Pro Turf Lawn and Landscape | Toledo, Ohio
Lawn Maintenance
Professional Mowing by Pro-Turf inc.
Over 100 years combined professional mowing experience means Pro-Turf inc. understands the delicacy and importance of proper mowing heights, daily sharpened and balanced blades, bagging if necessary or clippings mulched if requested. Proper trimming around buildings, fencelines, trees, and landscape beds is provided each mowing. Edging sidewalks, drives, patios and curblines are performed every other week. We use gas powered blowers to then clean off pavements, sidewalks, patios and curblines. During a hot, droughty Summer season we typically reduce mowings due to dryness, especially if the turf is not irrigated. We also raise the mowing height to help ensure your lawn stays healthy and green during the Summer months.
Fertilizing Programs & Weed Control
Crabgrass Prevention:
In order to have a beautiful lawn, you must focus on the very first and serious invader of your lawn every spring. This common weed can detract from your turfgrass health and beauty if left untreated. With proper treatments and good lawn care habits, crabgrass can be kept under control! Pre-emergents are proven very effective when applied at a proper rate of application and proper timing of the season. It is very important to perform a spring clean-up, digging or any disruption throughout your turf prior to the pre-emergent application. The pre-emergent forms a chemical barrier throughout the top inch of your treated turf, thus the crabgrass seeds have a difficult time germinating. Every crabgrass plant has the ability to release thousands of seeds, some seeds blow into your lawn, others are tracked into your lawn and sometimes wait until next year to germinate.
• Our goal is to thicken your turf and shrink any voids of dirt within your lawn to zero. In other words, a thick, lush, emerald green and resilient lawn is our goal for you!
• Free analysis & estimate with no obligation.
Benefits of Core Aeration
Over time your turf naturally becomes compacted, as a result the sub-soil will be undesirable for a healthy lawn. Activities such as mowing, running, walking, and watering contribute to this compacting factor, which will reduce air space within the soil for roots to grow freely. Also, compacting soil will cause unnecessary runoff of water and nutrients. Fertilizers will have a hard time finding it's target, the roots! Water will tend to roll off the surface and puddle rather than naturally leaching through freely to feed those all important roots. Proper air gaps and loose soil allows roots to thrive, move and grow. All of these factors are necessary to obtain a healthy, resilient, thick, emerald green lush lawn.
Overseeding / Planting
Knowing all that we know, it makes great sense to then overseed during the fall. Weeds are naturally dying off, weeds are no longer thriving, this is excellent news! Grass seed can grow without competing against the mighty weed seeds. Any planting or seeding is best during the fall, no heat stress, cool weather and plenty of moisture. Also, the next growing season is Spring, this really helps maturity of your plants which is important prior to being subjected to a hot, droughty season known as Summer. If you plan to core aerate and overseed, it is best during the fall, any planting or any seeding method is best during fall, optimum results will follow.
Watering Tips For Your Established Lawn
Your lawn is composed of approximately 90% water, therefore any minor change in water availability places your lawn under stress. The term "proper watering" means applying enough water to soak the soil several inches in depth. This encourages deep rooting, deep rooting is our goal for a resilient and healthy lawn. Watering frequency usually should be determined by the weather. If your lawn is exposed to approximately four days of temperatures over 60 degrees without a good rainfall, this will cause light drought stress.