Professional Turf Growth Control
Slow the Growth, Not the Color
A plant growth regulator slows how fast your grass grows upward without slowing the plant down. The energy that would have gone into blade length goes sideways and downward instead, into tillers and roots.
The result is a lawn that needs cutting less often, holds its color between visits, and puts on the root depth that carries it through a Mississippi August. It is an add-on to your spray program, and it can also be bought on its own.
Fighting a specific weed? Growth control helps the lawn outcompete them, but see our identification guides for what you are actually dealing with.
What Growth Control Actually Does
The same treatment that cuts your mowing frequency is the one that thickens the stand and drives the roots deeper.
Fewer Cuts
Vertical growth slows down, so the lawn holds its height longer. Less mowing through the fast part of the season, and less clipping to deal with.
Thicker Turf
Growth energy goes into new tillers rather than blade length. The stand fills in, and a thick stand is what crowds weeds out on its own.
Deeper Roots
More of the plant’s resources go below ground. Deeper roots reach water that shallow-rooted grass cannot, which is what matters in August.
Better Color
Regulated turf usually holds a deeper green between visits, because the plant is not spending everything on growing tall.
Handles Heat and Drought Better
A deeper, denser root system means the lawn stays green longer through dry spells and recovers faster when the rain comes back.
Cleaner Edges and Beds
Slower growth along drives, walks and bed lines means the crisp look after a cut lasts longer instead of going shaggy in a week.
What turf growth control actually involves
What a visit includes
- A plant growth regulator that slows vertical growth without slowing the roots
- Turf that thickens sideways instead of stretching upward
- Noticeably fewer clippings
When we do it
Through the growing season, roughly May through September on bermuda, applied on a schedule that keeps the regulation even rather than letting it wear off between visits.
What it will not fix
- It does not stop the lawn needing mowing. It reduces how often, it does not remove the job.
- It will not thicken a lawn that is thin because of shade.
- It is not a substitute for fertilization. A regulated lawn still has to be fed.
What it costs
Priced on lawn size. Available as a single service or added to any program.
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.
Other Services We Offer
Fertilization & Weed Control
The eight-visit program growth control is usually added to. Feed first, then regulate.
Core Aeration
Regulated turf puts on root mass. Aeration gives those roots somewhere to go.
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Why nutgrass keeps coming back after every mow, and how to tell it from grass in about three seconds.