smokin5s Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 does anyone here know of any good and reasonably priced lawn care services? I bought a house at the begining of the year this year and it was vacant for a year before I moved in so the ENTIRE lawn is nothing but weeds.... I want to get the lawn split seeded and something to get rid of the weeds... anyone know of a place that is good and reasonably priced? I'm looking to get something scheduled this week if at all possible. Any help would be appriciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 We have used tru green and scotts service in the past and was satisfied with the results. This year I am doint it my self and am very happy with the results so for. Also if you are going to seed you will not be able to treat the yard for 4 months with anytins except a starter fertalizer. personally unless there are tons of spots with no grass I would hold off on seeding. would by a spreader and a bag of scott with halts to control crab grass this month next a bag of turf builder the following month and from there follow the color coded plan that scotts offers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwilli1647545487 Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 True Green Chemlawn is the bane of my existance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 True Green Chemlawn is the bane of my existance. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted April 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Shawn, my lawn is nothing but weeds... the green in my yard is weeds, everything else is brown... I'm surprised if they haven't come out with some sort of seed that kills weeds and allows grass to grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest powers Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Best thing right now is to go to home depot and get scotts turf builder with plus 2 halts. Wet the lawn and apply. Wait a week or 2 and repeat. Wait 6 weeks and seed. Once you have mowed the new grass twice you can do another fertilizer with weed control. Lawns are not an overnight kind of thing. I has taken me 2 years to be satisfied and I am already looking towards next years lawn and how nice it will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 oh on a side note one of the big things that turned me off from trugreen/chemlawn is after each visit some would always call back wanting to sell me something else and it was always after 8 when they would call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black00ws6 Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Till it all up... start from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest powers Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 my next door neighbor uses chemlawn and my grass owns him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest powers Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Till it all up... start from scratch. If he tills he will still need a preemergant becasue the rhizomes are still in the soil. The weeds will come right back. You need to wait 6 weeks after a preemergant or braodleaf weed controller to seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 my next door neighbor uses chemlawn and my grass owns him Not 1 weed in my yard and the neighbors yard is nothing but Yellow sea of dandilions. I had to freakin' mow this past weekend and my grass is thick and neon green. I have had chemlawn or 5 years ....My yard owns all yards around me....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted April 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 I understand it not being an overnight type of deal, but good lawd, if I don't get rid of the sea of crab grass/dafodills, and mud, I'm going to go crazy. I think I'll stop by home depot tonight and pick up a spreader and some turf builder and give that a shot.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan9381 Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 theres a guy in my neighborhood who has the greenest/thickest grass i have ever seen...i saw him outside one day and stopped and asked him what he did to get it like that and he told me he had scotts come out and treat it. it was so nice. my parents had trugreen/chemlawn for a couple years and our lawn always looked like crap. did scotts last year and it looked really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwilli1647545487 Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Why? Signed an agreement with them for 5 treatments. No big deal. Get several calls trying to sell me other services. I tell them no, and to not telemarket my cell phone (the only # I have). I get billed for a 6th treatment... I figured maybe I miscounted. Nope. I go ahead and pay it.. Season is over. I get an additional call. I ask the nice gentlemen not to call my cell phone. I get an additional call. I ask the nice gentelmen in a not so nice way that I do not appriciate them contining to call my cell. I ask again to not be called. I get an additional call. I tell the guy (which by the way I had talked to previously about this matter) that I would not be doing business with his company any longer, and to not fucking call my cell anymore. He tells me "ok, have a nice life" I get an additional call from a woman. I inform her what I have said the last 3 times. She says she will remove me (they all have said that). I get a letter saying that my service will continue as per normal the next season. I call them and inform the person i speak too that I do NOT want their service, and I inform them of the phone calls, and tell her thatshe needs to cancel it. I get a cancelation convermation #. Guess what, no note on my account indicating I should not be called,and they have my cell on file still. I get an addtional call a week or so later from the VP of marketting. I go off on his ass. Last month guess what. I get another phone call I am going down there and shooting the place up if I get one more.... I also still get mailers all the time. Fucking bastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest powers Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Josh when we bought our house 2 years ago the lawn had been abused. I went here and did numerous searches on the internet to learn all I could as I had many issues not just one or two. So this is a good place to start. Read and do searches you will find all the info you need. http://forums.lawncare.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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