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| 148 Longmeadow Road Taunton, MA (508) 824-7292 |
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| LAWN FERTILIZERS We are a proud dealer of Lebanon Turf Products, which is a national, professional fertilizer company any fancy advertising just great products with professional results! |
| WHAT ARE YOUR LAWN PLANS FOR THE REST OF 2010? ARE YOU PLANNING ON MAINTAINING YOUR GRASS FOR THE YEAR? ARE YOU GOING TO PLANT NEW GRASS, OR THICKEN UP YOUR TURF THIS FALL? JULY= GRUB PREVENTION TIME! STEP THREE for a lawn maintenance plan: Summer Fertilizer with or without summer bug control. Summer fertilizer helps your lawn stay lush and green! We have summer fertilizer by itself, with surface insect control (fleas, ants, ticks) or summer fertilizer plus grub prevention. GRUBS: Grubs are the larvae of the Japanese beetle. Once a grub matures over the summer months, it will have a feast on your lawn's root system unless it is prevented. Merit stops the grub from doing its damage. It can only be applied during the month of July to be effective in the Northeast. If this step is missed, all hope is not lost! Dylox, is a grub killer that maybe applied during the fall, if a grub outbreak occurs. It kills the adult grub. Here is an example of the Grub life cycle. Ventura Grain carries MERIT grub prevention products in a few different forms: With Summer Fertilizer 20-0-5 plus MERIT Grub Control 12,000 sq ft...$34.99 Without Summer Fertilizer 5,000 sq ft...$24.99 14,000 sq ft...$32.99 OR If you wish to just to put down Summer Lawn Fertilizer, Ventura Grain stocks these products in 5, 12 and 15,000 sq ft bags. *** The month of September is a great time to start or thicken up a lawn! The keys for good grass growth are GOOD PLANTING SOIL (LOAM), PICKING THE RIGHT GRASS SEED FOR YOUR YARD'S CONDITIONS,MAKING SURE THE GRASS SEED IS WATERED CORRECTLY, AND SOIL TEMPERATURE. Ingredients for a successful new lawn: Loam: at least 8-12 inches of good planting loam Grass seed: Ask yourself; is your lawn going to be a high-traffic area, are you going to be able to water your grass enough when the hot summer weather hits? High traffic blends: Triplex Perennial Rye Grass: Rye grass has a bunching characteristic and loves to take a pounding. It is used frequently on athletic fields, as it can rebound from the abuse it takes. It grows very quickly. Tall fescue/Sports Turf Blend: Tall fescues are great for areas that can not get a lot of water. It has a very deep root system, and because of this it can exist on less water. It is great for people who do not have irrigation or for cemeteries that do not have access for a lot of water. Sunny Blends: Kentucky Blue Grass Blends: Topline 1 or University Select : Kentucky Blue Grass is very unique in the sense that for every seed of blue grass, 15 blades of grass are produced. This is great for tightening up an existing lawn. Bluegrass loves sunshine! Sun and Shade Blends: VMG (Contractors Blend) or Topline 2: These blends are a mixture of Kentucky blue grass, Triplex Perennial Rye and Fescue. The percentages of the seed in this mixture does well in the sun and shade environments. Water: Watering your new grass is extremely important. If grass seed is watered in an inconsistent manner this can cause the grass seed to swell and then dry out. This will result in poor grass yields. Consistency is the key. Soil Temperature: The triplex rye blends can be planted in cooler soil temperatures, however the sunny grass mixtures that contain Kentucky bluegrass would require soil temps of at least 60-65 degrees consistently. Fertilizer: Starter lawn fertilizers with higher phosphorus will help the root system of new grass grow quickly. Starter fertilizer should be used every 3-4 weeks until the grass is about 1 1/2-2 inches in height. Grass at this time can be cut. Once new grass is cut at least 3 times, other fertilizers such as weed killers can be used. If weed killing products are used before the recommended time, seed can be stunted and will not grow. We recommend: 16-26-10 starter fertilizer coverage: 12.500 sq ft...$25.95 The fall is the best time to plant a new lawn because ... There are consistent temperatures, hot weather has passed, lawn weeds start to die for the year. When thickening up a pre-existing lawn, slice seeding is a very effective way to achieve your goal. A slice-seeder pushes grass seed into pre-existing turf and gives the seed good soil contact for which it needs to grow. Slice-seeders can be rented from your local hardware store. Combine slice seeding with starter fertilizer and water and you will be very happy with the results! |
| LAWN STEPS: LIME: Liming your lawn keeps the soil pH at a nuetral level which is necessary for good grass growth. Lime should be applied every year during the fall. Why the fall? Lime take time to break down in the soil. By applying lime in the fall, lime will work throughout the winter months to condition your soil for the spring! 50lb bags of powdered lime: TBA 50lb bags of pelletized lime TBA AERATION: Lawn aeration is the secret weapon in making your lawn healthy. Aeration involves making holes in the lawn either by pushing a rod into it or by "coring", extracting a plug of soil. By aerating your lawn you provide the following benefits to your lawn and its root system: * Oxygen gets to the roots and the soil allowing it to "breathe" * Organic fertilizers and nutrients get access to the root system * Water is able to better soak the soil and reach the root system * Helps to break up thatch * Tight, compacted soil is loosened up allowing the root system to grow Then watch the results of your lawn once it is able to breathe! DE-THATCHING: When air, water and light cannot reach the soil surface any longer because of thick thatch, you have to rip it out. The lawn looks rough for a while, but soon you'll see healthy new grass shoots taking off. You can rent a de-thatcher from your local hardware store or rake it up yourself with a strong toothed rake or a de-thatching rake. Once the dead thatch is raked up remove it from your lawn and place it in your compost pile! Then watch the results when your grass has plenty of growing room! |
| TIME FOR MERIT! |