In today’s service spotlight, we are covering Tree and Shrub Care! Landscape plants, unlike lawns, mature slowly often over the course of many years.  Damage or malnutrition can sometimes take a growing season or more to correct. For this reason it is best to treat landscape plants proactively to ensure that they will grow to their full potential. Simply Green Lawn Care Plus provides an annual tree and shrub care plan to help your landscape plants thrive at your home.

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By Bartosz Bąk

The cooler weather of approaching fall makes it a great time to improve the appearance of your Atlanta, GA lawn. You’ll find it’s one of the best times of year to fertilize, control weeds, seed and carry out core aeration on lawns, particularly tall fescue. If your grass is looking a little wilted after summer or moss and thatch is becoming a problem on the lawn, then a major fall rescue operation should be put in place to ensure it recovers before next summer’s warm weather arrives.

Fall Treatments for Your Georgia Lawn

Some of the principal lawn treatments to consider this fall are:

• Seeding – If your tall fescue lawn is patchy and bare in places then seeding should be one of the first jobs you carry out this fall. Sow seed onto prepared ground to a depth of up to 1/2 inch, you should use around five pounds of seed to every 1,000 square feet of soil for over-seeding and you should expect germination within 14 days. Fall is a great time to sow tall fescue seed as the cooler weather encourages development of a strong root system
• Core Aeration – This will reduce thatch and help loosen the soil and improve drainage. It involves pulling plugs of soil from the lawn, ideally using some form of aerating product. Simply punching holes into the grass will actually increase compaction of soil over a period of time, so should be avoided. If you haven’t over-seeded, mid-September is a great time of year to think about aerating the lawn.
• Fertilization – Once any seedlings have germinated and any aeration to the lawn has been carried out, the final fall task to keep your lawn looking great is fertilization. October is a great time of year to fertilize a tall fescue lawn and will help maintain and strengthen grass roots and prevent cold weather damage, while a starter fertilizer will help newly germinated seeds to create vigorous root systems.

It’s important to treat your lawn as early as possible in fall, particularly if you plan to seed areas of grass. Grass is easily damaged during colder spells, so getting your Atlanta, Georgia tall fescue lawn in great condition through fall is an important garden chore. If you don’t have time, call Simply Green at 770 923-0387 and our professionals can soon sort out your lawn for winter, ensuring it’s lush and in great condition.

This season it’s all about watering and mowing to keep a green and healthy lawn. We know that a nice and green lawn is super important to you and it’s just as important to us. In today’s post, we are discussing two of the most important pieces of having a successful lawn – Watering and Mowing! With hot summer and a potentially cool fall and winter making sure you are watering correctly for the season is essential. In addition, the way you mow, frequency of mowing and height can all affect the success of your lawn.

Watering

Simply Green’s water management program, using Hydretain, reduces your outdoor watering up to 50% and improves the health and vigor of your lawn.

Mowing

Don’t forget that mowing is an art! You may love mowing your lawn, you may dread mowing your lawn, or you may have someone else mow your lawn. In any case, there is an art and a science to a healthy lawn.

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We know that you take pride in your lawn and work hard to make sure it’s green, free of weeds and looking HOA approved but it’s a ton of work! After a long week at work, the last thing you want to do is lawn work all weekend. What if we told you that you could cut down that time spent?

In today’s post, we have put together a few great tips on cutting back on the hours you spend in your lawn.

1. Let your grass grow

We don’t mean “never cut your grass” but cutting your grass too short can actual cause more work for you. The shorter you but it the easier it is for weeds to grow. This means cutting your grass less can prevent time spent on your lawn.

2. Chill out on the fertilizer:

It’s true that fertilizing your lawn can give it great color and growth but you can over do it. Too much fertilizer can harm your grass. If you aren’t sure about how or when to fertilize, contact our team and we can help you figure out the next steps!

3. Know your grass

Knowing what type of grass you have will give you an idea of how high-mantinance it can be. Making a change on the type of grass you have could help cut down on the maintenance.

Of course one way to take all the hard work off your plate is to simply hand it over to a professional. At Simply Green Lawn Care we can help you get the type of lawn you want! If you would like advice or assistance with managing unwanted weeds please contact us at 770-923-0387, or click here to request a FREE estimate.  Follow along on Facebook and Twitter!

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Happy August! With high heats still continuing and scattered storms throughout the summer, your grass is most likely growing at an incredible pace. Do you feel like you need to mow every day? This could mean that you aren’t mowing the most effective way possible. Did you know? There is an actual “Art of Mowing”. In today’s post, we have included a few #trustytips to help you make the most out of mowing your lawn.

Cut your lawn and try to avoid tearing your grass.  Mower blades must be sharp or instead of cutting your lawn you will be tearing your lawn. If your leaf blades have brown tips 2-3 days after you mow, could be your mower blades need to be sharpened.

Remember it’s all about the “Rule of thirds.” Mow your lawn at least every 7 days in the growing season. Never mow more than one-third of the grass leaf at a time.

