So you have a big lawn and you want to hire professional lawn care help. You have the money, the resources, but not the information you need on who is who in the lawn care service industry.

Lawn Care Services Offer Different Menus

I’m sure you know this, but not all lawn services are created (or managed) equally. What looks good on the side of a new work truck may not translate into that golf course turf you are trying to get. Lawn care services are varied. Most colorful publicity by lawn care companies can quickly attract customers but will be as quickly disappointed by the quality they get.

Most of the time, these colorful ads hide the poor quality, and vice versa, dull publicity masks the great company it carries. Publicity is just publicity; it never answers the question on who is the best at lawn care service. The best advice still is to seek advice, referral and even opinions from friends and people who have used lawn care services you are considering.

Referrals Of Lawn Care Services

Referrals from happy customers are always a nice way to find the best lawn care company for your dollar. They are the right path in discovering a good lawn service provider. Asking for referrals from friends and family may give you useful and reliable information about the services and products that the company actually provides.

Through referrals, you will be able to know as well if there are some extra costs and hidden charges.

Referrals help you save time and effort in looking for quality lawn care companies. We all know manually searching for lawn care companies in the yellow pages is tiresome, and sometimes even ends up with no luck.

On a final note, it is always best to start in the very early spring searching for a lawn service. The reason is because a lot of them book up fast! Believe it or not, most regional or local lawn operators are only able to bring on 50-60 new customers each year. You don’t want to be caught out in the cold with no lawn provider when March arrives! Start now so you can choose the best provider for your lawn needs.
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In regards to you lawn spraying and fertilizing company…

It seems simple, but have you asked your Dayton Lawn Companywhat they would do if you needed them to respray or re-treat your lawn in between applications? It’s inevitable that with Mother Nature’s current trend, your lawn is going to develop weed problems, insect infestations and fungal growth at some point during the year. But would you lawn company charge you for a consultation in between normal visits?

Most professional lawn companies offer Free Service Calls, which means a lawn specialist or manager will return to your property at any time at your request in order to address your concerns. In most cases, they will re-spray the lawn if needed with no extra charge.

This is also a good time for you, the customer, to ask those pressing questions that have been weighing on your mind. So when you sign up for lawn fertilizing treatments this year, ask your representative about free service calls.

Lawn fertilizing companies like TruGreen ChemLawn, Scott’s Lawn Service, Buckeye EcoCare, Leisure Lawn Service and Lawn Doctor all have large operations in the Dayton Area, so it would seem logical that they are putting down tons of pesticides on home lawns everyday. But have you considered what homeowners are doing when they attempt to apply these products themselves?

Problems with Weed-n-Feed bags for Do It Yourselfers

1. Bags of Weed-n-Feed sold to homeowners contain an over-abundance of nitrogenwhich detroys the soil and pushes too much top growth. They most normally contain “quick release” fertilizers that create fast greening, but no sustainable long term benefit to the turf. Feeding your lawn too much nitrogen from over-the-counter fertilizer bags like Scott’s and K-Grow is like feeding your kids candy all the time for every meal!
2. Many experts will tell you that phosphorous leaching into ground water is the big problem with these bagged products. And while I am not a fan of dumping mass amounts of anything on the lawn, I believe if homeowners and pros alike would follow labeling instructions, they are not endangering our groundwater or lakes. The key is FOLLOWING the DIRECTIONS on the bag! And most DIY homeowners do not understand fertilizer rates and proper application technique!
3. A granular weed-n-feed product like the Scott’s Plus 2 product contains herbicide and fertilizer in one convenient bag: just dump in your spreader, set the release rate, and lay it down…easy! The problem is that you are hurling massive amounts of granular weed killers everywhere weather there are weeds there or not.
   It doesn’t make sense to throw weed killer in areas of the lawn where there are no weeds! Whats more, while the weed control does not selectively kill the grass plants, it still puts heavy stress and pressure on them and can weaken them over time.
   

