Stangl’s Enviro Lawn Care is 30 years old in 2011
The year 2011 marks thirty years for the Stangl Family in providing lawn care from Burlington through the Niagara Peninsula on down to Ft Erie. It is with great pride that I give thanks to all those who have used and continued to use our services. To be in business for this long is due to our continued commitment, professionalism and your loyalty.
Down to business; Stangl’s now has a Ministry of Environment registered product FIESTA to KILL WEEDS. Combining FIESTA with our WEED MANAGERS provides a more aggressive control for weeds. We will be contacting you by phone shortly to go over all the updates and to ensure that all your needs are met. Please go to our web site www.stangls.com OR www.wekillweeds.ca to see all our updates and services.
On your renewal form you’ll find the cost of adding FIESTA to an individual application of our Weed Manager. To get more aggressive with weeds, just add two or more FIESTA applications to the Weed Managers. Add one in the spring and the other in the fall OR add one to each Weed Manager. If you find that the costs are too high and are looking for a more aggressive control, add another Weed Manager spring and fall.
I would like to thank all who refer us to their family and friends. For this loyalty, I would like to offer you a $25 credit to your account for each referral that prepays a full program.
For those who book topdressing with aeration for the 2011 season, you’ll receive a FREE seeding. The same seed used for the World Cup Soccer in 2010.
I would like you to be as informed as possible, so please visit our blogs, web site and forward your email address to us, so we can send out important info when required.
At Stangl’s, we are Professional Turf Managers; we are not just a lawn care company providing you with fertilizer. Stangl’s takes pride knowing that we can solve all your turf problems. From hot weather to drought, to weeds or insects, we have a solution at hand. Do not hesitate to ask anything of us.
Please take note that if crabgrass or grubs had been issues during the 2010 season they should be on your radar to control for the upcoming 2011 season.
Respectfully;
Michael Stangl
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
WE KILL WEEDS!
At times thou, weeds get a jump on us such as creeping Charlie did this year. We need to be aggressive with this weed and many others. Meaning, three applications over a thirty day period while maintaining a yearly program. At times these organic products are not as aggressive as chemicals were. These chemicals were destructive to the soil, environment, animals and humans. You will definitely see the difference with the degree of control from those chemicals which provided fast destruction to the weed. There were times even the chemicals due to weather, could not provide much control. Even with creeping Charlie or clover, multiple applications were required from those chemical weed controls.Organics in the long run will provide better results by improving soil conditioning. Not all companies provide this service. At Stangl’s, each application has a fertilizer to enhance the lawn’s ability to be competitive, but we also have sugars and other needed nutrients for both the soil and plant health. Other companies fall short here. You can see it in their marketing. You get the basic fertilizer program for how much? Dollar for dollar we provide more.
FIESTA LAWN WEED KILLER
Stangl’s would like to Introduce to you our newest selective broadleaf weed killer “Fiesta,” for the 2011 season. Fiesta combined with our Weed Manager has shown great results for plant health and importantly, killing the weeds. I have provided some of the label instructions for your better understanding:
REG. NO. 29535 P.C.P. ACT
SELECTIVE BROADLEAF WEED KILLER
People and pets can enter treated area when spray dries.
No unpleasant odor.
Made with iron.
For use on lawns and turf (on rights of way, non-crop areas, golf courses, parks, cemeteries and athletic fields) consisting of one or more of Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, and fescue (tall fescue, chewings fescue, and/or creeping fescue) for the control of dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), English daisy (Bellis perennis), false dandelion (Hypochaeris radicata), white clover (Trifolium repens), black medic (Medicago lupulina), bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare), Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), common chickweed (Stellaria media), creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens), slender speedwell (Veronica filiformis), narrow-leaved plantain (Plantago lanceolata), dove's-foot geranium (Geranium molle), lawn burweed (Soliva pterosperma), moss and algae, and for the suppression of broad-leaved plantain (Plantago major). Visible signs of control may be seen within several hours after application. Susceptible weeds, moss or algae will turn brown or black Occasionally a darkening of the grass leaf blades can occur after treatment, however the grass will recover within a few days to weeks. May stain thatch (dead grass under lawn); this does not affect the health of the grass.
