Maintenance for your lawn and plants is all about timing.There are three types of common weeds that require maintenance: broadleaf, grass, and sedges. These weeds may have one of three basic life cycles: summer annual, winter annual or perennial. A …
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Reno Lawn Service for A Weed Free Lawn
Pre-emergent herbicides is a Reno lawn service that must be applied before weeds emerge to have any real effect, since they work by preventing weed seeds from germinating in the first place. If you wait until after the weeds emerge, the herbicide won’t …
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Winter Watering for Reno Landscaping
Should you water during drought? During periods of winter drought, people become rightfully concerned about their landscape plants and home foundations. During a winter drought, we encourage our customers to water trees, lawns and shrubs and to protect their foundations by using sprinklers …
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Reno Maintenance for Tree Maintenance during the Winter Season
Maintenance in general can be tricky in Reno. Most people think that during the Winter months you can not plant trees or perform any maintenance. This is not true. As long as the ground is not frozen it is ok to plant. …
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Reno Snow Removal Ice Melt Tips
Mistake #1:Waiting until the last minute The benefit of pretreating is that you won’t need as much product in the long run because it prevents ice from bonding to the surface. Mistake #2: Using the wrong product or misusing the …
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How to Shut off a Reno Lawn Irrigation System
Turn off your Irrigation System mainline shut off valve Open Sprinkler System control valves, either manually or electrically from the controller, to relieve pressure on the Sprinkler System mainline Slowly open the manual drain valve Repeat this procedure for all …
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Sprinkler System Winterizing
Why use an irrigation professional to winterize my system? Sprinkler system winterizing is an important step to not only protect your system from freeze damage, it sets up the reactivation of your lawn sprinkler system next spring. It is important …
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Fall Is Here
Fall Lawn Care Tip #1: Aerate Aeration is a process of removing soil cores from your lawn to help improve water, air and nutrient movement in the soil. Aerating your lawn reduces soil compaction from foot and lawn mower traffic …
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Trimming & Pruning
Start with the dead and damaged branches, because they make the plant look bad, and encourage rot and disease. Also cut out wilted, dried or diseased branches as soon as you spot them, to remove the disease before it spreads. …
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Enjoy your outdoor living
You may think of your stubborn wooden deck or outdated patio as an eyesore in your yard, but with smart design decisions and creative use of landscape, your outdoor space can become the perfect place to escape. Think about your …
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