Utica, NY lawn care service at the click of a button

Utica can be a challenging place to live for a few months of the year. We get a whopping 96 inches of snow annually, making it one of the snowiest cities in the United States.

But when that snow melts and winter gives way to spring, you’d be hard-pressed to find a prettier place in New York, with its 900 acres of city parks and numerous hiking trails leading to breathtaking waterfalls.

Why waste these beautiful spring and summer months pushing a mower? Let Lawnstarter help. We mow, weed, fertilize, trim bushes, landscape and provide other services to keep your lawn looking great until the snow buries it again in winter.

Here’s what lawn care looks like in Utica: 

Best Grass Types for Utica

Due to the snowy winters in Utica, cold-season grasses work best. Here are some of the grasses that are commonly used for lawns:

• Tall fescue: It handles cold and various soil types and also tolerates heat and drought. 
• Fine fescue: Fine fescue is well-suited for cold climates. It also requires less maintenance than some other varieties.
• Perennial ryegrass: This cold-hardy grass, often mixed with Kentucky bluegrass or fine fescue, has a fine-to-medium texture and rich green color.
• Kentucky bluegrass: This grass is tough and can tolerate heavy foot traffic and full sun, making it ideal for a variety of lawns. Although it has a shallower root system than tall fescue, its dense turf provides a protective layer against foot traffic.

How Often Should You Mow Your Lawn? In Utica, it’s best to keep cool-season grasses at a consistent height, which means mowing weekly during milder months when grass grows fastest.

Lawn Pests and Diseases in Utica

Regularly maintaining and caring for your lawn keeps pests and diseases at bay. Neglecting your lawn, on the other hand, can invite these invaders:

• Red Thread: Utica lawns can be vulnerable to red thread if the grass lacks the nutrients it needs. During fall, spring, and lengthy periods of dew at night, grass blades develop pinkish-red threads at their tips.   
• Dollar Spot Disease: Humid summers bring dollar spot diseases, which look like small circular dead patches on the grass.
• Brown Patch: Symptoms of brown patch include wilted grass and circular brown patches that appear during hot, humid weather. 
• White Grubs: They turn your grass gray-green and cause it to wilt. Eventually, you’ll have irregular patches of dead turf. 

Other Services We Offer

LawnStarter helps you achieve the best possible outdoor space with a full array of services, including:

• Landscaping: Our experts design and build landscapes that complement lawns
• Leaf Removal: The foliage is awesome here in the fall, but all those leaves eventually pile up on your lawn. Not so awesome. Let our pros make those leaves vanish.
• Aeration: We loosen the soil so it absorbs the nutrients, water, and oxygen your lawn needs to thrive.
• Fertilization: A properly fertilized lawn not only looks great, but it resists diseases and pests.

LawnStarter is a full-service lawn care provider with the knowledge and expertise to do the job right and a track record of reliability. So spend the day at the Utica Zoo or Ft. Proctor Park. Just leave the dirty work to us. You can book service by phone, web or app.