As temperatures continue to rise and rainfall becomes less consistent, many homeowners start noticing changes in their lawns. Brown patches, thinning turf, and a dull appearance are all common signs of heat stress in fescue lawns during the summer months. Fescue is a cool-season grass, which means it thrives in cooler temperatures and naturally struggles…
Maintaining a vibrant and healthy lawn in the hot Virginia summer requires a combination of homeowner efforts and professional care.
After Memorial Day is a great time to start your summer lawn care and provide your lawn with the essentials it needs throughout the summer in Virginia.
Core aeration can be a valuable tool for maintaining a healthy and vibrant lawn. It’s typically recommended to aerate your lawn once or twice per year,
By following these five simple steps, you can ensure that you have a beautiful Virginia green and picture perfect lawn all summer long.
Picture Perfect provides services like fertilization, core aeration, overseeding, fungicide treatment, and soil sampling to achieve a Virginia Green lawn.
How to mow and stripe a Lawn like a professional? How to mow a lawn if you want a greener, healthier lawn. Here are a few good mowing practices. One of the most frequently asked questions we get at PPLM is, can I/you mow my lawn lower? The short answer is no. When mowing your…
Can I plant fescue in the spring? Roots grow very deep in the winter time. Spring seeding of fescue lawns should only be needed if winter seeding was not effective, or there are
What is Pre-emergent and why do I need to apply it? Pre-emergent is a herbicide that helps in a couple different ways. Its main goal is to help in the control of crabgrass germination. It will also control other weed seeds from sprouting in the spring and early summer. When to apply Pre-emergent? The best…
New construction lawn problems are a very common plague to many homeowners in the Richmond, Virginia area. Whether it is an issue with the quality and installation of the fescue sod or trouble with grading a yard, a lot of issues can come up as a result of a property being newly developed. Unfortunately, there…
Winter weeds in Virginia can be a disappointment after seeing great success from fall seeding and other Virginia lawn care services. Because most lawns in Virginia are comprised of turf type tall fescue, fall is a renewal period in which lawns recover and repopulate after the stressors of summer. However, winter can bring about some…
What happens to grass in the winter? We know that trees drop their leaves in the winter and that most flowers stop blooming, but the majority of people are not as familiar with what happens to the plants beneath their feet when temperatures drop and the world goes to sleep. Grass is one of the…
Winterizing fertilizer is used for certain turf types at the end of the growing season each year. It’s important to know not only when to winterize your lawn, but also what kind of fertilizer to apply. Certain types of lawns need a certain balance of nutrients at certain times of the year. For example, a…
Fall leaf clean up is an expected chore for most homeowners. Almost every suburban property has at least one tree within or against its property lines. It could be as bare as a single small tree in the front yard or as covered as a fully wooded lot, but for the vast majority of homeowners,…
Lawn color changes can be a normal feature of turf management depending on your type of grass and climate, but they can also be a cause for concern. So what does it mean when you suddenly see your grass turning yellow? What could make grass black, white, or blue (hint: it could be lawn dye)?…
Different colors of grass can be alarming when a homeowner sees their lawn go from green to something else. But what makes grass green, and what makes it change into red, purple, brown, or any other color? Understand the cause of a color change, such as seeing pink tendrils and identifying red thread disease, is…
Is mulching leaves bad for grass seedlings? It depends on the maturity of your new fescue lawn and how long it has been since your fall seeding, but typically, this is not the ideal way to handle leaves on lawn over winter. When fall seeding overlaps with fall leaf season, there can be a difficult…
Planting fescue in summer conditions is a necessary evil in a lot of areas due to the bell curve of optimal fescue seeding temperatures that can vary from season to season. While there are certain air and soil temperatures that are ideal to encourage turf type tall fescue germination and development, knowing when to seed…