Pest Control as an Important Aspect of Lawn Care
Pest control is an important aspect of lawn care. We venture to look at some of the evidence backing this assertion. Those would be, effectively, reasons as to why you need to be ready to deal with various pests, if you are considering setting up a lawn. We will also be looking at the two major approaches you can use, in dealing with the various lawn pests, and what each approach actually entails.
Evidence for the assertion that €pest control is an important aspect of lawn care'
Portion of total lawn care budgets which goes into the control of pests. There is no denying that the lawn maintenance industry is a million dollar industry. What many people don't realize is just how much of that money used in lawn care actually goes into pest control. The specific figure is often quoted somewhere in the 30 to 50 percent range. And for lawn care firms to be spending that much money implementing various measures aimed at ridding their clients' lawns of pests, it must be a very crucial aspect of their (lawn care) work.
Great involvement of lawn care firms in pest control work. So important is the element of controlling pests to these firms' work that a good number of them have set up special subsidiaries to deal with that aspect alone. This is after coming to realize that most of the help their clients seek from is either in terms of establishing lawns, or ridding lawns of pests. So they realize that they may just as well set up subsidiaries to serve the huge percentage of clients who approach them specifically looking for help with pest-related issues.
Potential effects of pests in a lawn. Simply put, uncontrolled pests can mess up a lawn completely. Some pests may, within a few days, decimate an entire lawn by feeding on the blades of the grasses therein. Others feed on the roots of the grasses, thus causing them malnutrition and making them turn brown in a matter of days. There are others which make a lawn unsuitable for recreation, when they start biting the people who lie there for recreation€¦ Simply put, the potential effects of pests in a lawn are not good.
The two major approaches you can use in dealing with various lawn pests
The preventive approach: this is where you put in place various well-focused measures, all of which are aimed at keeping the pests from gaining a foothold in the lawn. If, for instance, you clear the ground of all previous vegetation (including the roots), and expose the soil for some days before broadcasting grass seeds on it, you'll have gotten rid of most pre-existent pests. If you keep it weed-free, you'll have gotten rid of most weed-borne pests which may have otherwise attacked it. Mulching it may suffocate and kill pests on it, even as planting pest-resistant grass species/breeds goes a long way towards mitigating the effects of any pest attacks which may nonetheless manifest in spite of other preventive measures put in place.
The €curative' approach: this is where you try to deal with pests which may have already started attacking the grasses (and other plants) on your lawn. This may be about spraying the lawn with pesticides. It may also be about complex measures, such as extermination. But in most cases, you don't have to give up on a lawn just because it has been infested with pests: as there are €curative' pest control measures you can use to reclaim it.
Evidence for the assertion that €pest control is an important aspect of lawn care'
Portion of total lawn care budgets which goes into the control of pests. There is no denying that the lawn maintenance industry is a million dollar industry. What many people don't realize is just how much of that money used in lawn care actually goes into pest control. The specific figure is often quoted somewhere in the 30 to 50 percent range. And for lawn care firms to be spending that much money implementing various measures aimed at ridding their clients' lawns of pests, it must be a very crucial aspect of their (lawn care) work.
Great involvement of lawn care firms in pest control work. So important is the element of controlling pests to these firms' work that a good number of them have set up special subsidiaries to deal with that aspect alone. This is after coming to realize that most of the help their clients seek from is either in terms of establishing lawns, or ridding lawns of pests. So they realize that they may just as well set up subsidiaries to serve the huge percentage of clients who approach them specifically looking for help with pest-related issues.
Potential effects of pests in a lawn. Simply put, uncontrolled pests can mess up a lawn completely. Some pests may, within a few days, decimate an entire lawn by feeding on the blades of the grasses therein. Others feed on the roots of the grasses, thus causing them malnutrition and making them turn brown in a matter of days. There are others which make a lawn unsuitable for recreation, when they start biting the people who lie there for recreation€¦ Simply put, the potential effects of pests in a lawn are not good.
The two major approaches you can use in dealing with various lawn pests
The preventive approach: this is where you put in place various well-focused measures, all of which are aimed at keeping the pests from gaining a foothold in the lawn. If, for instance, you clear the ground of all previous vegetation (including the roots), and expose the soil for some days before broadcasting grass seeds on it, you'll have gotten rid of most pre-existent pests. If you keep it weed-free, you'll have gotten rid of most weed-borne pests which may have otherwise attacked it. Mulching it may suffocate and kill pests on it, even as planting pest-resistant grass species/breeds goes a long way towards mitigating the effects of any pest attacks which may nonetheless manifest in spite of other preventive measures put in place.
The €curative' approach: this is where you try to deal with pests which may have already started attacking the grasses (and other plants) on your lawn. This may be about spraying the lawn with pesticides. It may also be about complex measures, such as extermination. But in most cases, you don't have to give up on a lawn just because it has been infested with pests: as there are €curative' pest control measures you can use to reclaim it.
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