The best alternative to Weed-n-Feed products
I recommend a balanced approach that utilizes target weed control as needed with the eventual goal of eliminating it completely. This is what your professional lawn spraying company will do as a part of their everyday practices! They do not want to put down pesticides if they are not needed because that will cost them too much money! They use less because of environmental issues, and because it is better for their profit margins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is accomplished by spot-spraying weeds using a back pack pump sprayer with liquid weed control. In some cases, a blanket application of liquid weed killer may be needed, but over time, this will be reduced until the weed problem is manageable by good old fashioned “pulling” by hand. Some companies also have proprietary means to deliver weed killers only where needed, like Dayton TruGreen’s dual line spray system, for example.

In addition to spot-spraying of weeds, I recommend slow-release organic or semi-organic (called ‘bridge’ products or ‘hybrid’) lawn fertilizers. These products will add nutrients to the soil without destroying it in the process. They also support healthy soil biotics which are the foundation of healthy turf. Ask your lawn care provider is they have a line of natural-based fertilizers.

On a final note: it’s not a good idea to completely “refuse to use pesticides” in your lawn if you indeed do have a major weed problem.

Think about this: if your weeds go to seed every year and spread out to all the neighbors on your block, and they do not share the same environmental devotion as you, won’t you be indirectly causing them to put down greater amounts of pesticides every year? Your weeds will continue breeding in their lawns, and they will soak them with more weed killer; year after year! Think about that.

YARDMASTERS LAWN SERVICE 937-275-3800
4330 Wales Dr
Dayton, OH 45405

BACHMANNS LAWN SERVICE 937-274-4569
55 Stafford Ave
Dayton, OH 45405 

INTEGRITY SERVICES 937-233-2233
5611 Mendocino Ct
Dayton, OH 45424

STANLEYS SERVICES 937-233-0758
8526 Chambersburg Rd
Dayton, OH 45424

D & G LAWN SERVICE 937-233-0439
7130 Mauford Dr
Dayton, OH 45424

REED LAWN & SNOW SERVICE 937-278-1158
1737 Academy Pl
Dayton, OH 45406

SUPERIOR SERVICES OF DAYTON 937-898-2700
8200 N Dixie Dr
Dayton, OH 45414

AREA WIDE TREE & LAWN CARE 937-890-5635
2342 Cadie Ave
Dayton, OH 45414

BOESYS LAWN & LANDSCAPING 937-264-3220
7559 Gardenside Dr
Dayton, OH 45414

EARTH WORKS INCORPORATED 937-274-8661
5266 Wadsworth Rd
Dayton, OH 45414

LEISURE LAWN 937-866-8399
767 Liberty Ln
Dayton, OH 45449

Leisure Lawn is a subsidiary of TruGreen ChemLawn specializing in Lawn Fertilizing and Grub Control in Dayton and suburbsTAYLOR MADE LAWN CARE 937-236-4716
Dayton, OH 45390

TOTAL LAWN PROS 937-974-5672
Dayton, OH 45390

A ABEL TREE AND LANDSCAPING 937-277-2667
Dayton, OH 45390

SCOTTS LAWNSERVICE Dayton Area 937-291-8275
1701 Thomas Paine Pkwy
Centerville, OH 45459

TRUGREEN CHEMLAWN 937-454-1155
800 Center Dr
Vandalia, OH 45377
10.2MI from Dayton

TruGreen ChemLawn Also has locations in Springboro and CincinnattiA CLASSIC LAWN CARE 937-667-5066
Tipp City, OH 45371
11.4MI from Dayton

MORGANS LAWN & TREE SERVICE 937-274-5639
Tipp City, OH 45371
11.4MI from Dayton

SERVICES UNLIMITED 937-832-1143
4701 W Wenger Rd
Clayton, OH 45315
12.8MI from Dayton

YARD BARBERS 937-832-2153
23 Overlook St
Englewood, OH 45322
13.8MI from Dayton

NATURES LANDSCAPING 937-698-7462
455 N Main St
West Milton, OH 45383
17.5MI from Dayton

ALL AMERICAN LAWN CARE LLC 937-339-8462
Troy, OH 45373
18.9MI from Dayton

SAFE WAY TURF CARE COMPANY 937-849-6705
Springfield, OH 45501
20.1MI from Dayton