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Beginner’s Guide to Lawncare

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Identify What's in Your Yard

Scotts Grass Type Identifier

Measure Your Yard

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How to Make a Property Map

Soil Temperature Map

Identifying Turfgrass Problems

What's Wrong With My Lawn?

Weed Control

Weeds and Control Options

Common Types of Weeds

How to Spot Spray Weeds

MSU Weed ID Tool

Is This Plant a Weed?

Cool Season Weed Control Guide

Understanding Herbicide Types

Fungus Control

Identifying Turf Diseases

Lawn Fungi & Control Options

Insect Control

Lawn Insects & Control Options

Lawn Calcs

Helpful Lawn Calculators

Custom Label Rate Calculators

Fertilizing Your Lawn

UMN Fertilizing Lawns

How to Spread Granular Fertilizer

Granular Fertilizer Calculator

Liquid Fertilizer Calculator

Fertilizer Finder Tool

Establishing Your Lawn

Establishing Your Lawn from Seed

Establishing Your Lawn from Sod

Having an Organic Lawn

Natural Organic Lawn Care for Ohio

Natural Lawn Care in Missouri

Wisconsin Organic Lawn Care

Cornell Lawn Care Without Pesticides

Find the university of your state/region:

US Cooperative Extension Services

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California - UC Davis

Florida - University of Florida

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New Jersey - Rutgers University

New York - Cornell University

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Texas - Texas A&M

Vermont - The University of Vermont

Canadian Cooperative Extension Services

Ontario - University of Guelph

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I have a 12,000 square foot yard that needs leveling bad. How do I determine the best medium to use when leveling? I intend on doing it by hand.

My yard was overrun by extremely large trucks and heavy machinery to remove a tree and there are ruts everywhere. The yard was already horrible before that. When I ride the mower to cut grass it bounces and jars the mower so much its horrible to even cut. I live in southeast piedmont, should I use sand to level or maybe top soil?

I have a harrow that I drag with a lot of weight on it, but it doesnt seem to level, it makes the yard 'wavy'. I also tried a very heavy pallet with weight on it but it gave the same results.

I suppose i'll create zones and then just tackle one area at a time.

7 Comments
2024/12/03
23:32 UTC

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Fertilizer for st. Augustine grass Austin Texas

Any help on which fertilizer I should use in December on my St. Augustine grass? Or any for that matter ? Weather here has been about 72 high lows 40 to 50s. Not a lot of rain. Any advice would be wonderful! I have Scott’s bonus s weed and feed to use and thought I’d do it before the rain the weekend.

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2024/12/03
23:06 UTC

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How to get rid of this weed in seashore paspalum

Does anyone know how to get rid of this type of weed in my lawn of seashore paspalum? Seems a bit difficult to get rid of with just hand pulling it...

1 Comment
2024/12/03
22:49 UTC

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Should I cut it once more? Or too late?

5 Comments
2024/12/03
22:37 UTC

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How to stop Kikuyu growing through deck?

I have the king of grass (kikuyu) and love it, except when it does this.

What's the best way to stop it doing this, that doesn't involve ripping up the deck and laying gravel etc down on it?

Can I just paint it with glyphosate? Or will that effect the lawn?

5 Comments
2024/12/03
21:42 UTC

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Accepting credit card payments as a lawn care provider

How's it going guys? I own a lawn care business in Denver, Colorado. Year two of operations. I have vac pepper management account with 20 homes that I service. Asking these homes there are probably 6 different owners. I usually compete the service, then I create a PayPal invoice, as they accept credit cards, and send the invoice and payment link for each property to both the property manager, and their accounting team, for them to then distribute the invoices to the appropriate homeowner to them be paid by them, I THINK. That, or the proper management has their credit cards on file, to process the payments. The issue is, only 25% of the invoices are being paid, and all of those payments are being paid by just 1 homeowner. The other 5 home owners have not paid an invoice since last July. Property management claims PayPal is giving them an error message, which is making it difficult to submit a payment. If that's the case, why are all of homeowner "Mathew's" invoice links processing just fine....?

Anyway, I can't let them keep using this excuse to not pay me, as I now have 52 unpaid invoices piled up, and I stopped servicing the properties, because I don't know if they plan on scamming me and not paying in general, or if it's literally impossible for them to pay via PayPal anymore, even though it worked just fine for the first 2 months of servicing

QUESTION: What is another way I can send them invoices in which they can pay with credit card? Any free options, or do I have to subscribe to a specific "CRM" that will process credit card payments?

P.S. I'm extra stressing about this now because apparently the property management company I do this for sold/merged with another property management company, and they aren't being the most responsive/communicative, and I really hope they don't plan on scamming me out of like $4,000 worth of billing

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2024/12/03
21:35 UTC

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Pulled shrubs that lined sidewalk..

Me and the wife bought a home and the front yard and back yard are in horrible shape. Uneven, raised humps, extreme low points. I pulled the shrubs and I have no experience with lawn care. The area where I pulled the shrubs has a raised angle leading back to the yard.

My question is, can I rent a heavy duty tiller and get the lawn somewhat level?

The front yard is dying with weeds and I’ve watched lots of YouTube videos of lawn renovation. But it seems every yard is ever so slightly different.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

7 Comments
2024/12/03
21:16 UTC

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Thinking of a robot lawnmower

I have about a 1/4 of an acre of grass to cut in the backyard.

Ideally, I’d like to get a robot lawnmower that does not require wiring (due to the many obstacles).

