Fertilizer & Weed Control In Hendersonville, TN & Surrounding Areas
Fertilization & Weed Control
Expert Fertilizer & Weed Control
Your lawn is one of the most important elements of the overall appearance of your home. Performance Lawns understands this! Our fertilization and weed control technicians are knowledgeable, licensed and skilled professionals, ready to provide you with the highest quality lawn care service to give you greener grass on your side of the fence.
The way to achieve a great looking lawn is no secret, it is discipline. It is having the discipline to maintain a scheduled lawn fertilization and weed control program. Our lawn care program is consistently providing your lawn with the nutrients necessary to sustain a healthy lawn right here in the Nashville area. Our licensed technicians know how to perform the service properly using the highest quality products and taking the time to do the job right!
Fertilization & Weed Control FAQ's
Why is regular weed control important for my Hendersonville lawn?
Weeds can quickly compete with desirable grass for essential resources. Ongoing weed control helps keep these unwanted plants from taking over and allows your turf to receive more of the water, nutrients, and sunlight it needs to thrive.
Does fertilizing my lawn help it handle dry weather?
A well-nourished lawn has the resources needed to support healthy growth and root development. Regular fertilization can help improve the overall strength of your turf and increase its ability to tolerate drought and other environmental stresses.
How can lawn fertilization create a lush green appearance?
Grass needs a steady supply of essential nutrients to maintain healthy growth and color. A properly designed fertilization program replenishes those nutrients, helping your Hendersonville lawn develop a thicker, healthier, and more vibrant appearance.
How does fertilization promote healthy roots?
What role does fertilizer play in root development?
Does fertilization improve the soil?
Over time, grass can remove essential nutrients from the soil as it grows. Fertilization helps replenish those nutrients and enrich the soil, creating a better environment for continued turf growth and development.
Can proper fertilization and weed control help with lawn diseases?
Maintaining healthy turf is an important part of overall lawn disease management. Fertilization helps support vigorous grass growth, while ongoing weed control reduces competition and keeps unwanted vegetation from contributing to an unhealthy lawn environment.
Our Fertilization & Weed Control Program
At Performance Lawns we spend a great deal of time on researching and testing the science of turf nutrients and management methods. We work hard to provide cutting edge technologies in Fertilization and Weed Control. Years of experience have provided us with specific details and proprietary methods that make us an above average turf management company. When developing a turf fertilization program, we consider a number of factors including:
- Minerals required for turf growth and development
- Natural soil fertility
- Fertilizer selection
- Turf/grass species, desired quality, and use
- Environmental and management conditions
- Application schedule
Nourishing Your Lawn with Expert Fertilization
The purpose of lawn fertilization is to provide nutrients to encourage healthy active turf growth. Many stresses are placed upon lawns: weekly mowing and foot traffic alone are stressful! Turfgrass needs to out-compete weeds, recover from disease outbreaks, insect infestations, and drought damage. To do this turfgrass needs to be kept actively growing, although cool-season turfgrasses such as turf type tall fescue will recover if allowed to go dormant in the summer. Fertilizer should be applied according to a lawn fertilization schedule: too little fertilizer results in thin, sometimes yellowing turf that has a higher susceptibility to disease such as, red thread and rust; too much fertilizer also contributes to turf problems. Problems Caused by Over-fertilization
- Increase in maintenance practices, such as mowing and de-thatching
- Lower drought tolerance
- Increase in insect damage
- Greater susceptibility to lawn diseases, such as leaf spot diseases (diseases like brown patch and dollar spot are typically manageable with a proper disease program, while aggressive diseases like Pythium can be much harder to get under control)
- Burning of roots and foliage, especially if applied in the summer or applied in excessive amounts
- Contributes to excess nutrients that filter into and pollute local water systems
Keep Weeds Out, Keep Grass Growing
Weeds tend to thrive at the expense of the more desirable grass, flowers, or shrubs. They provide competition for space, nutrients, water and light. To prevent their germination and growth, we use a combination of pre-emergent herbicides applied to the soil, and some organic techniques. We help keep weed pressure down and support a consistently healthy lawn all season long. Note that invasive grassy weeds like Dallisgrass and Johnsongrass do not respond to standard broadleaf weed treatments; these tough invaders require a separate, targeted treatment approach, and we will work with you on the best plan for eliminating them from your lawn.
Chemical weed control
Powerful Chemical Weed Control for Tough Invaders
Herbicides are chemicals that kill or alter the normal growth of weeds. They can be divided into two main groups: selective and non-selective. Selective herbicides are those that control the target weed(s) without damaging desirable turfgrass species. Non-selective herbicides kill all vegetation (including turfgrasses) and are used in lawn renovation or on weeds not controlled by selective herbicides. Herbicides can be further divided into pre-emergence and post-emergence categories. Pre-emergence herbicides are applied prior to germination and emergence of weeds. These are typically used for controlling annual weeds. Post-emergence herbicides are used for controlling weeds that have already emerged from the soil. They are either contact or systemic in nature. Postemergence-contact herbicides affect only those plant parts that they contact and are not translocated to other portions of the plant. Postemergence-systemic herbicides are translocated throughout the plant; hence they are effective in controlling perennial weeds that can generate new foliage from underground vegetative structures. Herbicides can be applied to foliage or soil. Postemergence herbicides are usually foliar applied, whereas preemergence herbicides are soil applied. A foliar-applied herbicide must contact and be absorbed by foliage, and is less effective if washed off the leaf surface by rainfall or irrigation. Soil-applied herbicides can be applied as either liquids or granulars; they should be watered into the soil during or following application.
Organic weed control
Safe & Natural Weed Control Solutions
The first step is to test the soil's pH - it should read between 6.5 and 7.0, which is slightly acidic. Dandelions thrive at a pH level of about 7.5, and are a sign to add gardeners sulfur to lower the pH. Clover and medic are sign that your lawn may be nitrogen poor, and needs compost or an organic nitrogen-weighted fertilizer. Lawns grow best in loamy soils that have a mix of clay, silt and sand. Too much clay in the soil mix, or heavy use, can compact the soil and prevent air and nutrient flow. Compacted soil may need aeration, a process of lifting small plugs of turf to create air spaces in the soil. An aerator will remove "finger size" plugs which improves aeration. Aeration is best done before top dressing and fertilizing. Organic matter, such as compost and grass clippings, will benefit any type of soil; it lightens soil which is heavy in clay, and it builds humus in sandy soils, which helps retain water and nutrients.
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