Our lawn fertilization and weed control service protects your lawn from weeds, grubs, and nutrient loss year round. We follow seasonal weed and insect patterns to apply treatments at the right time, reducing chemical use while improving lawn health and soil quality. From crabgrass and dandelions to deeper turf protection, our program keeps lawns thriving across Bexley, Clintonville, Gahanna, New Albany, North Columbus, Upper Arlington, Westerville, and Worthington.
Fertilization & Weed Control
A healthy lawn starts from the soil up. Our lawn fertilization and weed control program is built around the seasons, using growing degree days to time each application for maximum effectiveness and control throughout the year. Growing degree days measure the accumulated warmth in the soil and air that triggers plant and weed growth, allowing us to treat your lawn at the exact time weeds are most active.
We focus on balanced nutrition for your soil and turf, applying the right nutrients at the right time. Every treatment strengthens your lawn’s roots and resilience so it can better handle heat, drought, and overall stress throughout the growing season.
Our weed control program targets both broadleaf weeds like dandelions and thistle and grassy weeds such as crabgrass and knotweed. Controlling tougher species such as wild violets and ground ivy is part of our standard lawn care program, as we use the right chemistry to effectively control these difficult weeds along with the common ones like clover.
We use different control methods, known as modes of action, which means the herbicides work in different ways to attack weeds. This approach allows us to rotate herbicide chemistry throughout the season to keep treatments effective, reduce the risk of weed resistance over time, and fine-tune our timing as we adapt to extreme heat and drought occurrences across Columbus and surrounding areas.
Each lawn care visit supports the next, building a greener, thicker, and more durable lawn season after season.
Our Standard Lawn Care Program
Healthy lawns don’t happen by accident. grasshuggers’ standard lawn care program in columbus ohio is built to feed, protect, and renew your turf through every season. Each step in our process is designed to support long-term lawn health, strengthen root systems, and promote steady turf growth.
We focus on balanced nutrition, soil vitality, and defense against common lawn problems found across columbus and surrounding areas, including grassy weeds like crabgrass, broadleaf weeds such as thistle, and lawn-damaging insects like grubs and armyworms.
Fertilization & Weed Control
Our seasonal fertilization and weed control services in columbus ohio are designed to keep your lawn healthy, vibrant, and resilient through every season. We use a specially formulated slow release fertilizer that provides steady nutrition for consistent growth, richer turf color, and improved disease resistance. This approach builds healthier soil and creates a lawn that not only looks great but also feels great to walk on.
At grasshuggers, we rely on the research and recommendations from the Ohio State University Turfgrass Science Program to guide our fertilization practices. Their findings on nitrogen management and slow release fertilizer applications help ensure our methods promote balanced soil nutrition, strong root development, and long-term turf health.
Alongside fertilization, we apply both pre emergent and post emergent weed control treatments, targeting crabgrass, clover, thistle, and other broadleaf weeds before they spread. By controlling weeds, feeding the turf, and improving the soil profile, grasshuggers helps your lawn look its best season after season.
Grub and Lawn Eating Insect Control
Grubs can be a real problem for lawns in columbus and the surrounding areas. These root feeding pests can quietly destroy turf from below before you even notice the damage. That is why at grasshuggers, we focus our grub control on preventative applications, as recommended by the Ohio State University’s Buckeye Yard and Garden Line, to stop infestations before they start.
By timing our treatments during the early larval stages, we protect the turf’s root zone and help lawns avoid grub damage, keeping them thick, green, and resilient through every season.
Over-Seeding
Our over-seeding services in columbus ohio are designed to restore areas that have thinned out over the course of a season from extreme heat, drought stress, or pest pressure. Once weeds have been controlled and die back, over-seeding allows new grass seed to fill in thinning areas, improving turf density, color, and overall resilience. Each season, we recommend over-seeding the entire lawn to replace the grass that has thinned out. We always use the most disease-resistant cool-season grass cultivars that are recommended for columbus ohio and surrounding areas. This process renews the lawn areas by filling in the thinning spots and improving the density and look of your lawn.
Over-seeding is most effective when paired with liquid aeration, which creates deeper seed-to-soil contact and improves germination rates. Together, these services help rebuild lawn density, strengthen root systems, and encourage new growth that blends seamlessly with your existing grass. With consistent seasonal care, grasshuggers helps columbus homeowners achieve a fuller, healthier lawn that continues to improve year after year.
Liquid Aeration
Our liquid aeration services in columbus ohio offer a clean, effective way to loosen compacted soil and improve overall lawn health without the disruption or risk of traditional core aeration. Core aeration can damage irrigation lines, sprinkler heads, invisible fence systems, or robotic mower guide wires. Although it helps break up soil compaction and increases oxygen flow to lawn roots, it does not amend the soil profile.
