Objective #
Temperatures will be cooling down and the lawns will start to resume normal growth. All lawns should receive fertilizer to help with recovery from any damage that occurred over the summer. All brown areas should be examined for disease, insects and drought and customers should be made aware of your findings. Treat for lawn damaging insects if you find them. Customers will expect us to continue treating for nutsedge and crabgrass, but these weeds will die off as we start to get cooler temperatures and frost. Be careful not to treat lawns with weed control if they were recently seeded. Seeded lawns should only receive fertilizer. Use 20-10-10 if you have it on your truck. Customers will get their next application in October or early November.
Open Services & Rounds #
| Lawn Round 4, 5, 6 & 7 | Fertilizer to feed lawn during peak growth. | ||||||||
| Potassium | Potassium fertilization to improve stress tolerance. | ||||||||
| Lime | Correct acidic soil conditions by raising pH. Ideal soil pH = 6.0-6.5 (slightly acidic) | ||||||||
| TruShield | Apply insect control to home foundations 3 ft up and 3 ft out. | ||||||||
| Curative Grub Control | Apply Arena 0.25G if there is grub damage and customer had preventative. | ||||||||
| Aeration & Overseeding | Relieve compact soils and introduce new seed to help thicken lawn. | ||||||||
Products & Rates #
| 25-0-5 or 19-0-5 Granular | Nitrogen & Potassium Fertilizer | 3.0 lbs or 3.7/1000 sq ft | |||||||
| 17-2-5 or 17-0-5 Liquid | Nitrogen, Phosphorus & Potassium Fertilizer | 0.75 or 0.70lbs N/1000 sq ft | |||||||
| Drive XLR8 | Post-emergent Crabgrass Control | 1.47 fl oz/1000 sq ft | |||||||
| Surepyc | Post-emergent Nutsedge Control | 0.918 fl oz/1000 sq ft | |||||||
| Trupower3 | Post-emergent Broadleaf Weed Control | 1.19 fl oz/1000 sq ft | |||||||
| 0-0-7 0.069 Talstar | Granular Insect Control | 3.33 lbs/1000 sq ft | |||||||
| Arena 0.25G | Curative Grub Control | 3 lbs/1000 sq ft | |||||||
| 8-2-1 or 10-0-3 Organic | Organic Fertilizer (TruNatural Programs) | 8.75 or 7.5 lbs/1000 sq ft | |||||||
Expected Diseases, Insects & Environmental Stresses #
| Dollar Spot Disease | Blighted spots of turf. Can be corrected with additional nitrogen fertilizer. | ||||||||
| Rust Disease | Orange raised bumps on grass blades. Can be corrected with nitrogen fertilizer. | ||||||||
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Leaf Spot Disease
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Tiny circular dark spots on leaves. Spots can girdle the grass blades and cause death of leaf. Crown of the plant may rot due to the disease resulting in ‘melting out’.
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| Grub Damage | Turf will show signs of drought stress and will pull up easily. Roots are eaten. | ||||||||
| Chinch Bug Damage | May appear as drought stress. Try to find chinch bugs and treat with insect control. Damaged areas will need to be reseeded by customer. | ||||||||
| Push Spreader | Truck Spray System | Handcan/Backpack | |||||||
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Review product application rate and set spreader properly. Trim property with deflector shield down and 3rd port hole slide closed. For Scotts spreaders set pattern cone to 1 while trimming and 4 for normal passes.
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Calibrate spray output to 2 gallons per minute by conducting a bucket check. Calibrate injection system by turning off main spray line and bucket check injection line by itself. Agitate tank mix for at least 5 minutes before first stop or after extended breaks. Do not drive with pumping system engaged.
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Hold nozzle at knee height and walk slowly over weeds while spraying. Do not move arm side to side or back and forth while spraying. Keep elbow locked at your side. Overlap previous spray pattern by 6 inches for proper rate. Ensure equipment is properly labeled. Agitate mix before filling and spraying.
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