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Lawn and weed solutions. Providing lawn care services within the M25 area.
Our products are safe for children and animals. Once you have instructed us to start treating your lawn, we will call or leave a message advising when we will be applying the relevant treatment.
Our treatments are flexible. We adjust the contents to match the requirements of your lawn and the weather. Our treatment programs include herbicide for weed control, fertiliser containing nitrogen for growth, phosphorous and potassium for root development and two moss control applications per year.
In the spring & summer treatments we use herbicide for weed control and fertilisers for growth – In the autumn we use moss control and fertilisers for more root development and in the winter we use moss control and iron to help the grass withstand the harsh conditions.
You do not have to be in as long as we have access to the garden and lawns. We will treat the lawns and leave an invoice. Please pay the invoice using your customer reference within 7 days by credit/debit card, online, cash or cheque. We usually leave a calling card advising if your lawn requires any additional work other than the seasonal treatments. We will not do any additional work unless you contact us to obtain a price for the additional work and give your permission to proceed or book the work in for a later date.
If for some reason, we cannot get access to treat all of your lawns we may treat the front and leave a calling card and invoice – please call the office to make a new appointment so we can return to treat the rear lawn. We cannot be too specific with the time of our appointments as each call can take longer than anticipated if the customer requires more of our time than we originally planned.
Cutting lawns. Do not cut your lawn for at least 3 days after we have applied our treatments. Do not cut your grass to short – the drier the weather the longer you should keep your grass. Never cut it less than 1” (inch) high and never cut off more than 1/3 of the grass length at any one time.
Prices. We base our prices on the products used and area to be covered. Each application contains more than one product treatment – herbicide and fertiliser in the spring and summer – moss control and fertiliser in the autumn and winter treatments.
How long before I see improvements? - Weeds are 70% water and can take 15 – 20 days to die, larger weeds may leave a dead carcass and small weeds just dry out and decompose after treating. The fertiliser will improve the colour of grass after 4- 5 days. Fertiliser and herbicides work quicker in wet warm weather.
If weeds do not show signs of dying after 14 days call and we will return to retreat.
If conditions are cold and/or dry, the weeds will take longer to die.
We can use herbicides in damp conditions by using a latex sticker to make the herbicide rainfast.
Weeds will start to decompose after 4/5 days so do not let rabbits and tortoises eat the decaying weeds.
There is no such thing as a weed free lawn. Two applications of herbicide in the spring and the summer should give you a 90% weed free lawn. When we apply herbicide it will only control those weeds and clover present at the time of application. Weed seeds buried in the ground or airborne seeds will start to germinate after the application of herbicide. If you still have weeds after 14 days, please call us and we will return and retreat them as long as we are contacted within 21 days of the original treatment. Please do not call us after 5-6 weeks and expect us to retreat your lawn!
Autumn and winter moss treatments / control will turn moss brown/black as it dies, dead moss or thatch will not decompose, prevents new grass and encourages moss to return. Dead moss must be raked out or scarified and the bare areas sown with grass seed. Scarification removes dead moss and thatch but makes your lawn very bare. We would recommend that you plan to have it scarified when there is plenty of wet warm weather forecast.
Scarification. Light scarification. The machine would go over your lawn in one direction and moss and thatch removed and would be bagged up.
Full scarification and aeration. The machine would go up and across your lawn to remove moss and thatch and we would aerate/ spike your lawn. Customers should cut their grass before we scarify – short grass means we can remove more moss.
If you let your lawn develop lots of moss, then it may take longer to recover. Lawn and weed solutions cannot be responsible if your lawn has lots of moss and requires heavy scarification and consequently will look bare for several weeks/months. We can sow seed but cannot be responsible for it to germinate. Any scarified lawn will require a minimum of 8 weeks of wet warm weather to recover.
Timing of scarification. Scarification should be carried out at the end of summer for the wet warm autumn and the end of the winter for the wet warm spring. We will scarify whenever the customer wants us too if required. Householders are usually prepared to tolerate having a poor looking lawn over the winter and having it recover ready for use in the spring and summer. All waste will be put into bags and left on the customer’s property. We are charged if we take the waste to a landfill site and have to pass on those charges to the customer if they want the waste taken away.
Sowing seed. Grass seed can be just sown and providing we have wet warm weather it will slowly germinate. Covering the seed with topdressing or soil will protect it from birds and drying out. Seeds require 3 things - good soil contact, warmth and constant moisture. Seeds need to be kept moist for at least 24 days for them to have the chance of germinating.
The customer must check the seed is kept moist. Lawn and weed solutions cannot control the weather and consequently the customer has to bear the risk that the weather will not co-operate and seeds may not germinate. It is up to the customer to make sure the seed is kept moist for 24 days. If the seed dries out or the ground temperature drops then seed will not germinate. We cannot guarantee warm wet weather or return every day to water the seed!
Watering lawns. If we have dry wet or cold windy weather for more than 14 days then you should consider watering the lawn. Do not water everyday as this will keep the surface moist. It is better to heavily water once a week. Use a jam jar with a line marked 2inchs from the bottom and place it under the sprinkler until it is full and them move the jar and sprinkler and repeat the process.
Wetting agents. Helps the lawn make the best use of all available moisture in the ground during dry weather. They do not stop lawns going brown in droughts but help grass become more draught tolerant.
Leather Jackets (Crane fly larvae), chauffeur grubs, worms and ants. We use the relevant pesticides to control these insect nuisances. All new lawns may be susceptible to leather Jackets.
Time taken to treat lawns. It does not take you long to apply some of your treatments, we are professionals and can do things a lot quicker than the amateur gardener. The time we take to treat your lawn does not reflect the preparation already carried out before we travel to your property. Our prices include- buying professional equipment, mixing products in our depot, time and vehicle / fuel costs to and from your property, producing invoices, processing the payment.
Aeration and spiking of your lawn to relieve compaction. Heavy clay soils become compacted and will require aeration from time to time.
Disease and Fungus. Brown Patches can be caused by animal urine, your turf develops a turf disease or fungus, cutting your grass to short, cutting your grass in dry weather or before a period of hot sunny weather. Most brown patches can usually be cured by spiking the soil and watering. If that does not work, please call us and we can apply a fungicide as required.
Moles. Are attracted by worms, starting and leaving the mower to run for 30 mins for 2-3 days where the mole is active or we can apply a treatment to encourage the worms to move away and the mole will look for food elsewhere. Catching or killing moles does not remove the food source which attracts the moles in the first place.
Laying lawns. Please be aware that if we supply you with turf and or lay turf it remains the property of Lawn & Weed Solutions until payment is made in full.