To catch or not to catch? If you are mowing at the correct height every 7 days, you do not need to catch your grass clippings. Clippings contain beneficial nutrients for your lawn and do not build harmful thatch.

Change it up! Change your mowing direction each time you mow. This ensures a more even cut and grass blades will be less likely to develop into a set pattern.

Mowing Height matters. Mowing height is extremely important. Know your grass type and mow at the correct height, depending on the time of the year.

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Each summer in Georgia is a guessing game on how much rainfall we will get or if we are going to have a heat wave. This summer we’ve been lucky to have a nice amount of rain to even out the high heat. This summer however provides no guarantee of continued rain so making sure you are landscaping can stand the heat, maintaining your lawn and watering correctly will make your lawn survive. Here are some tips from Simply Green Lawn Care on landscaping ideas, lawn maintenance and watering solutions to save you time and money. 

Plant According To The Weather

Here are a few plants that we suggest to withstand hot summers without needing daily watering: Daylilies, black-eyed susans, coreopsis, scabiosa, nandina, indian hawthorn, and spireas.

Lawn Maintenance

Timing is everything when it comes to getting your lawn and landscape in shape and it’s essential to not only find the right plants for the season but also making sure you are planting and installing them at the right time.

Water Well: Where nature leaves off… Hydretain takes over.

Save water. Save your lawn. Save money on your water bills. Simply Green’s water management program, using Hydretain, reduces your outdoor watering up to 50% and improves the health and vigor of your lawn.

Outdoor water restrictions? No worries.

• Reduce landscape watering requirements up to 50%
• Minimize drought stress on your lawn
• Improve lawn appearance by controlling or eliminating dry spots
• Increase transplant survival
• Improve new sod growth and seed germination
• Enjoy a healthier lawn without the worries of overwatering

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This July is looking to be hot, hot, hot! This means your grass is going to be dry due to hard heat and sun and needs watering. If you are looking for a watering solution to help you save money this season – contact Simply Green today. Simply Green’s water management program, using Hydretain, reduces your outdoor watering up to 50% and improves the health and vigor of your lawn.

In today’s post, we have put together a few summer lawn care tips as well as a few types of lawn disease to keep an eye out for this season.

Late Summer: 

Bermuda, Zoysia Lawn Program

* Additional turf treatments may be needed to prevent or supress turf insects and disease.

Controlled release fertilization to maintain a green lawn. Spot weed control.

Fescue Lawn Program

*Additional turf treatments may be needed to prevent or supress turf insects and disease.

Mag.-Turf or Cal-Turf (fast release lime) to help condition your soil – maintain soil PH. Spot treat any existing weeds if needed.

Turf Disease Spotlight

Dollar Spot Fungus

Affects all turfgrass, most common in bermuda and zoysia. Symptoms: sunken, straw to light brown circular patterns, each the size of a silver dollar. Mycelia may be present. Favors warm days, cool nights and turf that is under stress.

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Are weeds marring your otherwise beautiful lawn this summer? Simply Green Lawn Care can help. Our turf care experts manage unsightly weeds with several techniques and high quality products.

• Post-emergents: These products control existing weeds and may be used as spot treatment during the summer months.
• Pre-emergents:  Pre-emergents prevent weeds from appearing in your lawn. These products are typically applied in the spring, fall, and winter and are not a recommended treatment during summertime.
• Fertilizer: By encouraging a healthy, lush lawn, fertilizer stifles weeds and other unwanted growth. The summer months are the ideal time for controlled release fertilization.
• Core Aeration: As with fertilization, aeration encourages a healthy lawn. By removing small soil cores from your lawn, aeration allows water, oxygen, and nutrients to flow deep to the roots of the turf. Your lawn’s subsequent growth will discourage weeds from attempting to budge in.

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The rain your turf has endured has finally subsided a bit here in Atlanta.  The past couple of months you were thrilled that we saw regularly scheduled weekend showers to water your lawn but now it’s high and intense heat.  The heat is here just in time to host your summer get-togethers.  Now that the rain has subsided, is your lawn ready to withstand the little league team parties, sack races and barbeques?

Maintaining the lawn is an ongoing process. Summer turf care in Atlanta certainly requires us to have patience. Now that temperatures will be into the 90’s routinely, the color may fade and it will take longer for the turf to recover from lawn games and traffic.

Keep these simple Turf Tips in mind for your Atlanta lawn:

• Water early and water deeply (about 1 inch).  If you water later in the day a small amount, most of the water will just evaporate.  DIY TIP: repurpose a clean tuna can as a water gauge while you’re watering.  When you have an inch of water in it, you’ve watered adequately.
• Raise your mower blade.  Taller grass is more heat and drought tolerant.
• Resist the urge to fertilize during these high temperatures. You might burn your lawn.
• Consider stepping stones for high traffic areas.
• Mulch an area for use as a designated pet area. It should reduce those familiar brown spots.

Following these Turf Tips can save you time and money- keeping you in the green. If you have any questions or need any advice on summer lawn care – contact us today at 770-923-0387, or click here to request a FREE estimate. Be sure to leave a review with us on Yelp and follow along on Facebook and Twitter!