What would you recommend. Give me pros and cons of each.

13 Comments
2024/12/03
21:11 UTC

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I'm looking for the most reliable weed eater under $300 for a large yard - What's worth buying in 2025?

Hey everyone, I need some real advice on picking up a new weed eater. My old Ryobi finally died after 6 years, and the options out there now are pretty overwhelming. I've got about 3/4 acre to maintain, with a mix of regular grass edges and some thick stuff growing along the fence line.

16 Comments
2024/12/03
19:54 UTC

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Bald spot

What’s the best way to fix this bald spot on my lawn? Location is Coastal Southern California. Thanks!

2 Comments
2024/12/03
19:09 UTC

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Recently bought a brand new toro push lawn mower but haven’t gotten to use it yet so there’s no gas or oil in it whatsoever, should it be fine over the winter?

Help!

6 Comments
2024/12/03
16:08 UTC

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New company

Good morning everyone. So to start off, my friend and I have had our company going for almost a year. With winter approaching gaining new clients has come to a slow crawl. But being in Florida there is still work to do.

Just wondering how to grow my client base more and what has helped other companies gain more accounts the best. Thank you for any help and advice. Looking forward to hearing from anyone who has grown their businesses.

31 Comments
2024/12/03
14:11 UTC

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Jar soil test

I thought my soil on a new build estate had a lot of clay as it has the consistency of it and can roll into a ball easy and hold its shape. However after doing this test it shows that my soil doesn’t have much clay in and seems to be fine silt that’s clumping together.

See the picture attached showing: -4mm clay -30mm Silt -20mm sand

I’m trying to improve it so it drains better for my back lawn as currently water sits on the top and with the dog pee as well it’s fighting battle. What can I do?

6 Comments
2024/12/03
13:51 UTC

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Eastern Maryland. Invasive vine grass

Help. Used winter weed and feed properly. Apparently 80% of my lawn consists of this tough short thin vine things that put up thick tuffts of grass. Well the fertilizer killed all of this off. Or at least turned it all brown. So.my once green lawn, weeds or no weeds, looks like crap.

Will this invasive vine weed go away in the spring since it does look like it's dying now, from the spread fert. I overseesed too.

I've read this is really some type of non weed grass. No way. I've had a few rando neighbors say it's some invasive vine grass. It's everywhere. Intertwined with real grass. It's tough and hard to pull up.

My dog loves pulling in it as it's like a damn chew toy for him !!

2 Comments
2024/12/03
12:01 UTC

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Tips for scarifying

I put down turf on my lawn about two years ago and they came in one of those rolled up sod with the plastic green mesh to keep it together. Sadly, I have to scarify/aerate the soil but I keep getting tangled in the green mesh. Any tips on how to do this more effectively? Or do I have to just pull everything up and redo with just seeds?

2 Comments
2024/12/03
10:53 UTC

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Excessive worm castings.

Based in the UK.

I know worms are the sign of a healthy lawn and castings are supposed to be good.

But they are trashing my lawn. It's wet alot in the UK and has been since November so been unable to just brush them away.

I'm now starting to see patches or die back because the lawn is being smothered by the castings.

Does the amount of castings seem excessive here?

Thanks.

8 Comments
2024/12/03
08:51 UTC

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How to adjust sprinkler

I've been having issues with this sprinkler spraying all over my car at night. How do I adjust it to keep it from spraying my vehicle?

6 Comments
2024/12/03
07:11 UTC

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First DIY for sprinkler winterization. No idea where to plug the compressor.

Hi, I am trying to DIY sprinkler winterization and found that my system looks a bit different from that of shown in a few instructions online like YT. I have the backflow preventer shown in the first pic and 3-zone controllers and pipes downstream of it. I am going to buy a 20 gal compressor from HD or HF. I think that I will need to plug the conpressor into the leftmost screw of the backflow preventer, but not sure if that's correct.

Any advices would be appreciated!!!

3 Comments
2024/12/03
05:44 UTC

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DIY/Mod your own Echo Pro-Sno?

Anyone adapt any of the other consumer snow thrower attachments to an Echo PAS? Sad they never brought their Pro-sno to the USA.

0 Comments
2024/12/03
03:13 UTC

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How to put in a bid for an HOA?

Newer company here. Have a couple hundred residential properties for lawn care but haven’t gotten any bigger stuff or HOA stuff. Have the opportunity to bid on one tomorrow and id like to get it.

What is your pricing structure for something like this?

What are the people at the HOA expecting to see? If that makes any sense

Am I supposed to be throwing out a number annually ? Do I just calculate about how long I think it’ll take to do all the mowing and give a price? There will be mulching and stuff too and fall clean up stuff. Or could I say

Mowing month price would be this. Mulching and extra stuff is billed at x amount per guy plus material ( and then just write a bill)

Sorry if this is confusing I feel like I’m just talking in circles. Don’t know what you don’t know . Any help appreciated. Just want to make sure at least the people don’t look at what I bring to the table and are confused

9 Comments
2024/12/03
02:11 UTC

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How do I fix this?

So I put on weed killer at least three times this season and I’m still getting these results where the grass is pretty much dead. I’ve started seating a lot over seating and then watering a lot and overwatering maybe even but it’s just not looking good then there’s still a lot of weeds to top it all off so what can I do at this point? I’m in central Texas and this is Bermuda

2 Comments
2024/12/02
22:48 UTC

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