June Aeration Everyone knows that builders these days just slap Bermuda or Zoysia sod down at newly built homes.  This generally means that the lawn has established on rock hard Raleigh clay and it wants to breathe! Core aeration of warm season lawns is a great idea to increasing water, nutrients, and air down to

Update On Warm Season Grasses

Tuesday, 10 June 2014 by

Capital City Groundskeeping knows warm season grasses Warm season grasses, Bermuda and Zoysia, have struggled this year up until now. Sod farms have had a difficult time harvesting the sod due to the grass being slower to mature from a cold winter and spring. We also saw a much higher disease rate than we previously

Welcome to Raleigh’s yet again, wacky weather patterns. This year landscaping and lawn care in Raleigh and the Triangle region in general is about a month off track. We have completed our first round of lawn mowings and the lawns have finally started to green up well,with slowly rising soil temperatures and a nice dose

Choosing the right lawn grasses can be a tough decision in the greater Raleigh area. Why? The Triangle is unique in the fact that we have almost all varieties of turfgrasses available, but all of them are difficult to grow and maintain properly. Many home owners associations now have restrictions on the types of grasses

Bermuda and Zoysia lawns can be a challenge to keep disease free and weed free into the fall and winter months. Now is the time to apply a good fungicide to keep large patch from occurring in early spring. Large Patch disease remains ‘dormant’ looking after spring green up, but is actually dead. Along with

As the frost began this week, our Bermuda grass and Zoyzia grass is starting to turn dormant for the winter. With the beginning of the first frost, in combination with lowered soil temperatures, the crown of these grass plants is preparing itself for the 5-6 month rest. It is a good idea to make sure

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