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Lawn Care Tips for Noblesville, Indiana

1/21/2025

 

How to Care for Your Grass

Water Deeply   
  • ​1" or water each week would be fine for hot summer days.  Try and apply this in two separate applications of 1/2" each time .
Water in the early morning,
  • By doing this you will reduce the chance for fungus growing and attacking your lawn.  If you water in the evening you increase your risk for lawn fungus problems in the middle of the summer.
The Number 1 Thing You Can Do ....Mow At a High Level
  • Set your mower at a high setting, at least 3 inches but 4 inches is better.  You will have a taller leaf blade which allows the grass to bring in more nutrition from the sun, which in turn, gives the grass deeper roots and also helps choke out possible weeds that will sprout if sun reaches the dirt.  An additional benefit is your grass will stay greener in drought conditions because the taller leaf shades the soil and reduces evaporation.
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Winter Care for Your Water Feature

1/13/2023

 

To Keep It Running Or Not During Winter

How to keep your waterfall running all winter.  Here are some tips to help you if this is what you want to do. 
  • During freezing weather you may need to add more water. 
  • ​Don't break the ice damns that form.  Water flows under those and the ice will actually insulate the water a little so it will continue to flow.  Ice formed on a waterfall is a way nature creates beauty. 
If you want to shut your pondless waterfall down for winter here is what you do.
  • Pull the pump out  and clean it.
  • Stick the pump in the garage.
  • Next spring just install the pump and plug it in.  Easy is what it's all about.
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Pondless Waterfall Maintenance

1/13/2023

 

Regular Maintenance

Sometimes people want a pondless waterfall because there is less maintenance when compared to a pond.  We offer water feature maintenance if you prefer or you can do it.
Here's what you do. 
  • Once each year drain the water and spray off the waterfall with a hose or pressure washer. 
  • At least once a year, more if needed, pull up the water pump and check it to make sure debris isn't blocking the intake.
  • During the spring and summer add Aquascape Benificial Bacteria or the Aquascape Maintain to aide in keeping the water clear. Then if you have some algae that begins to grow just add some Aquascape Ecoblast.   ​
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Benefits to Adding Water to Your Landscape

1/12/2023

 

Attract Wildlife

​Another reason is it attract the natural wildlife we have in Indiana.  Imagine sitting somewhere in your yard and just looking at it.  How many butterflies, birds, and insects do you see?  Now put a water feature in and picture all those birds and insects coming to your yard.  It's like watching a National Geographic movie only its live and at your house. ​

Relaxation

Think about where  a lot of people vacation.  It's usually somewhere close to water - oceans, lakes, rivers.  Why is that?  I'd say it adds to the vacation's way of relaxing you.  Do you have any of those features in your yard here in Noblesville?  Why not add something that will make your landscape a place for you to relax, like a vacation.

Things to Consider When Designing Your Landscape

1/4/2023

 

These Site Conditions will Guide you as to what plants you should pick.

Is the site: 
  • Sunny or Shady
  • Wet or Dry
  • Hilly or Flat
Each of these conditions will help you decide on plants you want to pick.  Plant labels will tell you if the plant is suitable for the conditions you have.

Size of Plant
Decide on a layout of plants that provides taller plants in back and shorter plants in front.

Color and Texture
Pick plants that have color provided by leaves or flowers.  You don't want everything blooming in the spring so pick carefully.  Also you don't always need color.  Texture like Oakleaf Hydrangea leaves provide wide areas that turn a crimson color in the fall and then plants with grassy like leaves such as Arkansas Bluestar have a whispy look and it turns a beautiful yellow in the spring.


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Fungus Growing on Your Grass?

6/25/2022

 
There are lots of fungus types.  How do you know you have them.  They usually seem to rear their ugliness in the warm days of spring or hot days of summer and usually when the low temperatures at night are above 70 degrees.


Here are couple easy ones to find
One easy type has a pinkish color and is called Red Thread or Pink Patch.  Another easy one to find is most of the grass is green but you have some spots about 6 inches to a couple feet in diameter.  This could be dollar spot or brown spot disease.


Basically if you lawn isn’t green it is probably because it needs to be watered or has a disease issue.


What can you do?
Water it correctly, 1 inch of water a week and only in the early morning.  If you have identified a fungus issue then apply a fungicide.  Most of these provide protection by keeping the fungus from spreading so once it is there the grass has to grow out of the brown spots.


Another Option?
You can do nothing.  A lot of the fungus issues will go away and the grass will grow back when the cool, rainy weather of fall arrives.


Grass seems to grow anywhere and under the right conditions.  Keeping it looking its best in the summer is challenging but remember how much you have to mow in the spring?  The grass always seems to grow like crazy under the right conditions.

To Water or Not to Water Your Lawn

6/25/2022

 
Cool Season grass does best in spring and fall because it is cool at night and warm in the day.  Hot, dry summer is the stress it doesn’t thrive with.
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If you decide to water do it only in the early morning.  Late evening watering causes fungus problems and gives you something else you then need to deal with.


How to keep it from dying?
Water it with 1/4 inch of water every 2-3 weeks.  This won’t keep it green, in fact, it will probably start to turn brown.  This is the look of your grass in the winter.  It’s still alive though.  It is just going dormant. The small amount of water will keep the crown of the grass alive and ready to grow in the fall.


How to keep it green in summer?
Water it two times a week with a 1/2 inch of water at each watering for a total of 1 inch of water a week.  This provides water deep down and not just on the surface.  This should keep it green through the summer until the better fall weather arrives.


How to measure the water?
You need to put a container out in the yard to catch the water.  Check it after several minutes to measure how much water is in it.  This way you will know how long to water to apply the amount of water needed.

Winter Pruning

2/26/2022

 
Winter is a great time to prune those bushes.  Take a day when the temperatures rise above freezing and the sun is out.  It’s nice to finally get out of the house.  Now which plants to prune.  If it blooms in the spring then don’t touch it.  However many plants bloom in the summer.  You can prune the paniculata hydrangea, the ones with large cone shaped, usually white flowers.  Evergreens, butterfly bushes, most clematis, and I like to prune spirea too even though they bloom in the spring.
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Raspberry Care

3/9/2019

 
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Types of Raspberries We Sell

Summer-bearing (1 crop per season)​
Ever-bearing (2 crops per season)
​Nova, Killarney Raspberry, and Fall Gold Raspberry plants can be Summer-bearing or Ever-bearing based on how you care for the specific plant.  Read below to find out how to care for each type of raspberry plant.

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How to Prune Your Hydrangea

2/19/2019

 
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Hydrangea Paniculata 'Silver Dollar'

Determine the Type of Hydrangea you Have

For the information in this article we will concentrate on 4 types of hydrangea.  These 4 types grow very well in in Indiana.  With a little knowledge about the 4 types you will be an expert and have beautiful flowers every year.

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    My name is Chad Wilkening.  I own Can U Dig It Nursery and have many years of experience working with plants and landscapes.

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    • Landscape Design and Installation >
      • Landscape Design
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      • Pruning and Landscape Clean-Up
      • Mulching
      • Landscape Removal
    • Water Feature Construction and Maintenance >
      • Waterfall Installation
      • Fountain Installation
      • Water Feature Maintenance
    • Landscape Lighting
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