Use Precautions: Do not apply to drought stressed grass; ensure lawn is well watered prior to application. Do not apply when the daytime temperature will exceed 30oC. Do not apply to bentgrass. If unsure of grass sensitivity, test spray a small area of your lawn. Apply to established turf only. Do not apply to newly seeded areas or to turf generated from seed and that is less than one year old. Avoid spraying desirable plants. Any desirable plants or structures accidentally contacted should be rinsed with water. To avoid staining, wait until treated area dries before re-entry. Do not apply if rainfall is expected within 3 hours of application. Do not irrigate within 3 hours of application. Do not apply more than 2 times per year.
Even with Fiesta, it is not a 100% control, but using it along with our Weed Manager and ID the reason for the weed being there, WE CAN KILL WEEDS and keep your lawn clean. Remember that weeds will always be in our lawns. Stangl’s yearly Classic program, along with the proper cutting height and watering habits can ensure you the best results.
We are not just another lawn care company applying fertilizer, we are Professional Turf Managers that can provide the answers to create the outcome you are looking for. So sit back, relax and let our family take care of your lawn care needs.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
2010 Year & What to expect in 2011?
Our lawns, shrubs and trees had much stress upon them this year; along with every Green industry Business Owner.
Weeds and More Weeds
Most perennial broad leaf weeds do better than your lawns during the hot summer weather. No matter how aggressive we get, they always seem to gain ground. Extreme heat, drought, lack of water, full sun areas, improper irrigation coverage, low cutting heights, out of control weed eaters and many other reasons have caused a season of weeds!
GOT WEEDS? WE HAVE THE SOLUTION!
So, if your lawn has weeds, we can provide you with a solution. Weeds are an ID of what’s going on in the soil and with your practical habits. Stangl’s can correct the problem that will create a competitive advantage for your lawn to crowd out those pesky weeds.
The following are examples of the most active weeds for 2010 and what they are telling us: Acid Soils: wild strawberries, plantain, bentgrass. Wet or Poorly Drained Soils: common & mouse-ear chickweed, ground ivy (creeping charlie), crabgrass & curly dock. Dry Soils: black medic & yarrow. Compacted or Heavy Soils: dandelion, knotweed, common & mouse-ear chickweed & prostrate spurge. High fertility soil: purslane, dandelion, bentgrasses, henbit, yellow woodsorrel, crabgrass, purslane. Low fertility soil: plantains, red sorrel, white clover. Shaded soil: common chickweed, ground ivy (creeping charlie), mouse-ear chickweed, violets.
With your better understanding of the weeds in your lawn, we can change the weeds competitive advantage that can give us the results for which you are looking.
2011 is Around the Corner!
Having the correct program is the first step. Second; aeration, top dressing and over seeding are musts to increase your lawns competitiveness. The best time to do is late August/early September. If need be, early spring or late fall is acceptable, but conditions might not favor the best germination or provide enough time to germinate. Third, Stangl’s liquid Calcium (Lime) is the fastest acting product on the market. The liquid calcium distributed to all parts of the grass plant within 72hrs. Last is your practical habits! With all the right stuff, it comes down to how you water and cut! A lawn care program cannot provide you the lawn without your part.
Stangl’s Enviro Lawn Care provides the best of nutrition needed for all plant life. A healthier plant does not attract insects. The banning of the pesticide was long overdue. These chemicals were destructive to the soil, environment, animals and humans. You will definitely see the difference with the degree of control from those chemicals which provided fast destruction to the weed or insect.
Stangl’s Enviro Lawn Care provides the best products to nurture the soil and plant health. Our lawns will become far superior to those companies providing just an N (nitrogen) –P (phosphorus) – K (potassium) program
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Seasonal Change at Hand
Since the age of ten, I have worked in the green industry; my father since the sixties. When he saw how big I was, he put me behind a roto tiller and away I went. Then for the summer I was off to my Uncle Jim’s to work the sod fields and produce soil mixes up in Waterdown Ontario.
