TruGreen Answers Your Frequently Asked Questions

Find tips and answers to commonly asked service and care questions offered by TruGreen®.

Below are answers to some of our most frequently asked service and care questions to help clear up any lingering wonders you may have about what to expect.

Yes. Customers who have a full program plan in place with TruGreen benefit from our Trugreen Guarantee®, which means we’ll gladly re-visit your property between scheduled visits at no additional cost to make necessary adjustments to deliver quality results with your lawn.

On scheduled service days, please allow access to your property by keeping gates unlocked and your pets inside your home.

That’s no problem at all! If you can’t be home for your visit, we’ll leave a service summary at your front door and email you with details about the services we’ve performed. Reminder: Please keep gates unlocked and remember, please make sure to keep your pets inside your home.

If weeds are present on your lawn, you may notice visible results within a few weeks of your first visit. Depending on the condition of your lawn, it can take time to have a great lawn. As your specialist spends more time working on your lawn, its appearance will continue to improve. Every lawn and its challenges are unique, and we will provide progress updates and special instructions for your lawn at each service visit.

Depending on your plan, the typical schedule for applications is every 4-6 weeks.

Our specialists are focused on getting you the best results, which means applying the right product at the right time. If you purchase a lawn program and any additional programs, like Tree & Shrub Care, Outdoor Nuisance Pest Control, or Mosquito Defense, these may be done on the same day. Your specialist could perform your lawn service, and then perform your mosquito service while on your property.

Our service continues from year to year until you cancel. It’s important to note that continual lawn care is recommended for optimal results.

After a service, TruGreen advises customers to allow the application to dry before their families and pets can resume enjoying their lawns. Depending on weather conditions, the drying process usually takes from 1-2 hours.

All products used by TruGreen are registered for use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and are selected based on a number of criteria, including geographic conditions and efficacy.

TruGreen is committed to setting the industry standard for education, training and certification of our specialists. We provide an intensive training series for all new specialists, covering a variety of agronomic, horticultural and safety-related topics. Our specialists must meet TruGreen’s rigorous certification and all applicable state licensing standards to apply weed and pest control products. In addition, TruGreen also has technical managers, degreed horticulturists and agronomists, in each market to provide additional local expertise.

Yes! TruGreen Mosquito Defense uses an innovative formula combined with a targeted application technique to significantly reduce the number of biting adult mosquitoes in your landscape. For the treatment to be effective, we target mosquito-attracting areas such as shrubs, mulch and wood piles.

To prevent mosquitoes from breeding, eliminate any standing water that might be present on your property.

For best results, your lawn should be watered after an application. If it hasn’t rained 24 hours after an application, give your yard a soak.

A healthy lawn typically requires 1”-2” of water per week. We recommend long, infrequent watering (about 1-2 times per week) during the early morning hours. Why water in the morning? It’s cooler out, which allows the water to soak into the soil and be absorbed by the grass roots before it can evaporate. Click here for more on watering techniques.

Actively growing lawns may require mowing more than once weekly. Plan to cut no more than one-third of the grass blade in one mowing. It’s important to remember that certain grasses, such as bermudagrass, zoysia and centipede, require close mowing to stay healthy.  Click here for more on best mowing practices.

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