Lawn Care FAQs
What’s the difference between your program choices?
Our best program is our 7-Step Lawn Care Program. With this program, we come out about every month during the main growing season (when your lawn is most active). Your turf will receive the maximum amount of nitrogen and other nutrients during the season with our 7-Step Program. Our 7-Step Program is your best choice if you want the very best for your lawn.
The 5-step Program, while not our 7 Step Program, is still a great level of service. The difference is that we space out the treatments during the growing season to about every 6 weeks and you only receive two fertilizer applicatons.
Our minimal level of service is our 3-Step Program. This may be a good choice if your lawn size if you have a limited budget and/or want to do some of your own lawn care.
Keep in mind that we custom tailor programs all the time to the needs of the homeowner or business. We will evaluate your lawn and tell you what we think it needs.
Whichever program you choose, keep in mind that the more frequently we come out to provide service the better the results will be. Don’t expect the results of a 7-Step Program by only paying for 3 treatments per season. You generally will get what you are willing to pay for.
The 5-step Program, while not our 7 Step Program, is still a great level of service. The difference is that we space out the treatments during the growing season to about every 6 weeks and you only receive two fertilizer applicatons.
Our minimal level of service is our 3-Step Program. This may be a good choice if your lawn size if you have a limited budget and/or want to do some of your own lawn care.
Keep in mind that we custom tailor programs all the time to the needs of the homeowner or business. We will evaluate your lawn and tell you what we think it needs.
Whichever program you choose, keep in mind that the more frequently we come out to provide service the better the results will be. Don’t expect the results of a 7-Step Program by only paying for 3 treatments per season. You generally will get what you are willing to pay for.
Do I need to be home at time of application?
No. We’ll just leave you a service report which will give you as the homeowner instructions on watering and etc. If you have a locked gate, dog, or just want to be notified by phone the day before your treatment we will get that information during your account setup. If we don’t set something up or miss some information during the setup of your account, you can always contact us and we’ll be happy to assist you.
Do I need to water in your treatment?
Yes, if we do not receive any rainfall within a few days of our treatment. All fertilizers and pre-emergent products need to be watered into the soil to be effective. If you want your lawn to look its best, you need to be watering your lawn every week or so anyway.
If it rains after one of my treatments, is that okay?
Easily this is the most common question we hear, because it rains within 3 – 4 days of many of your treatments! Rain after a treatment is usually a good thing because all our treatments consist of a pre-emergent herbicide, fertilizer, or both. These products need to be watered in within a few days for best the best results. Research and experience have shown that even a hard rain will carry these products down into the soil and they will more effectively stay there to do their job. Now if it’s one of those toad-stranglers that’s classified as an act of God, we sure can’t control that. Sure, you may lose some product in this case, but not enough to justify re-treatment.
Liquid post-emergent products applied on existing weeds can be affected in a negative way with rainfall too soon after treatment. Our invoices will usually state to delay watering for anywhere between 2-12 hours, depending upon the season. So if a heavy rain comes in before that, enough of the product may not have been absorbed to be totally effective. We do use special “sticker” products on days when rain is forecast to help increase the effectiveness of weed-control products if it does rain. When the temperatures are warm (over 70 degrees), we have experienced good weed control even if we’ve had 30 minutes for the product to dry and be absorbed by the weeds.
We cannot assume that any amount of rainfall after a treatment will totally negate our treatment, because it will not. We ask that if it does rain too soon after a treatment of post-emergent weed-control, wait 7–14 days to see if your weeds completely die. If they don’t, call us then and we will be out promptly to spray post-emergent again on any persisting weeds for no charge.
Liquid post-emergent products applied on existing weeds can be affected in a negative way with rainfall too soon after treatment. Our invoices will usually state to delay watering for anywhere between 2-12 hours, depending upon the season. So if a heavy rain comes in before that, enough of the product may not have been absorbed to be totally effective. We do use special “sticker” products on days when rain is forecast to help increase the effectiveness of weed-control products if it does rain. When the temperatures are warm (over 70 degrees), we have experienced good weed control even if we’ve had 30 minutes for the product to dry and be absorbed by the weeds.
We cannot assume that any amount of rainfall after a treatment will totally negate our treatment, because it will not. We ask that if it does rain too soon after a treatment of post-emergent weed-control, wait 7–14 days to see if your weeds completely die. If they don’t, call us then and we will be out promptly to spray post-emergent again on any persisting weeds for no charge.
Are any of your treatments harmful to pets or children?
Homeowners should be aware that the use of pesticides does pose some risk and their use cannot be made completely safe. The level of risk posed by a chemical depends on its toxicity and level of exposure. The simplest way to minimize risk is to limit your exposure to pesticides. The best way to do that is to use a professional, such as Yardmasters, who will use only the proper products with people who are trained to use pesticides properly. By using a professional, you’ll have no need to store the concentrated pesticide in your garage, thereby eliminating the risk posed by that.
The pesticides used by lawn care professionals are usually the same as “general use” products available to the homeowner at your local garden center. The products used by Yardmasters are packaged in larger and more concentrated quantities, but they are diluted to the same strength as the ready-to-use products sold directly to the homeowner. When diluted and applied according to label instructions, the products we use pose no unreasonable risk to you, your pets, or our technicians. If anybody should be concerned, it is us, the people who are using the products every day! We have the full confidence in the effectiveness and minimal risk factors when using our products.
When we do a blanket liquid treatment, usually early spring and late fall, we do ask that the pets be off the lawn until the product has had a chance to dry. This is usually about an hour. After that, pets and people can re-enter the lawn according to label instructions. With dry fertilizer applications and spot-treatment of weeds, as long as your dogs are nice and won’t eat up our technicians, they can stay out on the lawn if you don’t want to keep them inside.
The pesticides used by lawn care professionals are usually the same as “general use” products available to the homeowner at your local garden center. The products used by Yardmasters are packaged in larger and more concentrated quantities, but they are diluted to the same strength as the ready-to-use products sold directly to the homeowner. When diluted and applied according to label instructions, the products we use pose no unreasonable risk to you, your pets, or our technicians. If anybody should be concerned, it is us, the people who are using the products every day! We have the full confidence in the effectiveness and minimal risk factors when using our products.
When we do a blanket liquid treatment, usually early spring and late fall, we do ask that the pets be off the lawn until the product has had a chance to dry. This is usually about an hour. After that, pets and people can re-enter the lawn according to label instructions. With dry fertilizer applications and spot-treatment of weeds, as long as your dogs are nice and won’t eat up our technicians, they can stay out on the lawn if you don’t want to keep them inside.
