¢ = o 5 KILLER THATCH IT CAN RUIN YOUR LAWN AND ROB YOUR WALLET Simply stated, thatch provides an excellent incubator for disease organisms such as leaf spot, dollar spot, stripe smut and brown patch . . . all of which can devastate a lawn. Insects thrive in thatch and it acts as insulation causing decreased resistance to heat and cold. Thatch can also prevent water from soaking into the ground (thatched roofs are used in rainy, tropical climates) and can ruin a lawn in many other ways. Here's What Leading Lawn Authorities Have To Say STANLEY WEBER How Effective Are Liquid Applications! M : E : : Here's what the Sod Growers Assn. of Mid America said (Industry Consultant Since 1962) as reported in an issue of "Some liquid spray services in their eagerness to produce a fast cosmetic green-up on lawns, resort to heavy nitrogen fertili- zation which produces ''surge growth." This may be pleasing to the eye, but it is a prime contri- butor to thatch! Our experience "Recently several sod growers in various parts of the country began to notice that occasion- has shown that careful, balanced ally a fine sodded lawn deteriorated more time released feeding, proper quickly when the services of certain lawn care aeration, and other positive specialists were engaged. These lawn care . . . specialists consisted of firms who represented action can control this excessive themselves as lawn grass experts offering to growth, while providing the turf fertilize, 'fumigate’ or weed spray lawns ‘the ith . irod f new and modern way' with liquid applications with nutrients required for deep, rather than the old conventional tried and vigorous health. proven method of appying dry fertilizer with a spreader and then 'watering in' the fertilizer." The LAWN-A-MAT man used ORGANIC Granu- lar Balanced Fertilizer The right program and methods can minimize thatch on your lawn. If your lawn is plagued with thatch, call your LAWN-A-MAT MAN, he can provide the proper professional advice to help your lawn come back to life and stay that way. Your Lawn-A-Mat man HAS EXPERIENCE AND KNOW-HOW to help reduce your thatch problem. QE eer tes ever | ht i ER . ili Bu] LL a
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