Lawn, Tree, and Pest Control Advice from the Experts
Expert Tips: Your Guide to a Healthier Lawn & Landscape
At Martz Bros. Lawn Care & Tree Doctor, we believe that knowledge is the key to maintaining a thriving lawn and landscape. That’s why we’ve created Expert Tips, your go-to resource for professional lawn care, tree health, and pest control advice.
From seasonal lawn care strategies to pest prevention techniques and tree maintenance tips, our experts share insights, best practices, and proven solutions to help you keep your outdoor space in top condition year-round.
Don’t Let Rhizosphaera Sneak Up on Your Spruce
Your backyard spruce tree is more than just a pretty face—it’s a key part of your home’s curb appeal and landscape health. But each spring,
Tree Spraying
Fully protect your trees year round with our regular tree spraying regimen, designed to suit your budget, created by one of our own tree service experts on site. Routine tree spraying will keep the trees on your property strong, green and healthy!
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Emerald Ash Borer NOTICE: NOW confirmed in Johnson County, Kan. If you missed or even watched some breaking news on a local news channel news
Tips on How You Can Take Care of Your Trees
Healthy trees are an important asset to your property. During the warm, summer months, they provide you with nice, cool shade. The birds use them to create their homes. Not to mention trees can also increase property values. To help you learn how to care for your trees, continue reading.
Importance of Caring for Your Trees
You should think of your trees as being an investment in your property. Healthy trees will increase in value as they age. Not only will they increase the value of your home, but they will beautify your surroundings, save you energy by providing you with shade during the warm summer months, purify the air and protect you from the harsh winds in the winter.
Determining Whether Your Tree is Infested or Not
The symptoms and signs of an infested ash tree with emerald ash are similar to those symptoms that are caused by other pests and diseases.
Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed in the Greater Kansas City Area
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How Trees Work for Us
Everyone knows that trees are needed to keep us alive. They provide us with oxygen to breathe and help keep our air clean. Without trees,
Tips to Finding a Quality Arborist to Maintain Your Trees
Have you ever looked through the phone book and found a ton of listings for people who claim they know all about trees? Sadly, many
Emerald Ash Borer Infestation: Preventative Measures Must Be Taken
The Emerald Ash Borer is an Asian beetle that feeds on ash trees. Ash trees are common in the U.S., with 12 different species. While
Top 8 Reasons Why We Need Trees
Everywhere you look trees are all around you. From oak to pine, poplar, elm and many others, trees provide us with a number of benefits
Identifying and Correcting Potentially Dangerous Defects in Trees
Trees that have a structural defect likely to result in a failure are referred to as high risk if the tree is capable of striking
Why Proper Tree Maintenance is Important
When it comes to healthy, beautiful trees, they all have one thing in common, proper care and maintenance. Depending on the type, trees need to
Do You Need to Fertilize Your Trees?
Landscaping your lawn may be one of the most relaxing and satisfying tasks of being a homeowner—yet there is so much to remember, especially regarding
Kansas City Hit by Emerald Ash Borer
You cannot turn the news on in Kansas City and not hear something about the growing threat of the emerald ash borer. One writer with channel
Don’t Drill
Our number one job as your Trees’ Doctor is to make sure we do what is best for your trees first and we don’t take
Keep Mower Blades Sharpened Regularly
While mowing with a sharp blade is important for the look of the lawn, a sharp mower blade also plays an important role in a
The Doctors Prescription for Proper Tree Watering
The Tree Doctor is in! While this is usually not a time to think about watering your trees here in the Midwest, we have had
Get to Know Your Grass Type
We get a lot of interesting questions about lawns and grass types. These are some of the most common grasses for our area: Why seed
Benefits of Native Plants
There are so many reasons to find an area for native plants in your lawn. Native plants create beautiful garden areas with less work and
Prepare for Extreme Cold Temperatures
When extreme cold temperatures hit, special preparation should be taken to protect your home and lower heating costs. It may seem like a long list,
Train Your Dog Outside
You can eliminate burned grass and reduce the odds of stepping in dog poop if you train your dog outside. Teaching a dog to go
Winter Grass Seedling Care
Grass seed that was planted in late August or early September may need mowing by early October. Seed that was not planted until late September,
Oak Mites Descends Upon Kansas City
The oak mite has people and their pets scratching. Native to Europe, this pest was first detected in the Kansas City area in 1994. The
The Truth about Nutsedge
When it comes to nutsedge (commonly called nutgrass), there are usually only three kinds of lawns in Kansas City: Lawns with nutsedge Lawns that will
Pulling Weeds Now Saves Work Next Year
September is crunch time if weeds have sprouted in lawns or shrub beds. Chemical control or tilling is often the most practical solution, but 100%
Verticutting and Core Aeration for Seed Preparation
There is no better time to improve, repair, or rebuild a lawn than late August through September. While seed selection and watering are critical (seed
Seed Care Instructions
Now that you have scheduled your lawn renovation. Its time for proper seed care. The success of your investment depends upon what happens after the
Choose Grass Seed Wisely
Most lawn problems can be easily repaired, but the use of the wrong seed can ruin your lawn like nothing else. It is extremely important
No Need to Worry About Tree & Lawn Mushrooms
The Kansas City summer is coming to a rainy ending. Continuously wet soil has promoted more tree and lawn mushrooms than usual this year. Mushrooms
Mark Utilities
It is easy to forget that most of our lawns and landscapes hide a maze of underground utilities that are critical to the function of
Fall Is The Time to Seed The Lawn
Lawns can be seeded any time of the year but fall seeding is ideal for your lawn. Annual seeding can provide tremendous benefits to a
Crabgrass Management
With summer heat, comes crabgrass. Ideal crabgrass management may surprise you. Depending on the amount of crabgrass in your lawn, there are 3 options on
Bug Repellent Recipe
Insect bites are a problem this time of year, especially when mosquitoes carry viruses like zika and west nile. Over the counter bug repellents have
Brown Patch Prevention
Prior to the onset of warm & humid nights, we warn customers about the dangers of a very destructive, hot-weather fungal lawn disease called Rhizoctonia
Timing for Summer Watering
A good summer watering program is cheaper and less time-consuming than rebuilding a damaged lawn. The ideal program is all about TIMING and economy. Here
Yellow Nutsedge/Nutgrass/Watergrass
Signs and treatment of Yellow Nutsedge: A few days after mowing, yellow nutsedge, commonly called nutgrass or watergrass, is already taller than the surrounding grass.