At age fifteen I worked for a large lawn care company doing in excess of 1 million dollars/year in sales back in 1980. That winter my father asked if I wanted to start a lawn care business with him. Thus, Stangl’s Enviro Lawn Care. That was back in 1981. The beginning of Stangl’s Lawn Care and then a name change to the current. Our focus has always been providing the best.
Let’s back up to when I was ten on the sod fields. I was taught then of seasonal changes(I thought it meant my job from year to year.). We started the prep of the fields in the beginning of August and set our sights for August 21. This is usually our seasonal change in this area.
The nights will get longer and days shorter. The night time temps will lower while the day time stays high. Why is this so important? Time to put the grass seed down for the best establishment. Grass seed loves cool nights and warm days. We are also guaranteed a little moisture from Mother Nature to help us along. So, let’s start to look at getting the seed down now.
You can apply the seed two ways. The first is by spreader. If you opt for this, then you’ll need to aerate prior. This will allow the seed to flush into the holes and germinate out of harm’s way. The core will also break down and act as top dressing. The second and most effective is power slit seeding. This is done by a machine done in two directions (diamond effect) to encourage the best fill in.
By applying the organic top dressing material, you’ll not only get the needed nutrients, but your soil’s ability to hold moisture will go up by 50%. (Results vary due to materials)
So, let’s take advantage of the seasonal change and get your seed on to rejuvenate your lawn’s performance and look.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Magic Wand II
I had a great conversation with a customer about his lawn just yesterday. He is cancelling because of the weeds he has. He also mentioned that our product is not working, but he continues by saying "how great it work last fall" when he came on. He does mention that his "lawn is nice and green."
I asked him "have you watered?" "WATER! I am not paying for the cost of water nor the sewage charge." So, that means you have not watered? "We have had rain, so why should I?" Let me ask you the reader a question, “has it been hot and dry?"
I continue by telling him that the results are dependent upon weather and water. His reply:”if your program is dependent upon weather, then I should be doing the program myself." "I have a product off the shelf that works and I can do it."
I asked if he read the instructions? See, the product is not to be applied in the extreme weather, which he is doing. I had gotten no reply.
I continue to tell him that his lawn would have been far worse without our program. He responds, “you’re kidding me, right?"
With the weather we have had, all lawns do not do well, unless specific varieties of turf grass are seeded in to cope with these issues. From drought, to heat, disease, cutting height, lack of watering to the company cutting the lawn. These and many other variables dictate the outcome of your lawn. Our lawn care programs are the base to a healthy lawn, but at times your lawn may require more.
This is where this homeowner has high expectations with what they have purchased rather than being realistic. With the extreme weather, come extreme measures to keep your lawn healthy and growing.
I certainly want all to be on a budget, but there are times that the budget requirements do not meet the demand at hand. Your expectations need to be equal to the budget outcome. Is this where my techs and I have failed to explain the program? With every application we check and provide adequate info to attain the lawn you are looking for? We do get comments back, "not doing it", "never going to water", "my lawn mower only cuts this high", "my neighbours have a great lawn?", and the comments continue.
What I am getting at, is, that when we do come out, each visit consists of a fertilizer, sugars and other components that obtain that healthy lawn, but other applications are required to keep that lawn up at those high expectations at additional costs. This is not to say that no other further applications are or would be required. Time will tell as well as the weather.
OF NOTE: Going through my customer accounts, I have found that many have not prepared for the number of grubs we will have this fall. Their damage will be evident soon. I have seen action all over from skunks and have found high numbers of grubs. If I can suggest one thing now, get an insect manager booked from your company.
I love doing this job, but there are comments and practises that mentally kill me. We all do our best and I mean all lawn care companies, but at times we do not get the respect or legitimacy we deserve. I will continue as well as my techs, who by the way, are the greatest team I have ever had and that are on the road right now doing their best for you.
Remember, that a healthy lawn produces O2 and reduces CO2. Lets continue the great work we all are doing!
