“In The Weeds” is a series of posts that take a deeper look at the science of home lawn care. Water Movement in Soil How does water move through soil? You’ve probably heard at [...]
At first sight, the lawn in the picture above looks pretty decent, right? Sure, it’s a bit shaggy but it’s green and full, no significant brown areas, and there aren’t many [...]
In the lawn care business in the Northeast, August is considered to be the flipside of winter. Just as your lawn looks thin, brown and weak due to the cold of the winter, so does it often look [...]
July 11, 2018 Weather Update The above image was taken in my car as I left work yesterday afternoon (July 10, 2018). The car was in a parking lot so it was hotter than a nearby shady, grassed [...]
Wetting agents help your lawn use water more efficiently and effectively. Watch to learn more. To get a quote for wetting agent applications on your lawn, call Teed & Brown at (203) 847-1241 [...]
We’re out there busy applying the first round treatments of the season, one of which is a crabgrass preventer. As we do this now, it’s good to reflect on WHY we are trying to stop it. [...]
Join us again for another classroom session! Today we approach 2 more topics that fall under the “Cultural Management” heading; drought and excessive shade. You can also learn more [...]
Today’s session dealt with 2 Cultural (non-chemical) management issues in home lawns; Thatch and Temperatures. Neither can really benefit from any sort of chemical or fertilizer additions, [...]
Well, it’s not TECHNICALLY a “university,” but we recently created a dedicated learning space in our building for continuing education, employee and management training, and [...]
While we’ve been getting the occasional teasing showers over the past few weeks, this fall has by and large been extremely dry. If you’ve had parts of your lawn seeded, that seed [...]
