Alabama Turf Management Solutions
Commercial & Residential Turf Management Services
Turf Management Programs
Steven’s Wack-n-Sack’s processes cover everything you need to ensure that your lawn is the best it can be. Our yearly cycle consists of seven custom tailored treatments throughout the year that include, but are not limited to, pre-emergents, weed control, fertilizing; and when requested in our “Premium Program”, aeration and insect control. Our programs are specially designed for each lawn and are perfect for the turf types in central Alabama, including Bermuda and Zoysia lawns.
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Turf Treatment
Steven’s Wack-n-Sack’s processes cover everything you need to ensure that your lawn is the best it can be. Our yearly cycle consists of seven custom tailored treatments throughout the year that include, but are not limited to, pre-emergents, weed control, fertilizing; and when requested in our “Premium Program”, aeration and insect control. Our programs are specially designed for each lawn and are perfect for the turf types in central Alabama, including Bermuda and Zoysia lawns.
Turf Treatment
Steven’s Wack-n-Sack’s turf management services offer everything your lawn needs to be its best. Our comprehensive yearly cycle includes seven custom-tailored treatments, strategically deployed throughout the year to address the unique challenges and opportunities of each season. These treatments range from pre-emergent and post-emergent herbicides to combat weeds, to broadcast granular fertilizers designed to strengthen the turf, promote growth, and enhance color. For those enrolled in our “Premium Program,” we also offer aeration and insect control services to ensure your lawn is not only beautiful but healthy and resilient.
Our programs are meticulously designed for the specific needs of each lawn, making them ideal for the Bermuda and Zoysia turf types commonly found in central Alabama. With a focus on creating a thicker, greener turf, our services aim to deliver a lawn that is not only more attractive but also healthier, more stress-resistant, disease resilient, and pest resilient.
Throughout the year, our treatment schedule is carefully planned to offer maximum benefit to your lawn. Starting in the early spring, we focus on preventing weeds with pre and post-emergent herbicides, transitioning to fertilization strategies in late Spring and Summer that ensure your lawn is vibrant and full of life. As the year progresses, we continue with targeted herbicide applications to manage broadleaf weeds and end the year with a granular lime treatment to balance your soil’s pH levels, ensuring your lawn’s health and beauty year-round.
By choosing Steven’s Wack-n-Sack for your lawn care and turf management needs in Birmingham, AL, you’re opting for a year-round, comprehensive approach to lawn maintenance. Our local Birmingham turf management services are designed to cater to the specific conditions of central Alabama lawns, ensuring that your outdoor space remains a lush, welcoming retreat throughout the year. Contact us today to learn how our tailored turf management solutions can transform your lawn into the envy of the neighborhood.
Soil Aeration
For years, golf course, sports field and lawn care professionals have understood the benefits of aerating turfgrass. They have invested money in aerating machines and the employees to run them. Now, there is a product that works better than aerating machines and can be applied as a liquid spray application.
Soiltech Aeration
SoilTech is an all-natural liquid polymer with a strong negative charge that forces itself down into your soil, expanding and uncoiling, aerating your lawn and removing sodium from the soil. Because of its positive charge (and clay’s negative charge) sodium can contribute greatly to soil compaction and can also prevent your grass from using the nutrients in the soil.
The result is a well-aerated lawn that uses water and fertilizer much better, giving you a greener, more lush lawn with a stronger, deeper root system. Try SoilTech this spring and see the difference it makes this summer!!
SoilTech Benefits
- Eliminates the risk of damaging irrigation systems, side walks, cable lines, and other items, as prone with mechanical aerators.
- Eliminates the mess that mechanical aerators leave on the property.
- Reduces Compaction: SoilTech aerates and loosens the soil so that your roots can grow deeper and stronger.
- Makes your Lawn Greener: SoilTech makes the fertilizer and other nutrients in the soil work better.
- Makes Better use of your Watering: Save time and money by getting the most out of your watering. SoilTech lets water penetrate the soil more easily and reduces standing water and runoff.
