Summer weather provides a host of environmental stresses to the cool-season turf varieties that we have in New Jersey. Temperature, humidity, lack of rain, and sometimes too much rain all impact residential lawns throughout the summer months. Outside of heat
Moss is a plant that generates a lot of questions from our customers. Most customers want to know why they have it and how they can get rid of it! This blog will discuss what moss is, why moss grows,
Throughout the past decade, there has been increased interest in customers wanting to learn about organic lawn care. Our experience with customers that contact us regarding organic treatments is they are more interested in reducing weed control, insect control, and
A weed is defined as a plant growing where it is not desired; this includes different turf varieties that are undesirable to a maintained lawn. Unfortunately, these “grassy weeds” are extremely difficult to control because most lawn care treatments can’t
Millions of homeowners dream of having the perfect lawn and becoming the envy of their entire neighborhood. After a few years of lawn maintenance consisting of regular mowing, some people make the decision to invest a bit more and sign
The most common question we get in the early spring as lawn care professionals is “Isn’t it too early to apply the crabgrass preventer?” Since crabgrass becomes apparent in the lawn in the hot summer months, some may think the
It is believed that 35 million years ago the Colorado River flowed over what was then nothing more than a vast plain. However, after hundreds of millennia the river carved a giant trench into the earth’s surface more than 5000
What is pH? Soil pH is the measure of its acidity or alkalinity and is rated on a simple logarithmic scale. The scale represents hydrogen ion concentration and ranges from 0.0-14.0, with 0 being the most acidic and 14 being
What are the New Jersey fertilizer laws? The New Jersey fertilizer laws were signed into effect by Governor Chris Christie on January 5, 2011. It is one of the most restrictive fertilizer laws in the nation for good reasons. It
What is desiccation? In biology and ecology, desiccation refers to the drying out of a living organism. In your landscape plants, winter desiccation injury occurs when plants lose moisture from the leaves and do not have the ability to absorb
