West Palm Beach Landscape Maintenance Company - Trimming and Pruning

To Trim Or Not To Trim?

It is a question that too often goes unasked in the course of commercial landscape shrub and hedge services. When it comes to cutting landscape materials, strict deadlines can be set and met for the lawn mowing and tree trimming operations. However, while schedules can be set for pruning and trimming of the shrubs, hedges, and ornamentals, completion of these operations must proceed in accordance with the requirements of the different plant varieties.

Sending crowds of workers to maximize production and meet air tight shrub clipping deadlines will most often result in uneven hedge lines, reduced blooms and greenery, and a steady decline in the health of the plants. This style of execution provides little or no consideration for the appearance or needs of the plants themselves. Ironically, many clients end up purchasing replacement landscaping from the very organizations that set and met such trimming schedules in the first place!

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT MISSION

As your lawn and ornamental management specialists, we are responsible for the coordination of your integrated pest management (IPM) program outdoors.  This implies that we will first see to the provision of adequate cultural controls (irrigation, nutrition, and cultivation) to strengthen your landscaping.  Then, as a last resort, we will apply deadly force (chemical pesticides) only to those pests who would presume to attack it.

What does this mean?

In the not too distant past, it was widely accepted that regularly scheduled general pesticide applications, applied over virtually all plants or lawns, were the most effective pest control for lawns and ornamental plants.  Over the decades however, this method gradually manifested catastrophic drawbacks.

Being insufficiently biodegradable, many common pesticide chemicals began to show up in ground water supplies, plants, animals, and at other points along the ecological cycle.  This situation wreaked havoc upon beneficial predator insect populations, which are an essential component of integrated pest management, and honeybees, which are critical toward 94% of successful crop pollination.  With the decrease of natural enemies and honeybees, generations of pests perpetuated virtually without natural controls while agricultural production was depleted.

Further exacerbating the problem, the only survivors of blanket pest control applications would be the most genetically immune.  Their descendants would inherit this immunity and subsequently pass it on to the next generation, quickly creating entire populations of improved genetically immune pests.

Armed with this information, our priorities involve the establishment of proper cultivation (weeding, pruning, mowing, raking) and irrigation (water delivery) so plants and lawns can make maximum use of nutrition taken from natural (soil, rain, atmosphere) and artificial (fertilizer) sources.  Because these cultural controls are effective, few pest problems  requiring chemical treatment are found during our routine inspections.

Nonetheless, we never shoot first and ask questions later.  For example, if numerous beneficial predator insects are found, we hold our fire.  Other mitigating factors might involve the presence of children, nesting birds, active honeybees, aquatic environments, or high winds.

Never forget that because plants are alive, they have health.  Our lawn and ornamental integrated pest management (IPM) program is successful because it always prioritizes the good health of the landscaping over the application of chemical pesticides.

© Thomas J. O'Hara, President
O'Hara Landscape & Maintenance, Inc.
1-800-926-9599
www.oharalandscape.com

O'Hara Landscape Design Services For Palm Beach Gardens Florida Residential And Commercial Property

Lawn Maintenance Palm Beach Gardens Florida

Litter is removed from the lawns during every mowing operation. Mowing frequency selected by client varies from every week during summer to every two weeks during the dormant season. Mowing height is correct for the turf variety. Mower blades are sharp and level to minimize scalping. High grass is line trimmed (weed eaters) where mowers do not reach to complete every mowing operation. Paved areas and curbs are edged, blown off, and/or vacuumed during every mowing operation. Excess clippings are removed from the lawns.

O'Hara Landscape Design Services For Palm Beach Florida Residential And Commercial Property

Lawn Maintenance Palm Beach Florida

Litter is removed from the lawns during every mowing operation. Mowing frequency selected by client varies from every week during summer to every two weeks during the dormant season. Mowing height is correct for the turf variety. Mower blades are sharp and level to minimize scalping. High grass is line trimmed (weed eaters) where mowers do not reach to complete every mowing operation. Paved areas and curbs are edged, blown off, and/or vacuumed during every mowing operation. Excess clippings are removed from the lawns.

Residential Landscape Maintenance Residential West Palm Beach

West Palm Beach Florida Residential Landscape and Maintenance. For O'Hara Landscape and Maintenance in West Palm Beach, Landscape maintenance is an important aspect of keeping your home looking beautiful.  O'Hara Landscape maintenance and design is available for both residential landscaping and commercial landscaping.  Residential homes in South Florida need constant lawn mowing and trimming of plants and hedges. Whether you have a small garden or a large landscape design on your property, keeping your lawn trimmed and maintained at the proper time will keep your property looking clean and neat.  Proper lawn maintenance and trimming on your property is done with our sharp blades. 

Your lawn will look beautiful. Home landscaping is also part of what O'Hara Landscape and Maintenance in West Palm Beach can do to give your home a fresh new look on the outside.   Maintenance of your lawn includes trimming your lawn, trimming your hedges, mowing your lawn and removing all litter from the lawns during every mowing operation. West Palm Beach Florida Residential Landscape and Maintenance. We also add new mulch to your gardens to keep your plants happy and your gardens growing. As a homeowner you can select the lawn maintenance frequency for both trimming your hedges and mowing your lawn.  The flexible schedule we offer will be beneficial for you and your lawn.

O'Hara Landscape Design Services For West Palm Beach Florida Residential And Commercial Property

Lawn Maintenance West Palm Beach Florida

Litter is removed from the lawns during every mowing operation. Mowing frequency selected by client varies from every week during summer to every two weeks during the dormant season. Mowing height is correct for the turf variety. Mower blades are sharp and level to minimize scalping. High grass is line trimmed (weed eaters) where mowers do not reach to complete every mowing operation. Paved areas and curbs are edged, blown off, and/or vacuumed during every mowing operation. Excess clippings are removed from the lawns.

If you're a homeowner, you've probably thought about or have attempted totrim or prune your trees. While both methods involve cutting leaves and branches, there are significant differences in how they work. That's why you'll need a professional tree trimming in West Palm Beach to ensure your trees are treated professionally.  

Both services are carried out at various periods of the year with radically different equipment to create a more aesthetically pleasing andwholesome landscape. If you want to know the difference between trimming and pruning your trees, you can find all the information you need in this article. To get you started, here are some facts about trimming and pruning.