Sumner County, TN
Gallatin lawn care and mosquito control
Gallatin is the Sumner County seat, with Old Hickory Lake along its southern side and farmland still close on the others. Lawns here take weeds from the fields and mosquitoes from the water.
Weeds that blow in from the fields
Where a subdivision backs onto pasture or a hayfield, weed seed doesn’t stop at the property line. Dandelion, wild onion, clover and crabgrass arrive on the wind, with the birds and on mower decks. A thick lawn is the first defense and herbicide is the second; every LawnWise program builds up the roots and adds the right amount of herbicide as an extra barrier.
Spring is when the fields go to seed, so on a lot like this the first two rounds carry the most weight of the year: both lay a pre-emergent barrier ahead of crabgrass season. Broadleaf post-emergent then rides along in most rounds through round 7. The whole schedule is on our lawn care page.
Old Hickory Lake and mosquito season
The lake’s coves and the creeks that feed it, Station Camp Creek and Bledsoe Creek among them, give mosquitoes the still water they breed in. Then they spend the day in the shade around your house. Our monthly mosquito control treatments, May through September, go on the shrubs, ground cover and leaves where they rest. Each lasts about 30 days, and the visits are scheduled so protection doesn’t lapse between them.
Shrubs along a north wall, a hedge of hollies, a bed of hostas under a tree: those are the places that hold mosquitoes on a hot afternoon. Indoors is a PestWise job: some 40-plus kinds of pests are covered, and if they come back before the next quarterly visit, the call is free.
Fall is when a Gallatin lawn is rebuilt
Summer heat thins tall fescue all over Sumner County, and the repair happens in the fall. Core aeration loosens the clay and new seed fills the gaps while the soil is still warm. Bermuda on the sunny lots outside town doesn’t need the seed, and Basic’s eight rounds cover it. Seeding is round 9 in LawnWise Plus and Premier; read more on our aeration and overseeding page. Gallatin is across Davidson County from our Franklin office, and it’s one of the towns we cover. Down the lake toward Nashville, our Hendersonville lawn care page covers the shoreline neighborhoods.
Answers
Lawn care questions in Gallatin
How do I get rid of wild onion in my Gallatin lawn?
Wild onion is a perennial that grows from bulbs, so it takes repeated post-emergent treatments over more than one season to wear it down; pulling usually leaves the bulb behind. LawnWise programs include post-emergent in rounds 1 through 5 and round 7, which covers the cool months when wild onion is actively growing.
Can mosquito treatments in Gallatin start before May?
They can. The LawnWise mosquito season runs from May or sooner through September, so if a warm spring brings mosquitoes out early, the first treatment can come early too. After that, visits are monthly, because each treatment lasts about 30 days and works best when it is repeated on time.
What weeds spread into a lawn from a neighboring field?
Dandelion, clover, wild onion and crabgrass are the usual arrivals, carried in by wind, birds and mowers. A dense lawn gives them fewer places to root. LawnWise’s pre-emergent in the first two rounds stops crabgrass seed from sprouting, and broadleaf post-emergent in later rounds takes care of dandelion and clover.
Does clover mean my lawn needs more nitrogen?
Often, yes. Clover makes its own nitrogen, so it competes well in lawns that are underfed, and a steady feeding schedule helps the grass crowd it out. LawnWise programs fertilize in every one of the first seven rounds and include broadleaf post-emergent to control the clover already in the lawn.
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