We start with a soil test, not a sales pitch.

This is exactly what the walk-through determines, and it’s the first question we answer. When the foundation is sound, with workable soil, the right grass for the site, and adequate drainage, a treatment program can usually restore a struggling lawn without replacing any of it. When the original installation was poor, the variety doesn’t suit the site, or the decline has advanced too far, treatment can’t catch up, and fresh sod is the better investment.

Occasionally the correct answer is to leave the lawn alone for six weeks and reassess. That’s a legitimate recommendation, and one we’d rather give than sell you something you don’t need.

A soil-driven feeding plan, not a spray-and-go calendar. Every program starts with a full soil test, covering pH, base saturation, and organic matter, so each application has a defined purpose: slow-release nitrogen, potassium, chelated iron, mycorrhizal inoculants and biostimulants, soil conditioner, the micronutrients the test calls for, core aeration, and targeted feeding for the trees, shrubs, and palms that share the soil.

Programs start at $149 per visit, run six to eight visits a year, and are billed per visit rather than monthly. No two properties get an identical schedule, because no two soil tests come back the same.

Plenty — the restriction covers nitrogen and phosphorus, not everything else. From June 1 through September 30, county rule prohibits applying N and P to turf and landscape. Potassium is not restricted, and it happens to be both the nutrient our sandy soil leaches fastest and the one that drives root strength, drought tolerance, and disease resistance, so it becomes the backbone of the summer program alongside chelated iron, micronutrients, and biostimulants. The wet season is also the best window for core aeration, soil conditioner, and close pest and disease monitoring.

One local note: a handful of Palm Beach County cities — North Palm Beach, Boca Raton, and the Town of Palm Beach among them — enforce a stricter ordinance that extends the restriction through October 31. If your property sits in one of those municipalities, we run the longer window and hold nitrogen until it lifts.

When a lawn has been fertilized and still looks tired, the cause is almost always pH, not nitrogen. South Florida soils tend to run alkaline, which chemically locks iron, manganese, and zinc away from the plant. The nutrients are present in the soil; the grass simply can’t access them.

Sandy ground compounds the problem, flushing much of what’s applied through the root zone before the plant can use it. The remedy is consistent: test the soil, correct the pH, and build organic matter with conditioner and biology. Only then does fertilizer perform as intended, which is what a treatment program is built to do.