We wanted to give you a late spring update for North Texas. The big news is that we’ve had a lot of rain (in the past two weeks we’ve had ten days of rain!) That means most lawns are bright green and filling in. Any areas with freeze damage are starting to look much better. We have seen a few fungal issues in St. Augustine and Zoysia lawns, but for the most part, things are looking good.
Our guess is in the next few weeks, we will be wishing we had more of this rain and moderate temperatures, but the reality is summer is coming, and we will start drying out and having hotter weather before we know it.
That is why it is essential now to make sure your sprinkler system is ready for summer watering. If it is not, your lawn will become stressed when our temperatures start hitting the nineties, and our conditions become drier. If you want to do it yourself, check out our tips for checking your sprinkler system (you’ll find them below.) Or better yet, give us a call at 972-495-6990 and let one of our certified sprinkler technicians come out for a system check and to help you program your controller for proper summer watering.
The other thing we’re focused on now is spot treating for summer weeds like crabgrass and nutsedge and putting out treatments for chinch bugs, grubs, and fire ants. We typically don’t see any grub or chinch bug issues in late spring, but now is the time to do preventative measures for both (especially chinch bugs which thrive in our hot, dry months.)
If you have any lawn or landscape-related questions or need help, give us a call at 972-495-6990 We would love to earn your business.
