Grass Seed, Fertilizer & Lawn Care Products

Whether you are maintaining your existing lawn or installing a new patch of grass, we offer a selection of seed mixes, fertilizers and starter mulches to fit any situation.  The use of quality fertilizer and seed cover mulch is the best way to help newly seeded areas establish quickly.  We carry a full line of fertilizer for use throughout the year for your 4 or 5 step program.  Stop by or give us a call and let us help you select the products you need to make your turf project a success!

Grass Seed Blends: (higher quality seed has minimal weed content and named cultivars - read the label!)

Old English Lawn Mix - (Full Sun to Partial Shade) This is an economical grow anywhere mix which includes Turf Type Tall Fescue for less water and fertilizer requirements.  Good for sandy soils.

Sunny Lawn Mix - (Full Sun to Partial Shade) An economical  3-way blend of Kentucky Bluegrass, Perennial Ryegrass and Creeping  Red Fescue.

Shady Lawn Mix - (Dense Shade to Partial Sun) Blended for growing in those very shady areas.

Premium Mix - (Full Sun to Partial Shade) Higher quality cultivar seeds  for a premium lawn where irrigation is available.  Includes Brooklawn and Mongoose Kentucky Bluegrass, Stallion Supreme and Cruiser Perennial Ryegrass with Pennlawn Red Fescue.

Showplace 80/20 Mix - (Full Sun to Partial Shade) This is a high end blend for well maintained lawns or athletic fields. It contains 80% Kentucky Bluegrass and 20% Perennial Ryegrass al of which are named varieties for superior performance in sunny areas and high profile lawns.

Contractors Mix - (Not recommended for lawns!)  This is an economical mix for use in areas where quick growth and cover is required.  It contains a large amount of annual rye grass.  Can be used with other blends to establish cover and prevent erosion while other seed germinates and fills in.

MDOT Roadside and Class A mixes - These are mixes designed and required for commercial and state work (50# bags only).

Grass Seed Starter Mulches and Blankets:

These products will help retain moisture and some include fertilizer to help speed the germination process for quicker establishment.  Straw blankets and tackifier help hold seed to slopes and help prevent soil erosion.

EZ Straw Mulch w. Tackifier - Clean, loose straw with tackifier to use on relatively flat areas. Just break open bag and spread.

Straw Blanket - Straw held together by netting for use on slopes, high runoff areas, or flat areas. Available in 4' and 8' wide rolls.

Penn Mulch or EZ Mulch -  Pelletized mulch made from recycled paper with a starter fertilizer.  Easy to apply by hand or with a drop spreader.

Nu-Wool Hydrogreen Mulch - For use in commericial hydroseeder units.  Compressed bales.  We carry a Nu-wool paper with or without tackifier, and a 50/50 (50% paper and 50% wood fibers) mulch with tackifier.

Fertilizers: (What do the numbers meanω It's the mineral content 1^st number - Nitrogen, 2^nd - Phosphorus, 3^rd - Potassium)

Seed Starters -   12-12-12   and   16-32-04 all mineral, SOP

Crabgrass Control  "1^st Application"  - (March 11^th - April 15^th)  Apply a fertilizer with a crabgrass pre-emergent control such as dimension or team pro.  Do not apply to any areas where you want to seed.    19-0-3 Dimension or 20-0-4 Team Pro

Summer Green-up  "2^nd Application"  - (May 10^th - 30^th)  Apply a slow release fertilizer with Fe and micronutrients or if weeds are present use a fertilizer with post emergent control.     27-5-10 33% SRN, 2% Fe, micros

Summer/Grub Control  "3^rd Application"  -  (June 15^th - July 10^th)  Apply a fertilizer with a grub control such as Mach 2 or Imidicloprid.

Weed Control  "4^th Application"  - (September 1^st - 30^th)  The fall is the best time to control weeds.  Apply a fertilizer with a post emergent weed control product such a Surge.      20-0-5 Surge

Winterizer/Root Growth  "5^th Application"  - (October 1^st - November 10^th)  Apply a fertilizer high in potash, last of the 3 number, for root feeding before winter.       14-0-30  50% SRN, 3% Fe, SOP/MOP

All applications and times above are only guide lines.  They are very weather and site dependent.  It is advised to get a soil sample so that you are applying the fertilizer that your soil needs.  Do not apply fertilizers containing Phosphorus (middle number) near ditches, ponds, lakes, streams, rivers or other open water.

Grub Control:

In the past few years, grub damage to lawns has been increasing.  Proper control of grubs may require several applications of different pesticides at different times of the grubs life cycle.  One treatment, during the spring or fall, attacks the large feeding grubs while another, during the summer, attacks young immature grubs.

Spring Control  -  (April 1^st - May 15^th)  When  turf damage from adult feeding grubs is obvious, apply Dylox.

Summer Control  -  (June 15^th - July 7^th)  This application attacks the newly hatched grubs. Timing is important. Apply either a product containing Mach 2 or Merit.

Fall Control  -  (August 15^th - October 15^th)  Grubs are eating/growing and damaging turf before going dormant for winter.  Another application of Dylox may be necessary.

All applications and times above are only guidelines.  They are very weather and site dependent.  Grubs may also be from various types of beetles and warrant other pesticides.  Note: All applications of the above pesticides require watering of the turf or the pesticided will not work - read the label!