I
recommend using a good chemical lawn service for anybody in Atlanta and any
other city with lawn care problems.
I cut my
own grass and applied grass seed, weed killer and fertilizer for decades. This worked well in St. Louis Mo. And Salina
Kansas taking care of bluegrass, but my experience applying fertilizer in
Atlanta GA on fescue was a complicated struggle.
The first
thing I had to do was to have a sprinkler system installed to prevent August
burn-out. I took my own soil samples to
the county lab to have them tested. I
had to pay attention to when I applied pre-emergent to kill crabgrass. I also
had problems with grass fungus.
I was
told that I had to aureate and over-seed in the fall, but doing all of this
myself was more expensive than hiring a chemical service. I hired Environmental Turf a few years ago
and the year never looked better.
When I
moved to Atlanta in 1983, lawn services were not that far along in
understanding how much, what and when to apply chemicals. Now they have it down pat. They still have to work on weed control, but
the birds spread weeds.
I never
considered planting grass that turns brown in the winter, because I like to
have a green lawn year-round. I
don’t plant Bahia, Bermuda, Centipede, St. Augustine or Zoysia.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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