A guide to selecting the right turf for you First Things First...What is Cool and Warm Season Grass? To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. Helen Keller Cool-Season grass Cool-season grasses typically grow in the North, where winters are cold and summers are mild. Hot summe...
Aeration is a lawn care procedure which alleviates compaction and allows water, air, and nutrients to penetrate your lawn while stimulating beneficial bacteria, fungi, and protozoa to grow. These beneficial organisms are aerobic ("good guys"), meaning they need air to thrive. When the soil is compact, it has less air-holding capacity and becomes an...
Our offices will be closed from December 15 - January 6 in observance of holidays. Our team will still be working checking messages and responding to service call requests. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday!
How Do Trees Survive In The Winter? Trees are up against two main obstacles during winter: lack of liquid water and frigid cold temperatures. Tree tissues cannot take up water from snow as it melts because exterior bark acts as a tight barrier. The bark is also positively functioning as the primary protective layer that shields tree tissue from phy...
We spend extensive time planning and researching in order to provide a program that results in your lawn looking its best year-round. This fall we will be adding a second round of specialty pre-emergent "SPECTICLE", to combat the increasingly resistant winter weed Poa-Annua. Poa Annua is a troublesome weed in turfgrass. Its invasive biology and acq...
What is a Biological Fertilizer? Biological fertilizer is defined as a fertilizer containing NO CHLORINE, having an internal carbohydrate source and a salt content less than 200 lbs. per acre at the application rate. TDI has developed numerous special blends of Biological fertilizers that not only meet all these requ...
A few stray leaves on your lawn are nothing to get worked up about. But when leaves are blanketing large swaths of grass, they might be causing long-term damage. The thick layer of leaves prevents your grass from receiving nutrients and sunlight. If water manages to seep under the leaves to moisten the grass, it might become trapped there and...
The 4 Stages of Drought Stress As water becomes limited, your turf grass will give off signs that it's in need of watering. Learn to spot these warnings so you can alter your lawn maintenance schedule to avoid drought stress and keep your lawn green and healthy. Stage 1: Early Drought Stress SignsDuring the first stage of drought stress, your turf ...
Wishing everyone a safe and happy 4th of July, Our offices will be closed from July 4th - July 8th in obersvance of the holiday but we will still be checking messages daily.
Understanding the definition of a stolon and how it differs from a rhizome is crucial when learning about how creeping grasses propagate, spread, and recover from wear damage. This knowledge might also aid in the decision about what kind of grass to select for an upcoming lawn project as well as how to best manage it. A stolon is an above-the-groun...
What time to Water? Ideally, the best time of day to water grass is before 6 a.m. Watering early in the day minimizes the chance that heat and wind will cause rapid evaporation, and will keep the turf cool for the rest of the day so your grass doesn't stress out as much. From 2am to 6am is our recomended time to water. Watering in the afterno...
Fireweed is a common, leafy, annual broadleaf weed that germinates after April 1 across the Southeast. It grows quickly and can appear in massive amounts that seem to take over the lawn. Fireweed spreads through seeds carried from lawn to lawn by wind, rain, shared mowers, etc. Even if you didn't see any Fireweed in your entire neighborhood l...
Our New Insect Treatment can protect your lawn from turf damaging insects ALL season long with just ONE treatment. Protecting your turf from Armyworms, grubs, spittle bugs, billbugs, crane flies and more, plus additional supression from fire ants, chinch bugs, fleas and ticks. For More info, log into your TDI customer portal or give your...
