Lawn Care
Looking for expert lawn care tips and guidance for your home? Whether it’s starting a new lawn from scratch and weed control to turf nutrition and soil amendments, or a quick on “how to” in your yard. In this section, you’ll find plenty of lawn care information.
Mushrooms in Your Lawn: What They Mean and What to Do
THE SHORT ANSWER A mushroom is the fruiting body of a fungus that has been living in your soil for years, usually feeding on buried wood — an old stump, roots left behind when a ...
Weeds With Purple Flowers: Identification and Control
LAWN PHIX PRO TIPS After treating hundreds of residential and commercial properties, I can confidently say that these purple-flowered broadleaf weeds are the No. 1 nemesis. They’re a battle, but follow these tips to keep ...
Weeds with Yellow Flowers (Common Lawn Weed Guide)
Weeds–tenacious plants that interfere with lawns, flower beds, even agricultural crops. Hardcore survivalists, weeds compete, sometimes mercilessly, with the less aggressive plants we strive to grow for essential nutrients, water, and even sunlight. As gardeners, ...
Scott’s GrubEx vs Bayer Grub Control
If you or your neighbors had issues with Japanese beetles and grubs in the past, then when to apply grub control should be a priority on your lawn care schedule. There are many brands, active ...
THE BEST Crabgrass Removal Tools (Reviews)
Crabgrass is a stubborn lawn weed. It gets its name because of its appearance. Crabgrass grows low to the ground and its stems grow out from the clump in the center, which looks like crab ...
THE BEST Weed Killer for Lawns (That Won’t Kill Grass)
Weeds are something we all try to avoid when it comes to our lawns. While they are technically plants, they are almost always unwanted. They steal nutrients and resources from the plants you want in ...
The Best Dandelion Killer for 2026 (That Won’t Kill Your Grass)
LAWN PHIX PRO PICK Nothing says springtime like seeing dandelions flowering throughout neighborhoods in May. I service over 100 acres of lawns annually, and the #1 broadleaf weed I see in commercial and residential properties ...
When to Apply Crabgrass Preventer in 2026 (Pre-emergent Timing)
Applying a crabgrass preventer is one of the first steps in any lawn care plan. Crabgrass is a widespread lawn weed and one of the most invasive lawn weeds, too. Without a pre-emergent herbicide and ...
How To Treat Summer Patch Lawn Disease (Turf & Lawn Fungus)
LAWN PHIX PRO TIPS Summer Patch is often mistaken for other lawn diseases – particularly Brown Patch. It shares many characteristics including being a root disease that is most prevalent during hot, wet summer weather. ...
How To Treat Dollar Spot Fungus (Lawn Disease)
LAWN PHIX PRO TIPS Being in the Northeast, I see quite a bit of dollar spot each season – particularly in 2023. Dollar spot is often associated with low nitrogen and is most common in ...
Best Time to Fertilize Lawn: Before or After Rain?
Lawn Phix Pro Tips Timing your fertilizer application around rainfall can make a big difference in achieving a greener, healthier lawn. For my Lawn Phix customers, I always recommend checking the weather forecast before spreading ...
What Type of Sand for Lawns? (Leveling + Top Dressing)
Whether you’re a homeowner needing to cover exposed tree roots and fix divots in your lawn or work on golf courses and sports fields, adding sand top dressing to your lawn can improve the leveling ...