Lawn care guides for the Highland Lakes
Straight answers to the questions we hear at every lawn analysis — written for Hill Country soil, Hill Country grasses, and Hill Country weather, by a TDA-licensed applicator with years of golf course superintendent experience.
Pre-Emergent Timing in Central Texas
The exact pre-emergent windows for Central Texas lawns — spring and fall soil-temperature triggers, why February matters, and the mistakes that let crabgrass and grassburs through.
Read the guide →Getting Rid of Grassburs
Why grassburs thrive in sandy Highland Lakes soil, why pulling and mowing don't work, and the two-part program — timed pre-emergent plus thicker turf — that actually eliminates them.
Read the guide →Yellow Lawn? Iron Chlorosis
Yellow St. Augustine or Bermuda on caliche soil usually isn't a nitrogen problem — it's iron chlorosis caused by high-pH Hill Country soil. How to identify it and actually fix it.
Read the guide →Brown Patch in St. Augustine
Those brown circles in your St. Augustine every fall are large patch fungus. How to tell it from drought and grubs, why it hits shaded Hill Country lawns, and how prevention actually works.
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Texas Turf Pros builds and runs weed control & fertilization programs across the Highland Lakes — Kingsland, Marble Falls, Horseshoe Bay, Burnet, and Llano. TDA-licensed, run by an owner with golf course superintendent experience.