ATLANTA LAWN TREATMENT COMPANIES

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Diseases

Because diseases are much easier to prevent than to cure, treatments for diseases should be done before the disease appears.  The most common disease is Brown Patch Disease.  As its name suggests, the symptom of Brown Patch Disease is brown, pie-sized patches of grass.  Brown Patch Disease is common in Fescue and Zoysia.  Professionally curing Brown Patch is expensive because it requires weekly treatments.  To limit the cost, you may want to do the treatments yourself. 

Weeds

The two main groups of weeds in Georgia are the broadleaf weeds, such as dandelion and chickweed, and the grassy weeds, such as crabgrass and goose grass.  The best way to prevent weeds is to have a thick, healthy lawn.  A thick Zoysia, Bermuda, or Fescue lawn prevents weeds by starving them of both nutrients and sunlight.  However, it is often difficult to cultivate enough thickness for an adequate defense.

Professional lawn care companies can either take a proactive or reactive treatment strategy to weed control.  The best lawn treatment companies follow the more expensive, proactive weed prevention strategy.  To prevent weeds, they blanket treat the lawn for grassy weeds with a pre-emergent, and also blanket treat with a broadleaf herbicide to stop broadleaf weeds.

The less expensive, reactive strategy, which some companies follow, calls for simply waiting for the weeds to appear, and then treating the specific weed trouble spots with a hand sprayer.  While the reactive strategy limits the cost for the lawn treatment company, the weeds must grow large enough to be noticed before they are attacked.

Lawn treatment companies

Because the quality of lawn treatment companies varies greatly, you should not pick a company on price alone.  Different types of lawns require different types of products; the wrong type of herbicide can kill a lawn.  Additionally, some companies try to save money by taking a reactive stance; failing to apply the needed products; applying inexpensive, poor quality, alternative products; or applying too little product to do the job correctly.  If you care about the quality of your lawn, hire a professional and reputable lawn treatment company.  The Home Reports research identified some excellent options for lawn treatment.

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