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Lawn care tip: When is the best time of year to weed?

November 9, 2011

If there’s anything more annoying than weeds sprouting up throughout your Louisville lawn, it’s pulling each of those weeds. It might even seem like the old wives’ tale about pulling gray hairs applies to weeds: pull one weed and two more grow back. But if you time your weed pulling or weed control treatments right, [...]

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Lawn Care Tip: Shrinking your lawn

October 15, 2011

Many homeowners want a beautiful landscape and property, but just don’t have the time to keep up with expansive lawns. Or, there are parts of your lawn that aren’t growing as well as the rest of your turf, resulting in an uneven-looking landscape. Luckily, there are a few tricks to lessen the amount of work [...]

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Lawn Care Tip: Sod over Seed

October 1, 2011

Choosing whether to sod or seed your landscape can be a tough decision. But as with any decision, you should definitely be well-informed as to the benefits of each choice. Sod is a popular choice because of its convenience; however there are other aspects to consider. Sod can be much more expensive than seeding because [...]

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Red Thread

March 7, 2011

This spring time disease is most common on fine fescues and perennial rye grasses, but will occur on bluegrass under certain conditions. The disease is characterized by the presence of pink or salmon-colored patches of tangled grass plants4-18 inches in diameter. Red Thread is favored by slow growing grass and cool, wet conditions. Air temperatures [...]

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Lawn Care – Lawn Mowing Height

March 1, 2011

Another way to improve the appearance and health of your Kentucky Lawn Care program is to increase the cutting height of your lawn mower to 3 or more inches. Cutting your lawn at this height does several positive things for the grass plants that make up your lawn. The longer grass blades produce carbohydrates that [...]

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Lawn Care Tips

March 1, 2011

Lawn care is the most basic of landscaping chores. If you want to do it yourself and have a great looking home landscape, you need to know a few Kentucky Lawn Care tips. Before you do anything else, such as Kentucky mowing, clean the lawn. Rake up leaves and debris and clear unwanted brush. If [...]

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Leaf Spot

February 21, 2011

This fungus disease first appears on leaves as a purplered, or a dull white or straw colored spot with brown edges. As the disease progresses these spots merge and girdle the leaf causing it to die from the tip back, leaving the lawn thin and yellowish. Leaf Spot is an early spring or fall disease [...]

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Brown Patch

February 7, 2011

Fusarium Blight is most active and severe during prolonged periods of high humidity with daytime temperatures of 80 to 95F and nighttime temperatures of 70F. Brown Patch is most active in late spring and summer when considerable moisture is present from dew, rain or irrigation. Early stages of the disease are difficult to diagnose, but [...]

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Louisville Lawn Care Tips

January 21, 2011

At Farison Lawn Care, we know a knowledgeable customer is our best customer. We have assembled over 36 years of experience into some informational packages that are available for download here. Help yourself to them and as always, if you have any questions at all, just give us a call. Early Spring Treatment Late Spring [...]

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Dollar Spot

January 21, 2011

Dollar Spot is most active in late spring and summer when considerable moisture is present from dew, rain or irrigation. Dollar spot causes round light brown spots 4″ to 8″ in diameter in your lawn. Individual grass blades have an hour-glass-shaped lesion across the leaf blade. In early morning when there is dew on the [...]

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