I continue by telling him that the results are dependent upon weather and water. His reply:”if your program is dependent upon weather, then I should be doing the program myself." "I have a product off the shelf that works and I can do it."
I asked if he read the instructions? See, the product is not to be applied in the extreme weather, which he is doing. I had gotten no reply.
I continue to tell him that his lawn would have been far worse without our program. He responds, “you’re kidding me, right?"
With the weather we have had, all lawns do not do well, unless specific varieties of turf grass are seeded in to cope with these issues. From drought, to heat, disease, cutting height, lack of watering to the company cutting the lawn. These and many other variables dictate the outcome of your lawn. Our lawn care programs are the base to a healthy lawn, but at times your lawn may require more.
This is where this homeowner has high expectations with what they have purchased rather than being realistic. With the extreme weather, come extreme measures to keep your lawn healthy and growing.
What I am getting at, is, that when we do come out, each visit consists of a fertilizer, sugars and other components that obtain that healthy lawn, but other applications are required to keep that lawn up at those high expectations at additional costs. This is not to say that no other further applications are or would be required. Time will tell as well as the weather.
OF NOTE: Going through my customer accounts, I have found that many have not prepared for the number of grubs we will have this fall. Their damage will be evident soon. I have seen action all over from skunks and have found high numbers of grubs. If I can suggest one thing now, get an insect manager booked from your company.
I love doing this job, but there are comments and practises that mentally kill me. We all do our best and I mean all lawn care companies, but at times we do not get the respect or legitimacy we deserve. I will continue as well as my techs, who by the way, are the greatest team I have ever had and that are on the road right now doing their best for you.
Remember, that a healthy lawn produces O2 and reduces CO2. Lets continue the great work we all are doing!
Thank you for being my customer and providing me work for which I love doing.
Thank you.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Turfgrass Management Agriphone for August 13, 2010
I had been talking to customers and they all wonder why they have weeds and there lawns look so? I ask if they have been watering? The reply "No, I do not want to pay the cost for it nor the cost for sewage!" Oh, they also replied: " but it has been raining." Here is an email for us turf managers and others. Some times you need to hear from a higher source, why?
Welcome to the 10th edition of the "Turf Management Report" sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for Aug. 12, 2010.
Past weather and the forecast for the upcoming week
Apart from a few days last week, the weather pattern has been hot and humid now for a long stretch and the forecast is for more of the same through until next Monday Aug. 16th. The temperatures are supposed to go down slightly and so is the humidity so that the humidex is in the low 30’s instead of the high 30’s. There are thundershowers in the forecast for Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. The low humidity it not going to be good for turf that has very few roots left. A few days of low humidity and a stiff breeze will just add further stress.
Turf on golf courses is really just hanging on for dear life at the moment. It has simply been too hot for cool season turfgrasses. Between the high day and night temperatures and the high soil temperatures, turf is just not doing too well. You throw heavy disease pressure into the mix and it is not a good scenario. This is not the time for heroic measures, it is the time to sit tight and wait for cooler weather before you consider any cultural practices or overseeding.
Non irrigated turf is starting to go dormant and there is not significant rainfall in the forecast so the stress on turf will continue.
Disease activity
The new disease of the week is anthracnose foliar blight (Figure 1). It seems to have come on strong over the last week. I expect that is it just an indicator or how stressed the annual bluegrass is and the anthracnose is the straw that broke the camels back. Brown patch symptoms have slowed down, but if we get some thundershowers, they may flair up again. Even though the nights are hot, there has not been a lot of dew over the last few days and that is helping keep the foliar diseases in check. Dollar spot was very active over the past week, but with the really hot night temperatures and no rain, it is probably going to slow down a bit. There is still a lot of summer patch noticeable out there and more symptoms are developing all the time.
Figure 1. Anthracnose foliar blight on GTI Pathology Green
Rust pressure continues to be extreme, especially on perennial ryegrass that has not been fertilized regularly.
