PEST CONTROL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2011
CHINCH BUGS
Chinch bugs are the #1 pest problem in the summer months. If you see brown patches in the grass starting from your driveway or sidewalk please call us immediately. Chinch bugs can cause a lot of damage in a short amount of time. They like it hot and dry, if you have a problem with your irrigation, they will migrate to that dry area. Now is the time to get your irrigation working properly.
BARKLICE
I am seeing a lot of bark lice in the oak trees. Bark Lice form webs on the trunks of oak trees, only on the bark not on the leaves. If you see the webs on the leaves this might be tent caterpillars or web worms, a more serious problem. Bark Lice are beneficial they are scavengers. They perform a valuable function in consuming excess accumulations of fungi, algae, dead bark and other materials that occur on tree trunks and limbs in-effect, they function as “barmaids” to help clean the bark of undesirable inhabitants. Bark Lice do not eat leaves or the bark of the tree, nor do they damage the tree by boring into the bark.
WATERING
July was pretty good month in terms of rain fall. We are coming into our rainy season. Make sure you are not over watering. Make sure your rain sensors are working. To check your rain sensor just try to turn your irrigation on manually during or just after a rain fall it should not turn on unless you by pass your rain sensor. Remember watering is the most important job you have to insure a beautiful lawn.
II. SCHEDULE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
August October ~ Herbicide Treatment Insect spray on turf and shrubs
September ~ Fertilizer applied November ~ Inspection
December ~ Inspection
