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.
When to Apply Crabgrass Preventer in 2024 (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 ...
Should I Fertilize Before or After Rain?
A basic and fundamental piece to any lawn care program is watering and fertilizing lawns. To achieve healthy grass and a healthy lawn, you must feed it and water it – be it with granular ...
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 ...
How Long Does 2, 4-D Take To Work & Kill Weeds?
2, 4-D, (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) is a selective herbicide that controls and kills a wide range of broadleaf weeds. 2,4-D is often combined as a 2-way, 3-way, or 4-way herbicide, generally mixed with dicamba, MCPP, triclopyr, ...
How To Treat Leaf Spot Lawn Disease
LAWN PHIX PRO TIPS Leaf spots in plants can result from various diseases, all exacerbated by high humidity. To combat them, one of the best cultural practices I continue to tell my customers is regular ...
How Long Before Tenacity is Rainproof
Tenacity Herbicide is a unique herbicide. Not only can it kill over 40 weeds, including crabgrass and creeping bentgrass, but it also acts as a pre-emergent. In fact, the active ingredient in Tenacity – Mesotrione ...
How Much Grass Seed Do I Need? (Grass Seed Calculator)
Whether you’re starting a new lawn or overseeding an existing lawn, you’ll need to know how much seed to buy and use. The seeding rates will vary depending on several factors such as grass varieties, ...
Lawn Rust Fungus – The Ultimate Guide
LAWN PHIX PRO TIPS I don’t see a lot of lawn rust around here, but when I do, there’s no mistaking it. Lawn rust is most common in early fall and can indicate low nitrogen. ...
How To Get Rid Of Moles In Your Yard
Many lawn pests can be found on the surface of your yard. Unfortunately, pests like moles create tunnels that allow them to live underground without being spotted. This makes them an incredibly frustrating animal to ...
Straw Cover For Grass Seed (Pros, Cons & Alternatives To Cover)
Newly seeded lawn? Then you already know that in addition to that thorough initial watering, the next most important thing is ensuring that you keep the seed in place until it’s able to germinate and ...
