• Warm weather brings insects! Turf damaging insects such as sod webworm, chinch bugs, cutworms, among many others can wreak havoc on turf! It is important to ensure your lawn is protected! 
• If you protect your lawn, wouldn’t you also protect your kids and pets? Insects like mosquitoes, fleas and ticks carry diseases such as the Zika Virus, West Nile Virus, Lyme disease among others! Pro Grass offers a variety of pest control programs to help. As we head into peak insect activity, consider our programs to combat mosquitoes, fleas, ticks other creepy crawlies that enter your home and landscape! 
• Now is the time to apply the grub preventative! Grubs are the larvae of beetles that will feed on the root system of the turf in the late summer/early fall! Ensure you are signed up for the preventative control application, as the cost to fix the damage caused by grubs often exceeds the cost to prevent it! 
• A dog’s urine is high in nitrogen which can burn your lawn in the summer months, try and designate a specific area for your dog to do its business, and water that area to help it recover 
• When temperatures and humidity go up so does the occurrence of diseases like brown patch and dollar spot. These turf diseases can wreak havoc on your lawn. Turning your beautifully green landscape brown and blotchy. Lawn disease will persist as long as favorable conditions continue, which can be the entirety of the summer. This extended period of stress can lead to a complete loss of turf in areas of your yard. Your technician will leave recommendations throughout the summer as to whether or not a disease control program is necessary. 
• Mow the lawn at a minimum of 3 ½” – Mowing lower does not allow the grass to adequately cool itself and reduced root growth, thereby reducing water uptake 
• Frequently change your mowing pattern – Repeatedly using the same lines wears depressions into the lawn causing the grass between the wheel lines to be mowed too low and easily stress leading to turf loss 
• Water in the early morning – Watering in the middle of the day can cause burn from the heat of the sun on the water and watering at night increases surface moisture which encourages disease. Light, frequent watering of your lawn will promote shallow rooting of the turf grasses, which will result in more drought stress. If possible, we recommend watering in the morning for longer periods of time (30-45 minutes) for three or four days a week. This will promote deeper rooting and better resistance to drought stress!

Do not mow stressed turf – During extended periods of heat/drought the lawn will turn purplish, then brown and go into dormancy. This is the lawns way of preserving itself during overly stressful conditions. Mowing during periods of stress will cause a loss of turf. Leave it alone and it will green back up when cooler weather and rains return.