Virginia Green Blog

Preparing Lawns for Winter

With winter approaching soon, it’s imperative to prepare your lawn with the steps below. 1. Keep leaves off the lawn With leaves continuing to fall, it’s important to remove them as soon as you can as it’s not good for your lawn. You should rake your grass regularly during the fall and remove all of […]

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Pruning Season

While you can generally prune dead, diseased, or damaged branches year round, it’s important to prune at timely intervals to create healthy blooms in Trees and Shrubs.   Pruning cuts should be made with a sharp pruning tool that’s appropriate for the job and should be limited to no more than roughly 25% of the tree […]

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What Are the Benefits to Applying Late Fall Fertilizer and Weed Control?

A good fall fertilization program is one of the most beneficial practices when managing cool season turf. The importance of having applications done late in the year is contingent upon having a fluid lawn care program with routine applications in the Spring and Summer. Adding applications late in the year has become more popular with […]

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How to Identify Scale on Plants and What to Do About Them

It can be tricky to identify scale as the cause of your plant’s deterioration because there is generally no movement throughout a scale insect’s life cycle. If you suspect scale, the best thing to look for is unusual bumpy growth on the stems and undersides of the leaves. Brown shell-like scale, shown in this photo, […]

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Fall Armyworms

We have seen a large population of Fall Armyworms (caterpillars) show up on a limited number of Virginia lawns over the last few days. Offshore winds from the south have blown adult moths into our area this summer. These moths laid eggs which have now hatched into caterpillars. These caterpillars are not a common pest […]

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Tree & Shrub issues in the Summer

In Virginia, we often notice several common issues involving your plant material during the summer. In most cases, these issues are already present but become more prevalent during the summer due to heat stress. In the image below, you’ll see lace bug damage on the underside of plant leaf. Lace bugs are very small insects, […]

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How to Seed Your Lawn

Once fall comes around, you should prepare to seed your lawn in order to promote the healthy growth of your property’s grass. The following are the steps to properly and effectively seed your lawn during the fall season: 1. Preparing your lawn Before you begin seeding your lawn, make sure that you mow the grass […]

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16 Facts About Cicadas

Brood X (Cicadas) are now beginning to emerge. Below are sixteen facts about this insect that is helpful to know: Periodical Cicadas and Annual Cicadas are different species. Periodical ones (like Brood X) emerge every 13- or 17-years when soil temperatures reach 64 degrees. They will be all over the place in Northern Virginia until […]

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Cicadas in Virginia

What are Cicadas? The cicada is an arthropod which has several different broods of varying size. Over the next couple of months, the largest of these broods, Brood X will be emerging from their 17-year slumber. Most forecasts indicate that brood X will not affect the Central Virginia region. However, it can be expected that […]

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How long does my Service Leader stay on my lawn?

Virginia Green occasionally gets questioned from customers wondering how long their Service Leader was on their lawn. They may feel they have moved too quickly, couldn’t have treated all desired areas, or maybe not enough product was put down. We understand wanting to make sure your lawn is treated efficiently but still effectively to ensure […]

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