Lawn Care

Bountiful Harvest Biostimulant and soil enhancer is truly an amazing product. One of the proven aspects of Bountiful Harvest as well as all the other biostimulants made by Agri-Gro is their ability to tremendously increase soil microbial activity, enhance disease resistance, increase root development and photosynthesis efficiency and more. University research has shown an increase by 3400% microbial activity in just 24 hours after application.

Charles H., near Baton Rouge, LA had almost completely lost his lawn to Take-
All Root Rot, a devastating lawn disease that affects many grasses, including his St. Augustine Grass. For 4 years this disease took more and more of his lawn. The pathogens live in the soil so replacing the grass only gives the disease a new food source.

I talked to Charles on the phone and he told me that after using the product last year the disease was suppressed by at least 80% and his lawn looks better than it ever has.

How Our Biostimulants Work

Bountiful Harvest biostimulant, Turf Formula, Foliar Blend, and Ignite2 are all natural soil and microbial enhancers. The incredible increase in beneficial microbial activity speed the breakdown of essential elements in the soil and release microbial by-products that plants need to stay healthy. Plus, many of the beneficial microbes whose activity and numbers have been increased feed on pathogenic microbes that cause disease.

These products are NOT compost teas, fish emulsion, or other products whose affects are questionable. These are proprietorial organic blends used by thousands of farms, orchards, sports fields and by homeowners around the world with incredible results.

Don’t wait until you have problems with your lawn or trees. When used proactively, they will help prevent any problems, increase root development, increase disease resistance, increase photosynthesis and carbohydrate production and much more.

Due yourself a favor and try these products. Our website has exclusive information on original test results and beyond and results of university studies. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

I have no personal beef with Tru-Green or any other turf management company. Many people use them and some like them. However, here is a legal case that may interest you.

A Tennessee woman’s lawsuit against Tru-Green was thrown out. She kept getting robo telemarketing calls even though she repeatedly asked them to stop. Plus her number was on the telemarketing “No Call List”. Seems like a slam dunk, right? No exactly.

When someone hires Tru-Green they have to sign a contract. Somewhere in the contract is language that says that they have the right to continue to call with service offers even after a customer stopped using them.

Plus, when you sign with them you also sign away your right to bring any class action lawsuit against them.

As a result the judge followed the contract language, since she was a previous customer, and threw her lawsuit out. Even though Tru-Green has just about guaranteed they will never again get her as a customer, they have the right to continue to call as often as they like.

I have personally never hired a turf management company so I don’t know if others use the same language. Just be sure to read your contract carefully. You may find yourself changing your phone number, then hoping they never find it, just to keep them from continuously calling.

To read the original post in Turf Magazine, please click here: Woman’s Lawsuit is Thrown Out”

Keep this in mind: If you continue to read our website you will not need to hire a turf company. We are here to help you produce the lawn you always wanted. In the end you will know more about lawn management than anyone you hire to apply chemicals to your lawn.

There is a lot of misunderstanding about crabgrass and how to control it. I get lots of questions about this persistent weed every year. This fact sheet should help clear some of it up for you.

• Crabgrass is an annual plant that germinates in spring and dies at the first heavy frost.
• A single large crabgrass plant produces many thousands of seeds each year.
• Crabgrass seeds will germinate each spring when the soil temps reach 55 degrees for 4 consecutive days.
• The most effective method of stopping the weed is to not let it get started. A quality preemergent is your best defense.
• The preemergent must be applied before the seeds germinate. Once the seed has germinated the preemergent will not be affective. The only exception to this is to use Dimension, a commercial preemergent that will kill crabgrass in the seedling stage.
• If you have a lawn service spread your preemergent, be sure it is applied at the correct time. When they run behind schedule, some customers will get it too late.
• Homeowner varieties of preemergents usually start to lose effectiveness in mid-summer.
• Commercial preemergents, such as Barricade and Dimension, will usually last the whole growing season.
• Heavy rains and high summer heat will degrade the preemergent and lower its life expectancy.
• It is ok to reapply a preemergent in summer, but not if you plan to overseed in the fall. It will prevent your grass seed from germinating. If your preemergent is mixed with fertilizer, be sure to apply the correct amount of fertilizer based on the season, grass species, and nitrogen needs for your grass.

This is just a basic guide and there is much more information about crabgrass on our website. Be sure to check it out.

Lawn Care Academy, along with our sister website, Hammerhead Kayak Supply, is now an authorized dealer for the famous SJCAM Camcorders.

We will be offering these cameras online in a few days.

SJCAM camcorders can go where you go. Whether it is scuba diving at 100 ft. or leaping from a plane at 5000 ft, you can catch the action with a SJCAM. The best thing is these cameras are about a third of the cost of the GoPro line of cameras.

These cameras can be attached to bikes, helmets, wrist, on the chest, or anywhere you can think to mount it.

There are over 20 accessories that come with the camera and many after market items can be purchased as well.

Whether you are videoing your work to display on youtube or enjoying a day of kayaking, these cameras can do it all. We will be providing helpful tips and techniques to get the most from your camera in the coming days.

For now, check out our cameras on our sister site at www.hammmerheadkayaksupply.com. More cameras will be online soon.