Faddegon’s Lawn Care Tips & Advice for Every Season
Caring for your lawn involves the right balance of timing, techniques, and products. Whether you’re tackling weeds, improving your soil, or maintaining a healthy lawn year-round, Faddegon’s Nursery’s expert tips have you covered.
Fall Lawn Care
Posted on Friday, August 30, 2024
Lawn Overseeding Tips Fall is an ideal time to jump-start next year’s lawn. It’s a great time to overseed sparse areas in your lawn so that next year your toes will be tickled ‘green’ by a lush carpet. Without hot temperatures that stress grass plants, you’ll find that fall is an excellent time to seed. [...]
Lawn Enemy – The Chinch Bug
Posted on Friday, June 25, 2021
Is your lawn developing general yellowing and bare spots? If the weather has been dry lately, you may be seeing damage done by chinch bugs. From Cornell Home Gardening: “To scout for chinch bugs, cut both ends out of a coffee can and press it at least 1 inch into the soil. Fill it with [...]
Red Thread in Lawns
Posted on Thursday, June 25, 2020
Red Thread in Lawns Cool, moist weather in May and June are perfect conditions for Red Thread to show up in lawns. Red Thread (Laetisaria fuciformis) is a fungus that produces red or pink antler-like ‘threads’ on the infected grass blades. Circular patches of tan or pink about 4 to 8 inches in diameter will appear in the [...]
Weed Control Organic
Posted on Sunday, June 14, 2020
Pesky weeds are a bane to gardeners. They find their way into our flower, vegetable and foundation gardens. It’s time to send them packing the organic way. Burnout II is a post-emergent weed killer made with citric acid and clove oil. Simply spray it on weed leaves and they’ll be gone in less than three hours. Tougher, more mature weeds [...]