By selecting Culver's to apply you will receive applications at the proper time and the amount of product used for your lawn will be appropriate. This first application will set the tone for the rest of the year.

A Culver's technician will also take the time to inspect for any SNOW MOLD that occurs at this time. This damage will reveal discolored patches and is caused from snow sitting on lawns during the winter months with variable up and down temperatures. Our treatment combined with warmer temperatures will help bring the lawn right back.

This is the optimal time to inspect and treat for any insect activity occurring in your lawn. The white grub (shown pictured) created by the Masked European Chaffer (June Bug) are the main turf destroying insects in Iowa and the Midwest area. At Culver's we apply a preventative insecticide that is a grub control that must be watered in within 3 or 4 days of the application. This treatment consists of an EPA approved and registered product which is proven to provide excellent results. Once brown patches and or discoloration occurs and or loose turf, the lawn is in a retroactive phase. It may not be too late, however, immediate curative control is warranted and will require another product that activates and kills within 24 hours. This is usually a late summer - early Fall application. Japanese Beetle larvae can be controlled in the turf also, but here's the catch. Most if not all of your damage from Japanese Beetles may be caused from them flying into your yard from adjacent untreated properties. That is why it is again important for a licensed Culver's technician to apply grub control and therefore keep your lawn grub free the whole season. Dry spot treatment of weeds will also be done as needed at this time and is a part of your application.

At this time the technician may also speak with you in regard to your lawn's need for any core aerations and or power raking that would be of benefit to your lawn.

This is the best time of the year for nutrient uptake. Power Raking at this time of the year also removes the dead thatch therefore enabling a better air exchange between the earth and air.

Winterizer is usually applied in early November. The application consists of a similar Granular Fertilizer like the late Fall application, however it is intended more as a food reserve to hold over until Spring. This has also been shown to reduce snow mold and provides a quick start up once Spring arrives.