weed control service - more than just weeding

You can hire a weed control service for a one time lawn or garden treatment or for regularly scheduled maintenance treatments. These professional services provide weed killing lawn and vegetation management by the use of fertilizers and weed killers, or physical removal. Besides killing the damaging weeds, this will also enable stronger and more resistant root systems to ward off future invasions. A Weed control service will generally service private homes, schools, utility sites, sports grounds, industrial sites, highways, etc. They may also offer additional services such as pest control, fence building, drainage, aeration, clearing and full cutting and trimming services.

Vegetation management offerings may vary, but these are common services..

Weed control services:

• Weed control to eliminate all unwanted vegetation, including Japanese knotweed, Giant knotweed, Hybrid knotweed Ragwort, Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam or even basic garden variety dandelions.
• High percentage guarantee (rarely 100%) of eliminating these common weeds that steal light, water and nutrients, from a variety of grass types, to improve lawn appearance.

Grass cutting services:

• Professional cutting, trimming edging and cleanup, using their own variety of power equipment

Site clearance services:

• Cutting, clearing and spraying to eliminate choking weeds and scrub
• Removal of rubbish and other debris

Tree surgery:

• Tree felling, pruning, limbing and dead wooding
• Ivy removing and tree planting
• Hedge management

Additional maintenance services can also be offered such as…

• Fencing to keep grounds secure, along with fence replacement and repairs
• Pest control – rabbits, moles, etc.
• Shrub bed maintenance
• Mulch laying
• Surveying and inspections to make experienced suggestions to the client to better improve or maintain their grounds and soil (ex. watering and drainage)

Herbicides or pesticides may not be recommended for use of weed control that is spreading near or into a vegetable garden. Depending on the stage and type of vegetables, the herbicide may damage or kill the plant. Many of these herbicides, or “soil sterilants” are long term and could poison the soil for years, causing favorable plants to die off.

Check your local listings to find a weed control service local to you. Online yellow pages or your local paper or phone book will be your best bet. Make your neighbors green with envy when you have the nicest lawn on the street!