilizing in October through November with a Winterizer Fertilizer will encourage the root growth and store the nutrients to be used next spring.
  • Drain the sprinkler pipes.  Frozen sprinklers and pipes almost always results in the need to dig up the lawn for repairs. Use an air compressor to blow the water out.

4 Things Customers Do that Minimizes Weed Control Effectiveness

Weed control is one of the major reasons property owners choose to use a lawn care service. At Moore Green, we take this very seriously and choose to use some of the best products available. It can be mind boggling why some lawns continue to have weeds while others treated on the same day with the same material are completely weed free.
We’ve discovered some interesting similarities in those lawns that always have weeds, regardless of the quality of the products used or number of treatments. Here are four of the most common habits lawn care customers do that lower the effectiveness of a weed control program:
  1. Mow or hand-pull weeds before a treatment.  Weed products work by entering the leaves. When the lawn is mowed, there are fewer, if any, weed leaves to capture the product.
  2. Watering too soon after an application. Allowing the weed-control product to stay on the plants for 12 to 24 hours gives the product sufficient time to get into the weed. Early irrigation can wash the product off before being absorbed.
  3. Mowing too soon after a treatment. Getting the product absorbed into the leaf is the first step. The second step is allowing time to travel to the roots. Mowing too soon can prevent the product from completely killing the weed. The weed responds by sending up more leaves! Waiting two days is preferred.
  4. Obliterating the edges of the lawn with a string trimmer. A beveled edge allows the summer weeds to grow by destroying the preemergent layer and offering no competition from the lawn. Use a straight blade edger instead.

Weed control products are some of the most expensive materials used in lawn care treatments. By using the proper maintenance techniques herbicide use could be reduced, resulting in lower costs. A thick, healthy lawn can be the best tool in the fight against weeds.

Moore Green is Conserving Water

With the dry winter we have had this year many of us are concerned about the availability of water. Conserving the water we have is the first step in being sure that water will be available. Beginning in 2015, Moore Green will increase the concentration of their lawn care products allowing them to use less water.

Blake Moore, owner of Moore Green, states, “We can reduce our water use by 30% which equates into saving around 30,000 gallons this coming year. Customers will continue to get the same amount of fertilizers and weed controls however it will go out with less water.” A lawn that took fifteen gallons in previous years will now only take ten gallons and the lawns will continue to look beautifully green and lush.