Controlling Lawn Insects In Southern Idaho

In our high desert environment the most common turf grass problem is the invasion of insects. There are wide ranges of known pest that invade annually. Knowing how to diagnose and stop these pests can be difficult. Your first line of defense should be preventive actions. Until just the past few years there were on products on the market that had the staying power to stop multiple generations of invasive insects. Never more true is the old saying of an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...

How to use Zamzows Stay Put spreader sticker

Zamzows StayPut spreader sticker is a unique product designed to enhance your lawn and garden chemical by making them work better. StayPut is completely biodegradable, combination of spreading, sticking and penetrate agent to provide better distribution and adhesion of all types of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides (liquid or wettable powders).

Natural weed control

Natural weed and grass killers do exist. There are very few that are commercially available. Several sources list recipes for mix home made versions of this. Zamzows products a natural weed and grass killer made of a special formula of Clove oil and vinegar.

Poisonous spiders in Idaho

In the early 1990s in the wake of the movie Arachnophobia, it was nearly impossible to not harbor on at least some level, a fear of poisonous spiders. Unfortunately, these sorts of fears have given spiders a bad rap. The purpose of this article is to address which spider bites in our area can if fact, cause a serious reaction. This way those beneficial spiders in our yards can be left to do their thing!

Killing clover and thistles in your lawn

Controlling  broadleaf weeds in a lawn can be a frustrating task, especially when the broadleaf weeds are the difficult-to-control types like white clover and thistle. The most effective method of controlling them is to maintain a dense and healthy stand of grass.

Solving Ant Problems

One of the first insect problems we hear about in early spring is ants. Its happened to most of us. We find them on our kitchen counters, in the bathroom; they seem to be in every room of our house. We want them out of our house.

Preventing Crabgrass

Billbugs

The Billbug belongs to large group of insects known as snout beetles. The snout beetle gets its name for the long and homely proboscis, which holds strong chewing parts at its tip.  They vary in color from brown to almost black and range in length up to an inch.

What is Huma Green, and do I Really Need it?

If you want your lawn to look like mine, then yes, you really do need Huma Green.  One downfall of working for Zamzows is that your lawn has to be flawless.  Dont get me wrong, Zamzows does not enforce this on us, but when your neighbors know where you work you have to look good.  Fortunately for me I work here, which makes it easy.  That, and I am a confessed yardiac.  Hi, Im Tyler and I am addicted to green lawns.  One of my secrets is the use of Huma Green.

Know Your Weeds Life Cycle

Most of the weeds that appear in our landscape usually come from seeds that have germinated.  Our soil is full of weeds seeds that have collected over the years. A cubic foot of our soil can contain 200,000 weeds seeds just waiting to grow.  We all want a weed free landscape or lawn. Knowing when the weed seed geminates will help us in controlling them in our yards.

Dealing with Gophers and Moles

Dealing with gophers and moles is very easy but if you don't stay on top of the problem, it can quickly get out of hand. This article should help you keep the holes in your yard to a minimum.

The history of Living Lawn Fertilizers

Over the past 25 years, Jim Zamzow developed what we feel is the greatest lawn fertilizer in the world.  These fertilizers were formulated out of necessity and conviction.

Using corn gluten meal for organic weed control in lawns

Corn gluten meal can be used for organic weed control in lawns.  This article will shed a little light on how it works and how to use it.

Yellow jacket andwasp control.

We have all had the unpleasant experience of uninvited guests to our backyard barbecues.No, we are not talking about Uncle Bob, were talking yellow jackets. For their small size these black and yellow insects have a nasty sting and bite.

Choosing a lawn spreader.

Choosing what type of lawn of lawn spreader to use when applying granular products to your lawn is really a matter of personal choice. Drop spreaders "drop" the granules between the wheels of the spreader. Most drop spreaders are somewhere between 16 and 22 inches wide.

Application of crabgrass preventer.
There is a specific window as to when crabgrass preventer should be applied to work properly. During the early months of spring as the soil warms, the small seeds that the crabgrass left behind, begin to germinate just slightly.

Lawn fertilization in the fall.
It's a fact that good lawns need adequate nutrition on a regular basis. A regular fertilization program keeps the grass growing and keeps weeds out. Surprisingly, the most important part of a regular fertilization program is in the fall. In fact, the key to a healthy lawn in spring is how you take care of it in the fall.

Understanding & controlling lawn thatch.

Thatch is a layer of living and dead organic matter which develops between the base of the grass plant and the soil surface. Thatch consists of the "woody" material of the grass plant, namely the stems and roots that are slow to decompose. It accumulates as these plant parts buildup faster than they breakdown.Thatch buildup is a natural process with a healthy lawn but becomes a problem when thatch levels accumulate to greater than 1/2 inch..Thatch can even be mistaken for soil at first glance...

Earwig controll

Earwigs are a common pest in the garden and landscape areas. Actually, earwigs are considered a beneficial insect, feeding on aphids, mites and insect eggs. however, when the populations reach the levels they have this year in Boise, and the rest of the TreasureValley, they quickly become a destructive insect that you may need to control.

Planting a new lawn.

Planting a new lawn is a process that takes quite a lot of work whether using sod, hydro-seeding or just planting seed. The better you prepare the soil, the healthier and greater the lawn will look during the first year and long term down the road. Planting a lawn around a new house requires some soil amendments to rebuild the soil disturbed during construction...

Killing Lawn Thistles

Let me start off with just a little information about the four life cycle categories of the thistle. Annuals are those that come up in the spring, seen in the summer, and die in the fall. Winter annuals germinate and emerge in the fall, begin growing right away in the spring, and have usually flowered and died by June of the following year.  Biennials plants that normally require two seasons to complete its life cycle, growing usually as a rosette in the first season and producing flowers...

 

Living Lawn Program Reduces Need For Water

Zamzows "Living Lawn" Program is a natural-based lawn care program. It consists of two different specific granular slow-release natural-based lawn foods (Spring and Summer Lawn Food ;and Fall and Winter Recharger) and one organic humus and iron supplement( Huma Green)-all of which are safe for kids and pets. Included in the Program is a lawn care calendar that lists the recommended application doses and the times to apply each product. Zamzows has come to realize that the soil is a living organism, containing...