Manage Unsightly Weeds for a Healthy Lawn and Garden

Don't let ugly weeds take over your landscaping. This is the perfect time to get your yard and garden in shape and weeds cannot only be unsightly but rob your yard of its nutrients. To keep your lawn and garden looking lush throughout the season, consult a company that offers lawn services at the Lake of the Ozarks. A B Pest Control and Insulation can tailor a turf management program for any type of yard to eradicate weeds. We will discuss why weed control is critical to produce a healthy lawn:

Why Weed Control Is Important

A weed is an unwanted plant that grows basically anywhere there is dirt on your property. Dandelions and other weeds can creep up through your landscaping rock and yard giving your grass less room to grow. Weeds can spread throughout your landscape and do serious damage if not treated the right way by a professional weed control company at the Lake of the Ozarks.  

The Two Common Types of Lawn Weeds

For the most part, weeds that show up on lawns in the United States fall into two main categories: broadleaf and grassy weeds. Broadleaf weeds generally include dandelion, chickweed, purslane, and clover. While some broadleaf weeds flower like dandelions and wild violets do, they still are weeds. Grassy weeds include weeds such as crabgrass. The problem with grassy weeds is that they grow under the same conditions as regular grass does, so treating your lawn could mistakenly produce grassy weeds. This is why it is important to talk to an expert on how to eliminate grassy weeds.

Weeds Are Annual and Perennial

All weeds cannot be treated the same way. This is because they can be both annual, where the growing season is one year or less, or perennial, where the weeds come up multiple seasons. Generally speaking, annual weeds start with a seed brought into your yard by a bird or the wind. Annual weeds can grow several times during the same season. Perennial weeds are tougher to get rid of because they establish roots in your yard and can come back multiple seasons. If the roots are not removed entirely, the weeds will continue to grow.

Different Weeds Grow in Different Seasons

Different weeds grow best at different times of the year. There are literally hundreds of varieties of weeds and effective treatments could vary. Treatment will depend on the time of the year and the variety of weeds that grow during that particular season.

Let A B Pest Control and Insulation Get Rid of Your Weeds

If your lawn and garden is engulfed in dandelions and other unsightly weeds, let A B Pest Control and Insulation help you fight back. Weeds are a symptom of a more serious problem in your yard and we will develop a turf management program tailored just for your yard. Good turf management is the first step in effective, environmentally sound weed control at the Lake of the Ozarks.

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Protect Your Lawn with a Fertilizer and a Pre-Emergent Lawn Care Treament

For a beautiful lawn this season and to win the war on weeds, now is the time to apply a fertilizer and pre-emergent lawn care treatment. Feeding your lawn will keep it healthy while keeping the weeds away. Timing is everything to prevent seeds from germinating. Prevention happens in the spring. Before your lawn gets engulfed in unsightly weeds, you should contact a lawn service at the Lake of the Ozarks. A B Pest Control and Insulation offers a turf management program tailored just for your lawn.

Why You Need To Fertilize Your Lawn

If you want a healthy lawn, it takes more than mowing and watering it. Fertilizer provides the proper nutrients for your lawn to grow lush and green. Optimal results occur when the fertilizer is applied accurately and evenly across your lawn. Inconsistent coverage can make your lawn grow uneven. Too much fertilization can cause havoc too. Thatch buildup can harbor large populations of insects, causing an increase in pest problems in your yard. Fertilization is generally most successful if applied using a slow release product that contains nitrogen, which is responsible for green growth and optimized health. It also reduces the risk of disease and fungus. It is best to address individual lawn care at Lake of the Ozarks, by factoring in location and the type of grass you have. 

The Benefits of a Pre-Emergent Lawn Care Treatment

You have probably spent countless hours pulling weeds or spraying weed killers from your local home improvement store. This can be frustrating, but there is a way to improve the appearance of your lawn with less hassle. A pre-emergent lawn care product should be applied in spring which will help throughout the majority of the growing season. Various weeds germinate at different times, so repeated applications of the right chemical can eliminate most of the weeds in your lawn. Below are some of the benefits:

• It stops the weeds from growing
• A minimal amount of labor is involved 
• Dealing with remaining weeds is easier
• Each successive season, the need to spray a post-emergent weed killer is lessened

Let A B Pest Control and Insulation Treat Your Lawn

A B Pest Control and Insulation can offer an evaluation to customize the best fertilizer to fit your lawn's needs. Once weeds appear in your lawn, it could indicate more serious problems in your yard. Weeds do not produce unhealthy lawns, unhealthy lawns produce weeds. We will develop a turf management program tailored just for your lawn. This is the first step in an effective, environmentally sound weed-free yard. A B Pest Control and Insulation also offers pest control services at the Lake of the Ozarks, to prevent pests from invading your plant beds and gardens. Let us help you keep your outdoor space beautiful and pest-free!

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Eliminate Bed Bugs

"Good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite" may make a nice nursery rhyme, but getting bitten by a bed bug is not a pleasant experience.  Take the bite out of bed bugs while they sleep so they don’t take a bite out of you while you are sleeping by calling A B Pest Control & Insulation.

Unfortunately, bed bugs can be anywhere, the A B Pest Control & Insulation has several cost ­effective treatments to safely rid you of these pests. Below we answer some common questions regarding bed bugs and how they infest.

About Bed Bugs

Bed bugs are small insects that feed on human blood. Their namesake comes from their behavior of becoming active at night and burying deep inside mattresses and furniture crevices but, can be found in the baseboards or any other harborage including behind pictures on a wall.  Adult bed bugs have flat reddish ­brown colored oval bodies. Adult bed bugs are approx. the size of an apple seed and move quickly therefore they are sometimes easy to detect.   As they feed, their bodies swell and become red. Females lay hundreds of eggs over a lifetime.

Bed bugs generally bite at nighttime while people sleep and can't be felt. Bed bugs feed by piercing the skin and withdrawing blood from three to ten minutes, until becoming fully engorged. At first the bites are painless, but later the bites can turn into large itchy skin welts. The welts occur on the skin as an allergic reaction to the bite itself.  People sometime mistake the welts and itching to other insect bites, such as mosquitoes or fleas. This is why it is important to have a licensed pest control applicator inspect the area of concern to determine if there is an infestation of bed bugs or a different pest.

Bed Bug Habitats

Anyone can have bed bugs as they are a traveling pest. They are not a discriminating pest as they don’t care about poor or rich, clean or dirty.  However, control is achieved easier with a clean area.

Here are some things to look for in your room that may indicate bed bugs: Living or dead bed bugs Small bloodstreams from crushed insects Dark spots or droppings Bed bug remains on linens, the mattress and its seams, the bed springs, or the headboard A B Pest Control & Insulation has several cost effective solutions for eliminating bed bugs to give you peace of mind.

We are the A B Pest Control & Insulation and surrounding areas and offer a cost effective bed bug treatment that won't break the bank! For more information on bed bugs contact us at (573) 964-1100

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