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Why should I aerate my lawn and how often? |
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Aerating once a year is encouraged especially if you have heavy clay soil. Consistent annual aerating will loosen soil compaction, promote root growth, and decrease heavy thatch. |
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When is the best time for aeration? |
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Any time the soils are soft enough for pulling a soil plug. Late season is when we do the majority of our aeration's. The main objective of aerating is to relieve soil compaction and to promote root growth. The fall and winter season is the ideal time for this, because the plant carbohydrates are utilized in the roots and not the plant leaf. Also, avoid aerating in the spring if crabgrass pre-emergent is applied. The penetrating tines of the aerator will puncture through the pre-emergent barrier that prevents crabgrass from growing. |
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Tree & Shrub Applications
At CLC we offer monthly Tree and Shrub applications rather than traditional yearly programs. All landscapes are unique and are comprised of dozens of different plants. Because of this variety of plants, there is also a high variety of different problems throughout the season requiring various control materials. We feel a more flexible solution will work better than the more traditional "spray all plants" programs. We have designed these monthly T&S applications to help control the problems that are currently active on specific plants. Put another way, plants that are treated one month may not be the same as those treated during another application.
Country Lawn Care offers 7 monthly treatments throughout the year, starting in March. These treatments will range from Dormant Oil spray in early spring, to Insect and Disease treatments during the summer to a Fertilizer application. You can choose to have all 7, or pick only the ones you feel will benefit your plants. We have found this type of solution to be more customer friendly than a rigid program that treats your landscape plants even if there are no problems at that time. This type of approach also fits nicely with our policy of Integrated Pest Management [IPM]. We try to avoid applying pesticides into the environment when not necessary. Because of this treat only as needed approach, the cost per monthly application may vary. We will quote a price as if all ornamental plants are to be treated. Then each monthly cost will be lower than this quoted price in most cases.
We would be happy to meet you on your property to discuss your ornamental needs. With your input, we will design an application schedule that will help protect your plants and keep them healthy.
Please call for a free quote or go to our "contact us" on this web site
*Our T&S treatments are geared toward ornamental plants in your landscape. This means only the smaller plants that have been installed as part of your landscape design. It is not intended for the larger mature trees that are above 25 feet in height.
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