TruGreen West Midlands

Our year round six step lawn care programme provides fertilisation, weed control and a continued moss control during the winter months. In recent years one of the key alterations in the UK climate are winters that are wetter and have milder temperatures. This has lead to an increase in moss growth on lawns. Our lawn care programmes are continually modified to overcome the challenges that the climate provides. Ensuring your lawn starts to look its best earlier and for longer.

Scarification can be used to help remove heavy grass thatch from the lawn. When the grass thatch is so thick that scarification is required, the grass roots are clearly not penetrating into the soil. Therefore the lawn should always be aerated following scarification to facilitate root penetration.

TruGreen lawn care technicians carry out scarification at the beginning of the growing season (Spring or early Autumn) to allow the grass to recover from this rigorous process as fast as possible. Because of the stress that scarification places on the healthy grass plants it is not done routinely, but only when it is apparent that it will specifically resolve some difficulty or problem.

Care is taken to remove as few healthy plants as possible during the process however the process may result in a need for overseeding. To help recovery and provide a lawn better able to cope with the stresses that are a particular issue in your garden TruGreen will overseed your lawn with a specifically chosen professional seed mixture when your lawn has been scarified.

If the ground is compacted it is harder for air and water to penetrate, which will result in poor grass growth, and discoloured growth or bare patches. As part of your TruGreen® lawn care programme the process of lawn aeration would be used to loosen the soil allowing nutrients, water and oxygen to penetrate, promoting deeper and stronger root growth.

A good lawn aeration programme not only reduces soil compaction, controls grass thatch, helps control or eliminate moss, but can also thicken turf, reducing weeds and increasing your lawns stress tolerance.

Does your lawn suffer from any of the following?

Compaction
Excessive grass thatch
Poor drainage
Moss
Lawn aeration is the key to good cultural care and will almost certainly help alleviate these problems, allowing deeper root growth into the soil ensuring strong healthy plants at all times!

All living things need nutrition, or food. Grass plants absorb their nutrients through their root system therefore a good soil rich in nutrients is essential for a healthy lawn. Fertilisation is a lawn treatment that provides, or supplements, the natural nutrients needed to become a healthy lawn.

Even the very best kept lawns are susceptible to weeds. Weed control is achieved through the application of herbicides, which are absorbed into the weeds primarily through their leaves. The ideal time for weed control is when the weed is actively growing.

Moss can be a perennial problem in many lawns. The only way to really eliminate moss from your lawn is to eliminate the conditions conducive to moss growth. Lawn aeration can be the key to effective moss control as it will improve drainage and alter the conditions that moss needs to develop.

The moss control products that TruGreen® Lawn Care specialists use are specifically designed to help control moss. They may be granular or liquid and may or may not be combined with fertiliser, depending on the time of year and the specific requirements of your lawn. These products are only available to lawn care professionals.

Areas of turf that are shaded by buildings or trees are quite problematical but may also respond well if drainage is improved and the shade can be minimised with pruning, etc.

It is important that the pest is identified and the appropriate course of action is taken before the pest causes extensive damage to your lawn. Products for these lawn pests are not generally available in DIY form to homeowners.
The most common lawn pests are:

Leatherjackets
Chafer Grubs
Casting Worms
Frit Flies
Ants

Lawn diseases are almost always a fungus. If the fungus is not correctly identified and treated it will spread and damage your entire lawn. An accurate diagnosis is essential to ensure the correct lawn treatment is applied.

TruGreen can turn the worst lawn into the perfect picture. By investing in our turf replacement service we can transform a lawn that you may well believe is beyond repair into the most aesthetically pleasing turf that will make you the envy of your neighbourhood

Is your driveway and patio covered in moss and algae?
Has your driveway been neglected?
Is your patio greener than the lawn?
TruGreen offers you the highest quality of Hard Surface treatments of any Lawncare provider. Our highly skilled operators can remove all mosses and algae from patios, deckings, driveways and other areas that may have become a problem.

The past 12 months has seen some of the most extreme rainfall for more than 100 years, and this may well be the year when driveways and patios will become a major hazard.

Why do hard standing surfaces need to be treated?
To remove unsightly moss and algae
To remove the chance of injuries through people slipping
To maintain the quality of your tarmac and block paving.