Upcoming Weed Rescue

During our recent evaluation of your lawn, we identified weed pressure that is beyond what we can reasonably control with standard spot-spraying during regular visits.

Due to the lawn's current condition, we are applying a specialty treatment called “Weed Rescue” in addition to your regular fertilization and weed control program at no cost.

Why This Treatment Is Needed

A Rescue Treatment is typically needed when a lawn has had:

• An extended lapse in weed control service

• No previous professional weed control

• Heavy weed pressure left behind by a previous service provider

• Mature, established weeds that require more aggressive cleanup

Our normal approach is to use targeted spot-spraying and reduced chemical inputs whenever possible. However, when weeds have taken over too much of the lawn, spot-spraying alone is not enough to effectively reset the property.

What Weed Rescue Is

Weed Rescue is a broad-spray herbicide application designed to quickly reduce significant weed pressure and help us get your lawn back into a more manageable condition.

We want to be very honest about this: this is not our normal organic-focused approach. This is a specialty cleanup treatment reserved for lawns that need a more aggressive reset.

Most lawn care companies apply broad herbicide treatments several times per year, whether the lawn needs it or not. We do not. Our goal is to use this approach only when necessary, regain control, and return to our standard soil-first, reduced-chemical management as quickly as possible.

Safety Instructions After Treatment

Because this treatment may include stronger herbicides than our normal spot-spray approach, we are using the most conservative re-entry guideline from the products involved.

Please follow these instructions:

• Keep kids, pets, and people off the lawn for 48 hours after treatment

• Do not mow for 48 hours after treatment

• Do not irrigate or water the lawn for 48 hours after treatment, unless our office or technician gives you different instructions

If accidental contact occurs before the 48-hour window is complete, simply wash skin with soap and water and wash any exposed clothing separately.

What to Expect After Treatment

Weed Rescue is designed to stop weeds from growing and begin the process of decline. Some weeds may yellow, curl, discolor, or slowly fade over the next few weeks.

This is not an instant “burn down” treatment. Many weeds, especially mature or deeply rooted weeds, can take several weeks to show full results.

One Treatment May Not Be Enough

We also want to set realistic expectations. Depending on how mature the weeds are and how long the lawn has been heavily covered, this rescue may need to be repeated.

Hard-to-control weeds like nutgrass, crabgrass, dallisgrass, and other mature grassy weeds often require sequential treatments for realistic control. Even then, no herbicide program kills every weed in one visit.

There is also a seed bank in the soil. That means weed seeds are already present and waiting for the right conditions to germinate. Future pre-emergent treatments will drastically reduce new weed germination, but they will not erase the existing seed bank overnight.

The Cleanup Process Moving Forward

After Weed Rescue, you should expect an ongoing cleanup period. During your regular lawn treatments, we will continue targeting the hardiest surviving weeds with spot-spray applications.

For lawns starting with heavy weed pressure, it is normal for this cleanup process to take several months. The goal is steady progress: reduce the major weed population now, prevent new weeds from germinating with future pre-emergent treatments, and continue refining the lawn through regular spot control.

Thank you for trusting us with the process. This treatment is not our first choice, but in situations like this, it is the most responsible way to reset the lawn and move back toward healthier, lower-chemical management long-term.