Lawn Disease Treatments Are A Part of Lawn Control You Will Be Expected To Know About Regardless of What Services You Offer

Name: Lawn Disease Control Online Course
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Are you ready to take your lawn disease diagnosis and treatment skills to the next level? Our Lawn Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Mastery program is here to help you treat and prevent diseases on your customers’ lawns with confidence.

Here’s What You’ll Get When You Sign Up

With our 12 comprehensive videos, you’ll learn how to identify and effectively manage common diseases on cool, warm, and transition turf grasses. No more guessing or trial and error – our expert guidance will give you the knowledge you need to provide top-notch service to your clients. Don’t let lawn diseases hold you back – join our Mastery program today and become a true expert in diagnosing and treating lawn issues. Your customers (and your business) will thank you!

Module 1: Introduction

Videos: Introduction of Main Points, Why Offer Lawn Disease Control Services

If you haven’t been offering disease control, you will after going through these lessons. If you are being paid to do anything to a lawn, it is important to know about lawn disease so that at least you can notify the homeowner if you don’t have an applicators license. Lawn Disease can kill an entire lawn and require an expensive lawn replacement. Your customer expects you to be an authority. You can stop issues before they start and give customers cultural information for prevention.

Module 2: Diagnosis Basics, Cool Season, Warm Season

Videos: Diagnosis Basics, Cool Season Grass Disease, Warm Season Grass Disease

In this module we will go through the disease pyramid and disease what it takes to cause a disease infection in a lawn. Definition of disease and a breakdown of biotic and abiotic. With the understanding of what it takes for disease to happen, the next two videos go through the main diseases that occur on cool and warm season grasses. Downloads includes more professional details of each disease.

Module 3: Environmental Issues and Preventative Measures

Videos: Environmental Issues That Cause Disease, Preventative Actions to Control Disease

Your understanding and then teaching proper irrigation can help your customers prevent disease. Informing your customers on their grass type and proper preventative measures can make your job easier and create more of a teamwork relaitonship. These lessons will help you inform your customers and arm them with preventative measures to fight disease. You will understand that even when disease spores are present, controlling the enviroment can stop it from being a problem. Learn what you can do to prevent disease as a lawn care company such as proper mowing, thatch removal, and proper fertilization.

Module 4: Products, Pricing, Review

Videos: Disease Control Products, Pricing and Wrap-Up Review

Disease control products are contact or systemic. Many are broad spectrum and treat a lot of different diseases. Proper product selection, application, and timing is crucial for success. There are a few disease issues like Fairy Ring or Brown Patch that can require special applications. After this module you will be able to put the pieces together to develop a complete comprehensive disease program for your area. Whether you only offer disease control or disease preventative services and whether or not to charge for these services is debated. You will have a basis to make a good decision on pricing for your business.

BONUS-Review Of Turf Grass Identification

We provide a review of grass type identification. It is important to know what type of grass you are working with to narrow down disease issues.

Identify cool season grasses such as perennial rye, fescue, and Kentucky bluegrass. Recognize the warm season varieties such as St. Augustine, Bermuda, Centipede, and Zoysia. Three videos.

Course Bonuses in Downloads

11 Main Cool Season Diseases Pictures and Description Guide

This is a pdf created by Virginia Tech as a study aid for the Commercial Applicators license test. Use as a study guide, field reference, or employee training.

16 Professionally Produced Bayer Disease Bulletins

Bulletins include pictures, symptoms and solutions. Professional product suggests with environmental techniques where possible. These are downloadable.

Disease Control Quiz

Take the quiz and test your skills. Use the Social Media Badge to show your Facebook followers how well you did! Use to help train employees and test new employees.

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