The Perfect Flowering Shade Garden
A flowering shade garden can be a simple addition to the old hosta and ivy bed, or it can be elevated all the way up
May Mowing
Secrets Every Lawn Owner Should Know! Its sad but true, more lawns are damaged each year by poor mowing practices than diseases and insects combined.
Powdery Mildew
If areas of your lawn look like they are covered with white powder or worse, white paint, you have powdery mildew.? Its a very common
Frost Damage to Grass
Beware of Frost Damage to your Grass. If grass feels crunchy underfoot, stay off! We see it every spring & fall. There comes a heavy
Apply Pre-Emergent in Beds
It’s time to Apply Pre-Emergent in Beds The first round of pre-emergent in flower, shrub, and vegetable gardens should be applied in March or early
Pine Sawfly Alert
Now is the time to watch pines for the presence of pine sawfly larvae. Watch for these Signs: The culprit is the larvae of a
FINE TUNE YOUR EARLY APRIL LAWN
Here’s what’s going on in your early April lawn this year: Mowers should be set to a height of 3.5 to 4 inches for the
MARCH GARDENING TIPS
Early spring is a great time to begin work in the garden. The weather is getting nice and preparing your yard and garden for the
SPRING WATERING FALL SEEDED LAWNS
If your lawn was seeded early last fall there are a few spring watering tips that you should be aware of: Don’t be surprised to see weeds
CLEAN OUT GUTTERS BEFORE SPRING SHOWERS
Even if cleaned last fall, it is a good idea to check gutters and downspouts to prevent expensive gutter, roof, basement and foundation problems later.
SPRING SEED, GOOD OR NOT? THAT IS THE QUESTION.
Despite how much seed garden centers push out the door, spring is one of the worst times to seed a lawn. Spring seed rarely survives beyond
SERVICE YOUR MOWER NOW, BEFORE IT’S NEEDED
By the first of March, most mower repair shops are usually booked out for at least a week. These shops are especially busy due to
MOW NOW FOR A HEALTHIER LAWN THIS SPRING
Ever wonder why some lawns green up much earlier in the spring than others? The answer is simple and easy. Experts mow their lawns a
WHAT IS A SHAMROCK?
All About the Shamrock From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the plant that is a symbol of Ireland. Many places, organisations,
FEBRUARY WINTER LAWN CARE TIPS
It’s easy to ignore your lawn in the winter, but these winter lawn care tips will save time and money when spring hits: Lawn Traffic
20 CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING IDEAS
There are many creative Christmas Tree Recycling Options. At the very least, be sure to take your tree to a local recycling center. KC: Kansas
WINTER GARDEN TIPS FOR A DELICIOUS GARDEN NEXT YEAR – Article 2
Gather up your newest plant and seed catalogs and pull up your favorite gardening websites. More winter garden tips, now is a great time to
WINTER GARDEN TIPS FOR A DELICIOUS GARDEN NEXT YEAR – Article 1
Begin Next Year’s Garden Now With mowers and hoses put away, there are still a few important chores to finish that will improve the look
NOW IS THE TIME TO WINTERIZE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
Lawns, trees and shrubs need water year-round. The drought since August finally broke with last week’s rain and was exactly what we needed. The gentle,
SAVE TIME AND MONEY WITH THESE SIMPLE LAWN WINTERIZATION TIPS
There may still be a few important things that could make your lawn look better this winter and save you time and money next spring.
LAWN CARE FOR LATE FALL AND WINTER
Watering Lawn We had a very dry September and October and recent rains were not enough to make up the water deficit. To keep your
DORMANT SEED YOUR LAWN IN EARLY WINTER
Dormant Seed Lawn Now = Great Lawn Next Spring If you missed the window for early fall seeding, don’t worry. Dormant seeding is the next
WATER LAWN & LANDSCAPING TO PREPARE FOR WINTER
Dry Conditions in Kansas City Even with the rain last week, it was not enough to wet the soil to a necessary depth to protect your lawn and
PROTECT THE LAWN FROM LEAVES
Follow these steps to protect the lawn from leaves as they fall to ensure adequate oxygen in your lawn: Mow with a sharp blade Set mower
WHY SEED A HEALTHY LAWN?
The reasons are obvious to seed a bare, thin, or otherwise ugly lawn. Yet many lawn owners do not understand the importance of annual seeding
SEPTEMBER IS THE SEASON FOR LAWN RENOVATION
There is no better time than late August through September to improve, repair, or rebuild a lawn. Seed selection, preparation, and watering are critical to
HEAVY SHADE AND YOUR LAWN
Trees are a beautiful part of landscaping, but can make growing a plush, green lawn difficult. If part of your lawn is in heavy shade,
SUMMER MOWING TIPS
Nothing is more fundamental to the needs of a healthy lawn than good mowing practices, especially in hot weather. – Keep the mower set high
YELLOW NUTSEDGE
If your lawn has a yellowish-green “grassy” weed that grows about twice as fast as the rest of your lawn during warm weather. You probably
