Seasonal Lawn Care Guide

(includes referrals)

Lawn and Landscape Referrals and Seasonal Lawn Care Guides (Under Construction, Adding Content for 2021)

The following referrals were provided by Multiple Meridale Neighbors. We are providing these referrals as a service at our Neighbors’ requests.
Meridale’s ARC and Board of Directors are grateful to these businesses for helping our Neighbors, but neither the ARC nor the Board should be understood as endorsing their work. Neither the ARC nor The HOA Board receive a referral fee, kickback, or other type of compensation. These are ordered alphabetically *no implied rating*

General Lawn Care

A Greener View Miguel Orozco (704) 891-4097
Colby Woodberry (704) 277-4717 colbysmg@gmail.com (Meridale Resident)
Guerrero Landscape and Lawn Services (704) 491-3870 / (980) 242-6303 yanez21@me.com
Jose (text) (980) 522-5609
Picture Perfect Property Management (704) 255-5159
The Yard Doctor www.theyarddoctor.com; lemturner@theyarddoctor.com (704) 408-7254
Wise Cut www.wisecutlandscaping.com (704) 281-5230

Lawn Treatments – Weed, Seed, Feed

Envision Carolina Lawn Maintenance Matthew Kokernak (704) 582-1704
Fairway Green www.fairwaygreen.com/charlotte-lawn-care (704) 392-0811
King Green www.kinggreen.com Dan Ochs (704) 728-3231
Moss Lawncare jerrymoss12@yahoo.com (704) 807-2602

Landscaping

Juarez Landscaping Victor Juarez (704) 746-4922
M&C Landscaping www.mclandscape.net Maynor Rivas (919) 356-4833
Roland Caldwell Sr. (704) 363-4063

Power Washing

Applied Pressure Home Solutions – Drake Rankin – (704) 450-4268

The following information is provided by our neighbors who suggested these lawn care tasks

Please send us an email to arc@meridalecharlotte.com if you have suggested lawn care steps to add to this suggestion list. Thanks to Matt Akers for Mowing Tips

Season	Bermuda	Fescue
Early Spring (Feb/Mar)	Poa Annua grass (small sprigs of bright green grass in the brown bermuda grass) can be treated or pulled. A specific herbicide is needed. Wild Garlic (looks like a Chive or Green Onion) is best to be pulled with the aid of a trowel to get the bulb removed. These can also be treated by a spot herbicide AFTER they have emerged. Mowing: Mow the lawn slightly lower than the regular summer mowing height. The mower setting should be around 2 inches high. Be careful not to set the mower too low, as it may scalp the lawn. This should be done just before the time of lawn green-up, which usually occurs during late April or early May. If possible, use a mower with a bagger to collect the clippings and remove any dead material left from winter dormancy. Alternatively, the lawn can be hand raked to remove the excessive dead leaf material from the lawn surface.	A "Weed And Feed" granular product can be applied with a broadcast spreader to help the Fescue grass recover from the colder parts of winter.
Spring (Apr/May)	Core aeration for Bermuda lawns is best in the Late Spring just after the Bermuda Grass has come out of hibernation (has turned completely green). A "Weed And Feed" granular product can be applied with a broadcast spreader to help the Bermuda grass recover from the colder parts of winter once it is starting to turn green again. Mowing: Mow the lawn as low as you can get it with out hitting ground with the blades of the mower. Do not cut the grass any lower 1 inch high. This is the measured distance from the mower blade to a hard surface and can easily be determined by using a small ruler. This will help cut out the brown dormant grass so it greens up nicely when you start to cut the grass at the ideal mowing height from 2 inches or higher.	For Both Bermuda AND Fescue: Pre-Emergent Crabgrass Control should start now. Crabgrass will usually start to germinate in this period, however, germination was a bit early this year due to the warm late winter we had. Germination will occur when soil temperatures are about 53 degrees and 3 to 4 inches deep. Crabgrass germination will be seen first in bare spots with little desirable turf and in full sun. The first weed control application SHOULD be completed before Crabgrass starts to germinate. It is always best to control Crabgrass, when possible, before it germinates. Controlling it once it matures is often difficult. Tips for controlling Poa Annua (Annual Bluegrass)
Summer (Jun/Jul/Aug)	Why Do My Weeds Look Like They Are Not Dying After Treatment? A misconception with broadleaf weed control is that the weed should turn brown after treatment within a couple days and die. However, more times than not, this is not the case and most weed species may take a couple weeks to show signs of control. In fact, signs of control may not even be seen with the plant turning brown. More often the plant will just start to shrivel and disappear leaving a very small skeleton. If you have been cited for weeds and you have treated them, send a quick email to arc@meridalecharlotte.com just to let us know you have treated them so we can note the action you took. Mowing: Mow the grass one notch higher each month through summer.	Fescue requires more water than Bermuda. If the Fescue grass lacks water, it slows growing and allows the underlying weeds that had been choked out to flourish. Watering Fescue actually helps control the weeds.
Early Fall (Sep/Oct)	Mowing: Continue to mow until the weather starts to cool in the fall. Once nighttime temperatures fall below 70 °F, slightly raise the mower to allow more leaf surface if are already at max height you will be fine. This will allow the turf to become acclimated by the time the first frost occurs.	Fescue will continue to need mowing throughout this period. Typically the drop in temperature will eliminate the need to water the Fescue lawn.
Fall (Oct/Nov)	Mowing: Once the grass goes completely dormant you may mow one more time dropping the blade height on the mower one notch to give a clean look and bag the dry clippings that have accumulated (if desired).	Mowing: Fescue grass continues to grow in this period. You may want to bag the dry clippings that have accumulated (if desired).
Winter (Dec/Jan)	Mowing: Nothing to be done.	You COULD put down Weed and Feed during this period if desired. Rain during these months will disperse the Weed And Feed to help the Fescue grass flourish since the Fescue does not go dormant like Bermuda, it tends to stay green in our region.