Insects
Japanese beetle adult flights are waning. There are only a few stragglers out there now, but people have been reporting much higher than normal Japanese beetle populations and lots of damage to trees and shrubs. We are just out of the window for preventative treatment of grubs on golf courses, so if you do treat now you may not get the control you expect.
For insects, the insect of the week is definitely hairy chinch bug. The hot, dry conditions have been perfect for hairy chinch bugs and there is lots of damage visible now. I have had a few more calls from the field about hairy chinch bug damage. I wish that there was a product to recommend for the treatment of hairy chinch bug under the cosmetic pesticide ban, but there isn’t anything that can be recommended except to irrigate if possible and to overseed damaged areas sometime in the next month.
There has been a bit of black cutworm damage this week (Figure 2). The caterpillars are massive at the moment, so no wonder that we are seeing damage. They aren’t present in high numbers so that is a blessing.
Figure 2. Large black cutworm
I was chatting with a colleague in her office early this morning and noticed a mating pair of crane fly adults. This marks the beginning of the adult crane fly flights. This is early. Usually we start seeing them in the first week of Sept. European chafer grubs are developing and are now in the late first or early second instar. If the weather patterns continue the way they have, then it could turn out to be a banner year for grubs as well as chinch bugs.
Weed control products
I am still recommending not to treat with Fiesta again this week. It is hot, turf is dormant and it is not recommended to apply Fiesta in these conditions. The same applies to Sarritor. We need to wait a couple of weeks until things cool off and get a bit wetter.
Crabgrass is flowering now and even it looks drought stressed. Any areas where the turf had thinned from heat stress are now covered in crabgrass because of the tropic like weather that we had a few weeks ago. At this point, all you can do is make a note of the affected areas and either wait until the first frost and reseed with one of the cool season grass species or apply corn gluten meal next spring.
Welcome to the 10th edition of the "Turf Management Report" sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for Aug. 12, 2010.
Past weather and the forecast for the upcoming week
Apart from a few days last week, the weather pattern has been hot and humid now for a long stretch and the forecast is for more of the same through until next Monday Aug. 16th. The temperatures are supposed to go down slightly and so is the humidity so that the humidex is in the low 30’s instead of the high 30’s. There are thundershowers in the forecast for Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. The low humidity it not going to be good for turf that has very few roots left. A few days of low humidity and a stiff breeze will just add further stress.
Turf on golf courses is really just hanging on for dear life at the moment. It has simply been too hot for cool season turfgrasses. Between the high day and night temperatures and the high soil temperatures, turf is just not doing too well. You throw heavy disease pressure into the mix and it is not a good scenario. This is not the time for heroic measures, it is the time to sit tight and wait for cooler weather before you consider any cultural practices or overseeding.
Non irrigated turf is starting to go dormant and there is not significant rainfall in the forecast so the stress on turf will continue.
Disease activity
The new disease of the week is anthracnose foliar blight (Figure 1). It seems to have come on strong over the last week. I expect that is it just an indicator or how stressed the annual bluegrass is and the anthracnose is the straw that broke the camels back. Brown patch symptoms have slowed down, but if we get some thundershowers, they may flair up again. Even though the nights are hot, there has not been a lot of dew over the last few days and that is helping keep the foliar diseases in check. Dollar spot was very active over the past week, but with the really hot night temperatures and no rain, it is probably going to slow down a bit. There is still a lot of summer patch noticeable out there and more symptoms are developing all the time.
Figure 1. Anthracnose foliar blight on GTI Pathology Green
Rust pressure continues to be extreme, especially on perennial ryegrass that has not been fertilized regularly.
Insects
Japanese beetle adult flights are waning. There are only a few stragglers out there now, but people have been reporting much higher than normal Japanese beetle populations and lots of damage to trees and shrubs. We are just out of the window for preventative treatment of grubs on golf courses, so if you do treat now you may not get the control you expect.
For insects, the insect of the week is definitely hairy chinch bug. The hot, dry conditions have been perfect for hairy chinch bugs and there is lots of damage visible now. I have had a few more calls from the field about hairy chinch bug damage. I wish that there was a product to recommend for the treatment of hairy chinch bug under the cosmetic pesticide ban, but there isn’t anything that can be recommended except to irrigate if possible and to overseed damaged areas sometime in the next month.