- Makes your Lawn Look Better During Drought Conditions: A lawn that received a SoilTech application in the spring will hold up better in drought conditions, due to increased use of the water and a deeper, healthier root system.
Fungus Treatment
On some lawns, the fungus disease may appear as circular patches that range in size from a few inches to several feet in diameter. The turf initially develops a dark purple-green color similar to that associated with drought stress, but the damaged areas quickly fade to light tan or brown. The leaves of the turfgrass plant are affected first, causing the formation of irregular, water-soaked spots.
Fungus Treatment
Brown Patch is a fungus that normally occurs during the mid-summer months, and appropriate to its name, results in the formation of unsightly circular patches of brown, blighted turf. This fungal disease is capable of killing Zoysia and Bermuda during extended periods of hot, humid weather.
Disease development is favored by night-time temperatures above 60° F and by a high relative humidity and/or a thin film of moisture on the leaf surface. Brown Patch development can be very rapid; large blighted areas may develop within a 24 to 48 hour period. In light attacks, only the leaves will be affected and the turf recovers within two to three weeks. However, when conditions are favorable for the disease to persist, the crowns or roots may also be killed.
A Fungicide Application should be applied to prevent spreading of the disease. Our preventative program provides multiple applications, every 21 to 28 days, while weather conditions favor the disease. Do not irrigate lawns in late afternoon or evening if possible, this extends the number of hours the leaves remain wet and increases the likelihood of Brown Patch development. Irrigation after midnight to mid-morning is preferable, these are the hours the turf would normally be wet from dew. Irrigation in these early morning hours does not extend the leaf wetness period and allows the turf time to dry throughout the day. A light fertilization after a brown patch epidemic may speed turfgrass recovery.
Pest/Fire Ant Control
There is nothing worse than ants, fleas, ticks, grubs and other nuisance critters from destroying your lawn, infesting your pets, and biting your children. We use broad spectrum pest control products to both kill these pests and to prevent others from returning to your property.
Tree and Shrub Care
Trees on your property can add beauty, shade, and value to your yard and your home. However, like all living things, trees need proper care to live and mature. Many aphids, beetles, spider mites, and other insects can attack and damage a tree or shrub very quickly if left untreated. These insects are not likely to kill the tree or shrub, but they can cause severe stress and reduce the tree’s ability to fight different weather conditions such as drought and extreme heat.
Tree and Shrub Care
Adding fertilizer to your trees and shrubs will give them the protection they need against potential disease and insects. Trees and shrubs should be fertilized each year with high nitrogen based fertilizers applied during the spring and early winter months, plus treated for disease and insect control throughout the year.
Steven’s Wack-n-Sack’s Tree and Shrub Maintenance Program is performed by licensed and highly trained technicians who will help you create an outdoor living environment that is beautiful, healthy, and safe. Proactive service will help you protect the value of your property. Steven’s Wack-n-Sack will inspect your landscape, diagnose any problems, make recommendations based on an environmentally-sensible approach, and provide a service estimate at no charge.
Small Tree and Shrub Care Plan
Spring
Horticultural oil and insecticides are applied to prevent insect eggs and damaging insects from harming your landscape; plus, a fertilizer application to enhance color, growth, and promote a healthy root system
Early Summer
Insect and disease control. This systemic application will help control insect and disease damage to your landscape. We will also deal with Japanese Beetles at this time.
Late Summer
Insect and disease control. This will help control insect populations from the summer heat and stress.
Fall
Insect and disease control. This application will help your trees and shrubs prepare for the cooler months ahead. We will apply horticultural oils to prevent overwintering eggs from hatching.
Winter
At this time we will apply a slow release fertilizer to provide your small trees and shrubs with nutrients needed to promote a healthy root system, and new growth for beautiful blooms during the next season.
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Contact us now! Whether you have questions, need tailored advice, or desire a free consultation, we’re just a phone call or email away. Let’s work together to achieve the vibrant lawn you’ve always wanted.