Tried them for a season. 90'x120' property with a 1200' house in the middle.
Stayed home sick from work 1 day they treated.
They spent 5 minutes maybe treating if that.
Last time i used them.

 

They are in my neighborhood all the time hanging their stuff on my door, I asked them once years ago "how will I know you are even here" and the guy told me to just trust them! I never used their service. Dave

 

I used them, when I would come home from work the few weeks I got between applications we're already wilted. Grass was nice and green too. Only thing I would do is skip every other fertilizer application cause the grass grew to fast between weekly cuttings. Then if you had to wait a few extra days between cuttings do to rain or a vacation, you had a mess on your hands when you cut the grass. All in all I was happy with them.

 

Been doing some research online and they've gotten horrible reviews. Lots of issues. Wanted to see if anyone on the Bullet had any first-hand positive experience. Maybe I should look for a local company?

 

I've heard good and bad about them...guess it's a crap shoot

 

They fucking suck, hire a local guy who actually gives a shit!

 

this

 

Used them years ago, the amount of fertilizer they use is miniscule. Started doing it myself. :smt023

 

24-D from TSC will kill your weeds, not your grass. Get some spray paint for down spraying and mark what you spray that day. A back pack sprayer and you are set. If you want to seed you need to do that before spraying 24d, or spray now and seed in the fall. Fertilize with 12-12-12 to help healthy grass that is already there. Keep the first number low so grass does not grow too fast.

 

Is that what it’s called 24d? I’m having hell with the back yard

 

when i had a house with less lawn, i used them. the results were great. apparently, whatever they use is much better than what i buy. lawns around here that use them all look great. i have a few acres now, so it's too expensive to use them now.

 

I've used trugreen for years I they were great. I used them for insect killing as well. I was happy with both of their services but it got expensive so I discontinued and just do it myself. Whenever I had a problem with Trugreen they bent over backwards to make it right. My lawn was thicker and greener with Trugreen over doing it myself FYI.

 

I had good luck last time I had a small yard, just downsized and I signed up to have them do it. I can not buy the materials for what they are charging. If it does not work out I will fire them and do it myself.

 

I have done the Scotts 4-step program the last two years and the stuff really works. I also do my senior neighbor ladies lawn and both of ours look much better. My reward is homemade, 94 year old, grandma like apple pies and goodies like that

My $.02

 

With the heat and sun of Texas how much water do you need to throw down to keep it looking good?

 

Gotta be hit or miss. They did a terrible job on our yard then it was hell getting them to stop coming around.

 

Not sure how Texas is but in Kentucky you can take a course at our local Extension office and get a private applicators license. That is what we to buy farm chemicals.

 

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I got an Estimate from them and it was like $9000.00 a year to treat my lawn!!!!

Less than an acre if you take out my house footprint!!!!!!!!!!

I hired a local guy, (though not completely happy with the results) $125 every 2 months.

It's coming back, but the weeds are still growing.Spent $2000.00 to have the trees cut back so it would get sunlight,,still need to spend another $6000. to trim the trees ( going to rent a Bucket lift and do it myself).

keeping St Augustine healthy in Florida in NOT cheap!!

 

get a hand pump sprayer, buy some par3 weed killer, and have at it. you'll save a bunch of money, and have a weed free lawn guaranteed.
do a couple of applications, one in spring, one in early fall, and other than fertilizer you are good to go.

par3 is the shit, but it does have a odor, and if you have pets, keep them off the lawn for 24 hours.

 

Used them for 2 months.first service was ok, next service they treated my neighbors lawn. , canceled them after 2 visits

 

I buy my stuff from the local farm supply house and apply it myself. I also test my soil bi-annually to keep on top of what it needs. No service is doing it for less than what I spend on it, and it looks fantastic.

 

Why would you pay to spread cancer causing agents in your yard?

 

DOMYOWNPESTCONTROL.COM....is your friend buy all the strong shyt they do...centipede does not like a lot of fertilizer though....get you a bag of RONSTAR....very very strong use a good face mask...but you can’t put it out now have to wait till mid September....

 

To anyone thinking of doing their own lawn, make sure to check the soils PH in various areas.

Weeds and Grass like different soil PH balance.....if your soils PH is favoring weeds all the chemicals in the world will only go so far.

Also plug aeration followed up by raking in good topsoil and fertilizer is super beneficial on clay rich soils...these soils often will only support an inch or less of root growth which weeds love but grass hates.

 

I own a house in town that the former owner had a contract with them.... I have a local guy manage it so I told them to pound sand...... they were relentless with phone calls and mailers for a year until they finally got the hint.

 

tried to rip me off...quoted me $75 per treatment...charged me $150...I cancel it

 

Wife uses them. I could care less. Not sure if it makes a difference but, it makes her happy and it's pretty cheap.

Biggest complaint (other than the weeds) I saw when I checked them out was, you sign up with C-C. Every app. they just charge the card. Soon they're applying shit you didn't sign on for and charging card. Unless you jump thru hoops with written cancellation etc., next spring they just show up and charge the card.

Wife negotiates deal for whole year in spring, apps, package etc.. Writes check for total so they have no card. Last year they sent me bill for 150 or so at end of year. Called and they had story of some app etc. was not included in original deal yadi yada. Told them to pound sand, we paid for what we wanted. I am sure wife will be signing up again soon.

Oh, and they do screw up from time to time. If wife catches it, she calls them on it and tries to make sure she is home when they re app. She did catch them once with hand sprayer for about 5 mins. on 1.25 acres. She called them on it.

 

It's a franchise. Like all franchises, some of them are good and some of them suck. My franchisee is pretty good.

 

So, wife comes in as I am typing response and asks what I'm doing.

I tell here I am contributing to a Tru Green thread on YB and ask if she is signing up again.

She says that, short of me providing a tow hitch on the golf cart to pull her own sprayer, she has no choice. (Golf cart already has provisions for sprayer but, she doesn't know that and I have no desire to purchase a sprayer.)

I did inform her that I am working on a push bar for the race car but, you can't "push" a lawn sprayer.

That went over well.

 

THE YARD DIDNT LOOK MUCH BETTER. .AND THEY BURNED SOME OF MY SHRUBS AROUND THE HOUSE...I HAD BETTER LUCK WITH KING GREEN...WHO KNOWS