Big Green Turf Services

05/28/2026

Still working on this Big project and things are moving as expected. Getting things completed in stages per the request of the Home Owners, but it's looking really good.

05/21/2026

Need a Backyard Oasis of your own, give Big Green a Call Today!!

05/15/2026

Give us a call today if you're looking for that healthy green lawn. We also provide Pest Control Services, along with designing Back Yard features as well.

05/11/2026

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!

05/10/2026

We want to wish all of our moms a very happy Mother's Day.

05/07/2026

Applying a Pre-Emergent is vital

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CQGPRC3Gq/if you want a yard w**dless or any other unwanted things in your yard to grow like a spurw**d!!!

Spurw**d, aka sticker w**d lawn burw**d, stickers in my yard, or even sand bur (which is altogether a different devil of a plant and still equally as unwanted)!!! I've been getting a lot of calls lately on this little problem plant. Well, if you're having the same issues, I've got some good news and some bad news.

Bad news first. At this point (meaning May) there's not much you can do about them.

You can fertilize your grass to get it high enough to buffer the seeds (stickers), so you and the dogs can walk - but that's about it.

Good news: It should be dying REAL soon.

The spurw**d is a winter annual w**d that germinates in the fall, producing a ground-hugging plant with parsley-like leaves. It grows in the fall and winter, blooms with tiny white flowers in late winter to early spring, then sets the seed which is the problematic sticker.

This fall, either use a pre-emergent herbicide (herbicide choice depends on your yard type but atrazine is an example of a pre-emerge that works on many yard types), or spray with a three -way post-emergent herbicide (Trimec Classic, Trimec Southern, Fertilome's W**d Zone are examples but again, herbicide choice is dependent on yard type so make sure to read the label) between December and February to kill the w**ds before they set more seeds next spring.

There are numerous formulations of two and three way mixes of 2,4-D, dicamba and MCPP. Make sure you read the label before purchasing that they are safe for your particular southern grass. For instance, Bermuda tends to be more herbicide tolerant than St. Augustine or Centipede. A metsulfuron product will work for your more sensitive grasses such as centipede, St. Augustine, or Zoysia but keep in mind that metsulfuron can be damaging to oaks, pecans, other trees and shrubs so make sure to not spray a metsulfuron product on roots or under driplines of sensitive plants.

In summary: you can use a pre-emergent herbicide in mid October to mid November or you can wait for the w**ds to germinate and then easily kill them with a broad leaf herbicide such as 2, 4-D somewhere in the time frame of December to February. THE KEY IS TO MAKE THE APPLICATION EARLY ENOUGH IN THE WINTER SEASON TO PREVENT SEED SET! If you can do this, you will greatly reduce the population for next year, but if allowed to go unchecked, you will have more and more stickers each year!!!

Contact your local extension agent for more information.

05/06/2026

At BIG GREEN, we love to see results like this. Still not perfect, but some progress is good progress!!

05/04/2026

Did you know that BIG GREEN does more than just Turf Services and Pest Control. We make your back yard Dreams come true. Call us today, to have our design engineer talk with you about your backyard oasis!!!

04/29/2026

A BIG Project we are working on for a customer, creating an outdoor space with an outdoor kitchen, a fire pit with seating along with other features that you have to keep tuned in for on updates as we progress.

11/27/2025

From your local Turf Service Company, we would like to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!!!