There has been a bit of black cutworm damage this week (Figure 2). The caterpillars are massive at the moment, so no wonder that we are seeing damage. They aren’t present in high numbers so that is a blessing.
Figure 2. Large black cutworm
I was chatting with a colleague in her office early this morning and noticed a mating pair of crane fly adults. This marks the beginning of the adult crane fly flights. This is early. Usually we start seeing them in the first week of Sept. European chafer grubs are developing and are now in the late first or early second instar. If the weather patterns continue the way they have, then it could turn out to be a banner year for grubs as well as chinch bugs.
Weed control products
I am still recommending not to treat with Fiesta again this week. It is hot, turf is dormant and it is not recommended to apply Fiesta in these conditions. The same applies to Sarritor. We need to wait a couple of weeks until things cool off and get a bit wetter.
Crabgrass is flowering now and even it looks drought stressed. Any areas where the turf had thinned from heat stress are now covered in crabgrass because of the tropic like weather that we had a few weeks ago. At this point, all you can do is make a note of the affected areas and either wait until the first frost and reseed with one of the cool season grass species or apply corn gluten meal next spring.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Magic Wand
When a lawn care company showed up to apply a liquid herbicide, the majority of consumers thought that one application would do the job at hand; thus the magic wand. On the contrary, the application results could only be as good as what the conditions could provide.
I consider myself a great turf manager. I know what it takes to get what you want, but do you have the budget and/or the patience? I want to ask you four questions, each worth twenty five percent. The closer you are to one hundred, the greater your lawn looks.
1) Do you believe that your lawn care company is providing you the best products, applied and performed correctly?
2) Have you been watering to provide the best outcome for your lawn?
3) Have you been cutting your lawn taller than 3 inches?
4) Has the weather been the best for growing lawns?
If you are my customer, the first question is a yes. Chalk up 25%. I have found that the last three questions have been a failure on majority of lawns. Your lawn is then averaging a 25% efficiency and really not doing that well.
Who has: crabgrass, dandelions, brown lawns, dead patches, streaks of brown throughout, dry conditions, animals digging, moths flying, rust, red thread, increasing water rates, and the list can go on. Most of the problems on your lawn can be cured with the following steps
1) Cut high. A higher cut provides more shade to the soil area which in turns does not allow for weeds seed to germinate, or for quicker soil evaporation. Did you know that evaporation is a cooling process?
2) Water. Dependent upon your soil type, the number of trees, the amount of sun or shade, your turf type and cutting height is all dependent upon how much you water. There is no straight answer here. I do recommend one hour per week and in the event of drought conditions, more.
3) Top dress. Did you know that by applying one percent of organic matter can increase your soils ability to hold moisture by 50%? We use a pelletized composted material to topless. The results are visible for all to see.
4) Aeration. Aerate once if not twice a year. Aeration will reduce compaction as well as total depth of thatch. Water, nutrients and air will be exchange at ease now. A healthier plant/lawn.
5) Power slit seed. Introducing strong varieties of turf will provide a high quality turf, with excellent density, disease resistance and has excellent cool temperature growth; as well as for heat and drought tolerance in the blend.
Each weed ID’s certain conditions lacking in the soil area. Most of our lawns require lime, topdressing, aeration and seeding. You’ll see the weeds dwindle over time due to a healthy more competitive lawn. If you think this is a onetime deal, think again. You need do to these yearly.
All this is great, but what about my budget? Your lawn can work on a budget, but the results require more patience. The magic wand never existed. You can achieve great results, but they are all dependent upon variables that can establish the lawn you are looking for.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Can one acre of lawn produce more oxygen than one acre of rain forest?
This quote is a popular cliché in the turf grass industry, and I don't know an original reference that supports it. The statement does not originate with International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI).
I was involved in the review of the CFI document in question, and I chose to leave the statement as is, since it can be justified as follows:
1. Both turf grasses and rainforests are plant ecosystems that take carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and release oxygen (O2) to the air, by the process of photosynthesis.
