Trey Bernhardt, owner BMW-Services of San Antonio
Below is a San Antonio, Texas checklist to help you provide enough information to correctly identify lawn problems. This can be especially helpful for first-time posters. This is only meant as a guide and users should not feel compelled to answer every question. Chevy Trey Bernhardt welcomes all questions regardless of a poster's knowledge of lawn care.
Background Information. Trey is a graduate Lawn & Tree Care Technician. Visit his website to view his DIPLOMA.
1. Where you live? What part of town?
2. What type of grass you have? Do you require sodding or new grass?
3. What products you have applied to your lawn, and how much? These include fertilizer, herbicide, fungicide, insecticide, etc.
4. How often and how long you irrigate? Do you have a watering schedule? Do you comply with local watering laws?
5. Is the lawn established, or have you recently seeded/re-seeded or added sod? If so, when?
6. At what height you mow and how often? Do you have a contract with a lawn service company? Are you looking for a lawn servioce company that does the job right & for a reasonable fee?
7. Results of soil test if applicable. Do you need a soil test performed?
Specifically describe the problem being as descriptive as possible
Entire lawn is affected or a specific area(s)?
8. If it is a specific area, what is different about this area? This can include: Shade, standing water, insects/pests, weeds, moss, rocks, heavy traffic, etc. Also, if the problem area is ring-shaped or spreading in any way.
9. If your problem is with weeds, what type of weeds?
10. How long you have noticed this problem and it is recurring?
Solutions:
12. Do you have a preference towards a synthetic or organic solution?
13. Past efforts to remedy the problem.
14. Are any solutions not feasible? (hand pulling weeds for 2+ acres, daily watering, etc.)
We offer complete service each visit to include, mowing, blowing, weeding, raking & bagging, cleanup, & haul away! 24 hour emergency tree service!
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