Ever notice brown patches on your otherwise beautiful green lawn? Your lawn may have “Lawn Fungus”. Lawn Fungus can be caused by over watering, humidity, drought, pest waste, and/or substandard lawn care. And with monsoon season upon us, your grass is more susceptible to fungus.

Here are some tips to help prevent fungus from infecting your lawn:
• Water early in the day, allowing the daytime to dry your grass
• Sharpen and disinfect your mower blades, ragged grass blades are more susceptible to fungus
• Remove no more than 1/3 of the grass height, this weakens or stresses your grass
• Don’t under or over fertilize; both can increase the risk of the disease
• If already infected, you made need to apply a topical fungicide to your lawn
• Brown Patch, Dollar Spot and Fairy Ring are common in Las Vegas

First Choice Tree Service has licensed Plant Health Care Techs that can apply a fungicide treatment to bring your lawn back to its full beauty. Give us a call today at 702-564-1998 to schedule your appointment.

Pssst… Now is also the time to treat for grubs that are feasting on the roots of trees, plants and turf!

On May 10th, 2019, we hosted an Aerial Rescue Training Workshop with a grant received from ASTI (Arborist Safety Training Institute).  Over 100 Certified Arborists, Certified Treecare Safety Professionals and tree care workers from all over the nation, and members of local fire and rescue agencies participated to learn life saving techniques in tree aerial rescue.

Certified Treecare Safety Professional and ISA Certified Arborist, Todd Kramer, of Kramer Tree Specialists, Inc., instructed the workshop. Todd Kramer has been teaching aerial rescue and emergency response courses for more than 15 years throughout the United States.

Tree care professionals face many hazards, some can be fatal. We at First Choice Tree Service understand the great importance of and invest much of our resources in safety by conducting safety meetings, training and workshops regularly to ensure the safety of our most important assets, our employees and clients.  Special thanks to Todd Kramer for offering tree care professionals and first responders specialized training in learning the best and safest ways to work together in this type of rescue.

Our Landscape and Transplant crew installed root barrier around the edge of this pool deck. Root barrier acts as an underground wall that keeps plant or tree roots and hardscapes from conflicting. First Choice uses waterjet technology, a high water pressure process to trench and vacuum the slurry from the ground. This process has a minimal impact on the landscape, hardscape and plant material. The root barrier is then placed in the trench and backfilled with soil.

Root barrier is a great option for aggressive root systems because it re-directs the roots from landscapes and hardscapes, preventing potentially costly damage to one or both. This entire course of action can save costly repairs on sidewalks, driveways, property walls, pool decks and underground utilities.

Before you consider removing a tree or plants due to root issues, consider this alternative. Call us today for a free consultation.

The Arborist Safety Training Institute gave us a grant, to help fund an Aerial Rescue Training Workshop. This workshop will be instructed by the wonderful Todd Kramer from Kramer Tree Specialists, Inc. He will provide us with the knowledge, and teach us the skills we need to know to evaluate an emergency situation, and potentially rescue an injured tree worker. If you are in the tree care industry and would like to attend, give us a call register.

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First Choice Tree Service, Inc. is very proud to announce the launching of its redesigned website today,  November 1st, 2018.  The website has an updated, fresh and more current look and is designed for an optimal look on any smart device or desktop. We’ll regularly post blogs, videos, updated photos, and automatically connect/link to the major social media sites. Regular posts and updates will start in earnest the beginning of the year or sooner.

The launch of our new website is part of the “rebranded” look of First Choice Tree Service, which will be prominently featured in our website, informative blogs, our 2019 Calendar and on social media sites, such as Facebook. We’ll also be celebrating the company’s 30th anniversary in 2019. Our new website proudly features our new 30th-anniversary logo that will be seen throughout 2019.

Please be sure to visit our website often to stay up on the fun and exciting photos, videos, and information that will be added throughout the upcoming year!