2. In turf grass and rainforest ecosystems, the opposite process - respiration - is occurring in and above the soil, when dead plant materials decompose, and this process absorbs oxygen and releases carbon dioxide.
3. The oldest rainforests have been around for a long time, and they are considered to be in "equilibrium" -- respiration balances photosynthesis -- and so on a net basis produce no oxygen. Most turf grasses are more recently established on soils that still have capacity to store more organic matter, and on a net basis are taking carbon dioxide from the air. Therefore they are also releasing oxygen on a net basis, since photosynthesis of the grass exceeds the respiration from the organic matter in the system.
So, taken in the right way, the statement has public educational merit since it raises awareness of the gas exchanges associated with photosynthesis occurring in their home lawns. It should not, however, be taken to imply that turf grasses can entirely replace the many ecological functions of rainforests.
Tom Bruulsema, PhD, CCA
Director, Northeast Region, North America Program
International Plant Nutrition Institute
Sunday, February 7, 2010
When to Aerate?
From my 29 years of experience, September is the best time. The second best: May. So when you see those guys going door to door in April, tell them no thanks, please come back in May. A customer of ours has two private croquet courts on his property in Winona Ontario. The pictures displayed are of his courts.
Why May? April brings April showers. The ground is moist and the process could damage more than do good. With the showers the ground could swell and close the holes created by the aeration. The later in the spring is better, so the holes will last the summer to allow for better water absorption and exchange of nutrients and air.
Corquet Courts Are Done In The Fall
We use a larger aerator, the Ryan LA 28 which is cam driven to provide clean entry and exit. The other machines you see out there do a roll over entry and exit. The type of soil and compaction is dependent upon how deep the tines go in. Both work well, but one better than the other.
Did you know that one aeration done properly will remove more thatch than any one dethatching can do. See, the tine of an aerator will go through total depth, where as a dethacther will scratch only the surface. To get any depth removed means damaging your turf and having to renovate after. Aeration will also enhance the breakdown of thatch with the disbursement of the cores to the surface.
After you aerate, apply seed. This will thicken and improve your lawns tolerance to wear and stress from the coming months. This should be done yearly and in September when the seed gets the best chance to germinate and fill in your lawn.
Do not seed in the spring, unless you are willing to invest time and patience. I’ve had too many customers complain that the seed never germinated. There are many variables that will create the best possibilities, as well as poor outcomes.
Check out our site stangls.com for more.
GOT WEEDS? We Have The SOLUTION!!
Since 1981 Stangl's Enviro Lawn Care has been providing the best. At times, we cannot meet the needs of all our customers, but we do our best. The pictures within are from a customer in Niagara on the Lake, a commercial/tourist destination.
2009 Season had a great amount of rain. With that said, we had our work cut out for us. Our Classic program is the basis to every program. The Classic Program provides 6 applications of our Weed Manager Fertilizer starting April and ending in October. We provide our summer inspection during the month of July which is included in the program to ensure that all is OK!
Got weeds? We have the solution! Weeds are ID's to what is going on in your soil. Each will tell the tale of what is going on in your soil. We'll ID the weed and provide a solution to provide you with the best possible outcome for a weed free lawn.
A yearly Overseeding/Power Slit Seeding is your path to a healthier weed free lawn. Top dressing and aeration with the seeding will encourage the best possible outcome to crowd out weeds. The best time to do is at the end of August and into the beginning of September.
A yearly Overseeding/Power Slit Seeding is your path to a healthier weed free lawn. Top dressing and aeration with the seeding will encourage the best possible outcome to crowd out weeds. The best time to do is at the end of August and into the beginning of September.
If you have any questions, please contact Stangl's Enviro Lawn Care!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Stangl's & The Green Tree Africa initiative
“Project 1-1-1-10-2010”
We write to introduce Green Tree Africa initiative, a non governmental advocacy and research organization responsible for protecting the environment and its resources, protecting the environment for food security and healthy living is our collective responsibility for sustainable development in Nigeria and the entire continent of Africa.
