European crane fly
European crane fly adults resemble large mosquitoes and there length is from 1,5–2,5 cm.
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Your grass became yellow and dry ?
Your grass became yellow and dry, in times of intense heat and drought?
Don’t worry, your grass isn’t dead.
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Hairy chinch bugs in lawns
Hairy chinch bug is an above-ground lawn insect. The adult size is approximately half a cm that hibernate near hedges. With spring warming, the female lays eggs in the tiller around the end of May and beginning of June.
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White grubs in lawns
There are several types of white grubs in lawns. The most common ones are the European chafer and the Japanese beetle which are considered as root-feeding pest insects.
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Injection fertilization
Some believe that trees, shrubs and hedges do not need any fertilization. This is not true if you want to be surrounded by a beautiful landscaping. Fertilizing trees, shrubs and hedges is essential because nutrients that plants need are not found in sufficient quantities and in balanced amounts in the soil to produce healthy plants.
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Lawn mowing
Regular lawn mowing at normal height is of great importance to maintain its foliage density and beauty. Unfortunately, some wait too long and mow too short. In this case, lawn is weakened by loss of foliage density and weed invasion. It is wrong to think that mowing too short eliminates lawn weeds.
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Necrotic ring spot in lawns
Necrotic ring spot is a disease caused in the spring by a soil fungus when too wet or dry with temperatures ranging from 10 to 20 º C.
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Importance of the sun to lawn growth
The sun is of great importance to lawn growth because its rays reach the foliage and contribute to photosynthesis that produces carbohydrates useful to its survival.
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Moss in lawns
Moss is a very small green plant that contains chlorophyll but has no roots.It binds to the soil surface by hairs to form clumps that gradually kill the lawn.
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Gray snow mold in lawns
Gray snow mold is a disease that infects lawns during winter in the presence of snow cover, ice cover or geottextile cover. The longer the snow period the greater the infection.
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Anthracnose in lawns
Anthracnose is a disease caused by a fungus that infects the lawn already stressed by high temperatures and drought. Favourable temperatures for infection are between 25 and 35 º C with relative humidity close to saturation.
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Soil aeration
One function of roots is to absorb soil water and move it upward to keep foliage green. Roots need air in the soil to remain active. Soil air is the same as the ambient air at the surface of the lawn.
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Soil acidity and liming
Several factors help increase the amount of hydrogen in the lawn soil.
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Leaf spot in lawns
The leaf spot is a disease caused by a fungus infection in the spring during periods of cloudy skies, high humidity and temperatures ranging from 15 to 25 º C. In combination with an overdose of nitrogen fertilizer.
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Fertilizing the lawn
Like any plant, lawn needs fertilizer to be dense and healthy. The question is what fertilizer, how much per unit area, and when to apply it.
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Crabgrass in a lawn
Crabgrass is an annual grass considered a weed that produces a large number of small seeds that germinate in spring. Many lawns are overgrown with crabgrass.
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Sod webworm in lawns
Sod webworm is a destructive foliage insect. The adult is a moth measuring one cm that hides in the lawn during the day and comes out during hot nights at the end of May and beginning of June to lay eggs on the lawn.
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Fairy rings
Fairy rings appear on the surface of the lawn as a circle whose perimeter is dark green foliage. The diameter of the circle varies from one place to another and from one lawn to another depending on the content of soil organic matter and the activity of soil fungi.
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Lawn dethatching
Thatch is an organic matter that is found between the soil and lawn surface. This organic matter usually decomposes by the effects of air, water, and beneficial soil microbes.
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Benefits of lawns to the environment
Having a lawn around us is a privilege for many reasons, namely: Lawns absorb carbon dioxide released from cars, factories ... that contributes to global warming and releases healthy oxygen. Lawn transpiration reduces heat. And much more !
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Chemical testing of your lawn soil
Some lawns do not respond positively to fertilization and remain weak. Many causes can explain why such as: lawn growth is poor, thick thatch, soil compaction, poor drainage, diseases, pest insects or lack of sunshine.
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Native bentgrass in lawns
Native creeping bentgrass is found in several places such as roadsides, fields, meadows, edges of sidewalks and parking entrances. It produces a large number of very small seed that is easily moved by wind or by other means to reach lawns where it will germinate and produces a dense tillering.
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Lawn repair
Several causes may partially kill your lawn. To succeed this repair, one must first know the cause of lawn kill and try to find the appropriate solution. Otherwise, repair will not last if the cause of kill is not solved.
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Lawn watering
Under our climate conditions, residential lawns need 2 to 3 cm of water per week when hot and without rain at all. This means that lawns do not need irrigation when daily temperatures are 10 degrees Celsius for a week without rain. Yet some people irrigate their lawns no matter the amount of rainfall and temperatures.
Over irrigation keeps too much water in the soil that rots the roots. In addition, the continuous wetness of lawn through irrigation favours fungus infection causing diseases.
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Ragweed in lawns
Ragweed is a common annual plant along roads, driveways, and bare soils. One ragweed plant produces many seeds that are disseminated easily to reach surrounding lawns that are scattered and weakened by lack of fertilizer, very short mowing height, compacted soil.
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