The cynic in me wants to say they are doing that to damage the lawn and force the client into additional treatments throughout the year.. But I'll leave that to an agronomist
Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application
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I think they are too, but it's probably not malice as much as scheduling. Too many clients, not enough resources to treat at the right time. I laugh when I see Chemlawn treating someone's yard 3+ weeks ago when the ground wasn't even thawed out yet.
So did I mess up my lawn by dethatching on Sunday afternoon? Ground temps have risen lately and I just applied granular fertilizer yesterday. Kind of committed at this point! Really need it to rain.
I've seen where cities will wave the grass height mandates to allow people to skip mowing in May, but to recommend it seems like a step too far. I guess it must be to promote the grass to go to seed to help thicken lawns? But it also seems like it'll just promote weeds taking over lawns.
I used a professional company a couple years or so. One of my complaints is that they came when it was handy for them, not best for the lawn. For example, running their very heavy -spreading machine across the lawn on scorching hot afternoons, doing more harm than good.
So the dog decided all winter that it was too cold to venture out more than a few feet from the patio to do her business. Now I've got a bunch of dead spots around the perimeter of the patio. Has anyone has any luck with products to neutralize urine, or am I just going to need to reseed those areas every spring and patch during the summer?
Yah sorry but you're screwed. Dealt with it for 20 years previous house. Including bringing in new top soil and sod, twice. Overseeding each fall. Now to clarify, I had 2 larger dogs. If you've got a Yorkie you can probably stay ahead of it.
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I think the No Mow May is just going to cause a lot of weeds to get out of control, go to seed and spread all over and then people will end up using more herbicide than they normally would to get things back under control? I would agree that people generally could stand to not mow as much, but not mowing at all during peak growing season seems like a bad idea, but I'm not a politician so...
Ace makes seed blends for high traffic and next to side walks that survive a bit better. But you may not want a different type of grass taking over.
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It’s my understanding that the no mow may is to help pollinators.
This. It is an effort to allow dandelions etc to grow for pollinators to feed on while other things get going.
I had to train mine to go in a different spot. Another option is to let them pee but then spray it down with water to dilute it.
Either way you'll have to go out with them instead of just letting them out.