Our goals, is to mobilize citizens concerns into positive actions to protect and enhance the environment for present and future generation; and in support of government policies and multinationals in promoting the environment for renewable energy, green initiatives, food security and healthy living for sustainable development.
Therefore, we solicit for your support, please avail us the privilege of your cooperation.
We are looking forward to you, as we enthrone a clean and green environment in Nigeria.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Yours faithfully
National Coordinator
Donatus Omoake JP
National Secretary
Abdullahi Mohammed
“We have to join hands together to protect the Environment for a clean and green tomorrow, so that we can live, work and celebrate the protection of the Environment for food security and healthy living for a better future”.
We write to introduce Green Tree Africa initiative, a non governmental advocacy and research organization responsible for protecting the environment and its resources, protecting the environment for food security and healthy living is our collective responsibility for sustainable development in Nigeria and the entire continent of Africa.
Our goals, is to mobilize citizens concerns into positive actions to protect and enhance the environment for present and future generation; and in support of government policies and multinationals in promoting the environment for renewable energy, green initiatives, food security and healthy living for sustainable development.
Therefore, we solicit for your support, please avail us the privilege of your cooperation.
We are looking forward to you, as we enthrone a clean and green environment in Nigeria.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Yours faithfully
National Coordinator
Donatus Omoake JP
National Secretary
Abdullahi Mohammed
“We have to join hands together to protect the Environment for a clean and green tomorrow, so that we can live, work and celebrate the protection of the Environment for food security and healthy living for a better future”.
Keeping Our Planet Green - GTI
STANGL’S GREEN TREE INITIATIVE - GTI
Since 1981, Stangl’s Enviro Lawn Care, a family run business has been providing the Niagara and surrounding regions with sustainable Lawn Care.
From early on we saw the need for a co-existence of lawn, tree and shrub in the urban environment. The health of the environment is reflected back on those who steward the land.
Here at Stangl’s we have started the “GREEN TREE INITIATIVE – GTI” that will give back to the communities that have supported Stangl’s, since 1981. With our GTI, we will donate 22 trees a year.
Why twenty two? It requires 22 trees to produce the amount of oxygen consumed by one person. (An acre of trees produces enough oxygen for 18 people). This data comes from the Northwest Territories Forest Management site: http://forestmanagement.enr.gov.nt.ca/forest_education/amazing_tree_facts.htm
With our continued education we will encourage our customers to invest in their own future by planting a tree, shrub and the continue maintenance of their lawns to provide the best possible outcome in the reduction of global warming.
Each tree (standing 250cm/ 6 feet) that is donated will be from a local distributor to encourage further economic stimulus.
Their locations will be determined by application and including a brief description of why your location is the one of choice. We wish we could give a tree to all that submit, but there is always next year.
We welcome all to apply and look forward to Global Partnering.
Since 1981, Stangl’s Enviro Lawn Care, a family run business has been providing the Niagara and surrounding regions with sustainable Lawn Care.
From early on we saw the need for a co-existence of lawn, tree and shrub in the urban environment. The health of the environment is reflected back on those who steward the land.
Here at Stangl’s we have started the “GREEN TREE INITIATIVE – GTI” that will give back to the communities that have supported Stangl’s, since 1981. With our GTI, we will donate 22 trees a year.
Why twenty two? It requires 22 trees to produce the amount of oxygen consumed by one person. (An acre of trees produces enough oxygen for 18 people). This data comes from the Northwest Territories Forest Management site: http://forestmanagement.enr.gov.nt.ca/forest_education/amazing_tree_facts.htm
With our continued education we will encourage our customers to invest in their own future by planting a tree, shrub and the continue maintenance of their lawns to provide the best possible outcome in the reduction of global warming.
Each tree (standing 250cm/ 6 feet) that is donated will be from a local distributor to encourage further economic stimulus.
Their locations will be determined by application and including a brief description of why your location is the one of choice. We wish we could give a tree to all that submit, but there is always next year.
We welcome all to apply and look forward to Global Partnering.
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