Amending the soil profile is an important and highly recommended practice, especially for new home construction in columbus ohio and surrounding areas. Many newer lots have been stripped of their living layer of organic-rich topsoil during the building process to accommodate foundations and heavy construction equipment. Without this vital top layer, lawns struggle to retain nutrients, moisture, and microbial activity, making liquid aeration one of the most effective ways to begin rebuilding healthy soil from the surface down.
That’s where liquid aeration delivers outstanding value. This liquid soil amendment opens the compacted soil by boosting the microorganisms that are vital to unlocking nutrient absorption and supporting long-term lawn health. By enhancing microbial activity, grasshuggers helps your lawn achieve optimal health, stronger roots, and continued renewal season after season, all without the mess or risk of traditional aeration.
What’s Not Included In Our Standard Lawn Care Program
While our standard lawn care program in columbus ohio covers the essentials for a healthy, resilient lawn, some issues require targeted treatments beyond our core services. These optional add-ons allow us to customize your program based on your lawn’s specific needs and seasonal conditions.
Common services not included in the standard program but available as add-ons include:
Green moss control
Green moss control, which is not easily controlled and often requires seasonal applications to reduce and manage growth over time. Green moss is usually a sign of low soil fertility, compacted soil, and shady conditions. These are also indicators that a soil test should be conducted to determine the soil pH, which in columbus ohio and surrounding areas should be around 6.5 for optimal nutrient absorption. The soil test will also quantify key nutrients such as phosphorus and other essential micronutrients that are available in adequate levels required for a healthy lawn to thrive.
Soil testing
Soil testing, which is conducted through a local-based laboratory here in ohio, gives us the ability to scientifically identify why a lawn is not performing well without guessing or wasting time and resources. Lab results reveal the true underlying issues within the soil profile. From there, grasshuggers can recommend a curative plan to amend the soil profile and support long-term lawn health. Whether we need to raise or lower the soil pH using amendments such as lime or sulfur, our approach ensures precise, effective correction for sustainable results.
Control of stubborn weeds such as yellow nutsedge
Control of stubborn weeds such as yellow nutsedge, which typically does not emerge in columbus ohio and surrounding area lawns until later in the season once growing degree days have accumulated. Because of this timing, it will not appear during our initial spring assessment when most homeowners contact us. In many cases, yellow nutsedge becomes visible when we are not out spraying during the summer months. It may still be visible in early fall when we reappear to complete lawn applications, at which point we would be able to recommend a seasonal treatment plan for the following season aimed at providing targeted control during the summer months when the nutsedge is thriving.
Add-on recommendations are only available after a grasshuggers lawn care technician has completed a physical assessment and identified opportunities to correct additional problems in your lawn.
Why Our Approach Works
Our lawn care program in columbus ohio takes the guesswork out of achieving a healthy, beautiful lawn. By focusing on soil health, balanced feeding, and properly timed seasonal treatments, grasshuggers delivers consistent results that improve the soil and the turf from the roots up. Each part of our program works together to strengthen the soil profile, support steady growth, and protect your lawn from weeds, pests, and stress.
The result is a thicker, greener, and more resilient lawn that stays healthy season after season, one that reflects the care and attention that grasshuggers provides.
faqs
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Q: Are the applications safe for my pets?A:
Our lawn applications are applied as both granulars and sprays. Conventional weed and insect control applications include a short waiting period before people or pets should enter the treated area. This allows sprays to dry and granulars to settle, ensuring safety for everyone.
for your awareness, we'll post a flag in your yard at the time of service and email you an application record that includes any details or time frames for staying off the lawn. This way, you'll always know when it's safe for your pets and family to enjoy your yard again.
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Q: Do I need to water after applications?A:
If no rain is forecast within 48 hours after your lawn care application, it's recommended to water your lawn to help achieve optimal results. A watering time of about one hour using a traditional sprinkler will typically deliver the right amount of moisture.
Proper watering helps move granular fertilization materials into the soil and supports even nutrient absorption, improving the performance of your fertilization and weed control program.
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Q: How long are applications needed?A:
For most common weeds, you'll start to see visible signs of control within about a week after your lawn care application. However, some weeds with rhizome-based spreading habits, such as wild violets or ground ivy, require multiple visits over several seasons to fully establish control.
There are no quick fixes when it comes to lawn weed control. Weed seeds are continually swirling about, being unearthed, and finding new places to grow. The key word is control, not eradication, because complete eradication isn't possible in a living, natural lawn environment. Our professional fertilization and weed control program is designed for long-term success, keeping weeds suppressed and your turf healthier and thicker each season.
