Professional Fertilization & Weed Control Plans
Do you want your lawn looking its best this summer?
Ever asked the questions why professionals that manage lawns do what they do? What is the goal? Why does it cost so much to have a beautiful lawn? And many more questions. I will try to answer some of them by explaining what we do on each visit and why.
Seeing a specific weed? We have identification guides for nutsedge, dallisgrass and poa annua, the three we get asked about most in north Mississippi.
Our 8 Application Program
Timing is most of the job. Every visit is placed by soil temperature rather than the calendar, and prevention does the heavy lifting.
Visit 1 · Jan, Feb
Winter weeds get cleared while they are still small, and a pre emergent barrier goes down for spring. The fall application already stopped about 90 percent of them. This visit handles the rest and starts the next barrier.
Visit 2 · Feb, Mar
Crabgrass prevention, timed by soil temperature rather than the calendar. Miss that window and you spend all summer fighting a weed that was preventable in March. Knowing when soil temps rise and fall is most of the job.
Visit 3 · Apr, May
The first real feeding. Stabilized nitrogen with magnesium, boron, iron, manganese and zinc, put down as the turf wakes up. A strong start in spring sets what the lawn can do for the rest of the year.
Visit 4 · May, Jun
More stabilized nitrogen and micronutrients, with extra iron for the deep green everyone wants. A booster of pre emergent extends the spring barrier, and sedge control catches young nutsedge before it spreads.
Visit 5 · Jul, Aug
Hot and dry, so this one is granular and slow release, feeding well into fall. It is also when we deal with stubborn weeds like dallisgrass, which nothing prevents and which people often mistake for crabgrass.
Visit 6 · Sep, Oct
Chasing soil temperatures back down. Pre emergent has to be out before soil drops below 70 degrees to stop poa and the other winter weeds. Prevention is the backbone of the whole program.
Visit 7 · Oct, Nov
A split application: more pre emergent spiked with a post emergent product to catch anything that slipped through. Far cheaper, and far more effective, than chasing weeds you can already see.
Visit 8 · Nov, Dec
Lime. Soil around here runs acidic, commonly 5 to 6.5 and sometimes lower. Turf wants about 6.5. Feeding a lawn all year while the pH drifts down undoes most of the work.
Plans from $33.37 / Month
Or $50.06 per treatment. Free, exact quote in minutes.
It was all weeds when I moved in, and after being treated, I have no weeds in my yard at all.
Michelle H. · Lawn Jox customer
What the weed control and fertilization program actually involves
What a visit includes
- Eight visits a year, four to six weeks apart, scheduled off soil temperature rather than the calendar
- Pre-emergent barrier renewed three times, including the autumn round that stops Poa annua
- Post-emergent spot treatment on crabgrass, nutsedge, clover and winter weeds
- Professional-grade liquid fertilizer through the growing season
- Sprayable lime where the soil is too acidic for the fertilizer to work
- Free service calls between visits if something comes up
When we do it
The program runs all twelve months. Two visits decide how the lawn looks the rest of the year: late February into the first week of March for crabgrass, and September into October for winter weeds, both timed to soil temperature passing back through 70 degrees.
What it will not fix
- Feeding will not fix a lawn that is thin because of shade, compaction or poor drainage. Fertilizer does not add sunlight.
- It will not clear established dallisgrass in one season. That takes repeated treatment and sometimes renovation.
- Grub damage and lawn disease are separate problems with separate treatments.
- It cannot make up for mowing too low or watering at the wrong time of day.
What it costs
From $33.37 a month, or $50.06 per treatment, on a 4,000 square foot lawn.
Why Choose Lawn Jox?
Free Service Calls
Our job is to make sure your lawn is beautiful all season long. If you think there is something wrong with your lawn, call us. The inspection is free.
Fully Licensed & Insured
As a fully licensed & insured lawn care company in the state of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas, we make sure your assets are protected while on your property.
No Contracts
Nothing to sign and no minimum term. Your program carries over each year so the spring pre-emergent is never missed, and you can stop any time by calling or texting the office.