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Q: Will I have any weeds after an application?A:
Of course, eradication isn't feasible in a natural lawn environment. our professional lawn care applications are part of a combined approach to maintaining strong turf and keeping weeds controlled. Even with regular fertilization and weed control, residential lawns can thin out each season from mechanical damage, pet damage, overly shaded areas, and lack of water during periods of drought and extreme heat.
When lawns become thin or stressed from these events, weeds quickly move in and sprout in open soil spaces.
Our overseeding and liquid aeration applications are recommended as part of a complete lawn care program, since feeding the lawn and controlling weeds is only part of what a healthy lawn needs. these services help fill in thinning areas, strengthen the root system, and improve soil health for long-term results.
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Q: Will lawn applications alone keep my lawn free of weeds?A:
We apply weed control applications when environmental conditions are most favorable for effective results. timing is key, and applications are scheduled during periods when temperature, moisture, and plant growth support optimal control.
When weeds appear outside of these windows, it can be difficult to achieve desirable results. however, lawn care applications alone will not keep weeds away. Regular mowing at a taller height — typically around three and a half inches — helps grass outcompete weeds by shading the soil surface so weed seeds don't get enough light to sprout. Cutting the grass too low opens the canopy and invites weed growth.
Not watering during drought periods also weakens turf and allows weeds to outcompete stressed grass. This is why lawn care alone will not successfully control weeds — cultural practices matter.
All elements of turf care must be consistent for a healthy lawn. That includes proper mowing, watering, overseeding, and liquid aeration as part of a complete lawn care program designed to strengthen turf and reduce weed pressure naturally over time.
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Q: Will you come out anytime requested to treat weeds?A:
we apply weed control applications across columbus and surrounding area lawns when environmental conditions are most favorable for effective results. timing matters because temperature, soil moisture, and plant growth all influence how well treatments perform. when weeds appear outside of these favorable periods, it may be difficult to achieve desirable results.
if you are wondering when is the best time to apply weed control in columbus and surrounding areas, treatments are most effective during active weed growth in spring and fall when the weather is mild and moisture levels are consistent. we can provide additional weed control applications outside of your regular lawn care program for an applicable service charge.
Our Process
Request a quote
Quotes for fertilization and weed control services in Columbus and surrounding areas are always free and based on the size of your property.
Fill out our contact form and we will visit your home usually within 10 business days of your request. Sometimes we are able to come out sooner, but during busier times we may get a little behind. Typically, you do not need to be home for this visit. We will send you a text when we are on the way so you know to expect us. If you prefer to be present, just let us know on the form and we will reach out to set up a time that works.
Approve your quote
After visiting your home, we will email you a quote for your fertilization and weed control services. Once you approve it, we will add your lawn care service to our schedule for the next available route in Columbus and surrounding areas.
Scheduling your service
When you approve your quote, we set a window of time for when your fertilization and weed control services will be completed. Because weather and the client list both affect scheduling, we cannot lock in a specific day. Some days may be too windy, raining, or too dry for lawn applications, but we will come when the most optimal conditions are present.
This is usually within the window explained on your quote. On the day of arrival, you will receive a text message when we are headed to your home. Our goal is always to apply your lawn treatments under the best possible conditions for lasting results.
Service day
On service day, your trained lawn care technician will complete the fertilization and weed control services you approved at your home in Columbus and surrounding areas. This may include granular fertilizer applications, weed control treatments, or both, depending on the timing in your program.
Payment
You will receive an email with your invoice and a link to our secure online payment portal. We accept checks and credit cards through the payment portal. Once you receive your first invoice, you have the option to set up automatic payments directly through the secure portal for convenience. We do not accept checks mailed directly from your bank or through the mail. Our secure online payment process makes managing your lawn care simple and convenient.
Ready To Give Your Lawn A Boost?
Our fertilization and weed control program covers everything your yard needs to stay lush and protected. Request your free quote today and let our grasshuggers crew take care of the rest.
Serving Your Community
We provide conventional and organic lawn fertilization and weed control services across Columbus and surrounding areas. We continually adapt our services to the most current training in the turf care industry to provide the best care possible and deliver consistent, reliable results to homeowners who want a good looking lawn that is healthy and in control.
Grasshuggers proudly serves neighborhoods in:
Bexley, Clintonville, Gahanna, New Albany, North Columbus, Upper Arlington, Westerville, Worthington
Service area ZIP codes:
43081, 43085, 43054, 43209, 43214, 43230, 43231, 43229, 43240
As a locally owned and operated company, grasshuggers has been serving central Ohio homeowners for over 15 years. Every project is backed by The Grasshuggers Way: safety, integrity, and attention to detail from start to finish.
Why Choose Grasshuggers?
For more than 15 years, grasshuggers has provided reliable, professional lawn care that homeowners trust season after season. Our team delivers on what we promise, and our track record of highly rated Google reviews shows that our focus on quality and integrity makes a lasting difference for every lawn we care for.