Fertilization & Weed Control in Wildwood, MO

Fertilization and weed control for Wildwood's big, shaded lawns, priced by measured turf area. About forty minutes from our O'Fallon shop.

Call (636) 293-9306
Porter's Lawn Service trailer and mower on a healthy, weed-free lawn in Wildwood, Missouri

Lawn treatments in Wildwood

Wildwood is about thirty-five to forty-five minutes from our shop at 2743 Hwy P in O'Fallon, and the lawns there are the most shaded on our routes. Oak and hickory canopy covers a big share of every lot in Grover, Winding Trails, the Villages at Brightleaf, and the three-acre neighborhoods, and fescue in that shade needs a program that feeds hardest in fall and goes easy in spring.

The program runs five rounds: early spring fertilizer with crabgrass pre-emergent for the sunny sections, late spring feeding with broadleaf control, a summer treatment with spot-spraying, early fall fertilizer, and a late fall winterizer. We price by measured turf area and group Wildwood stops on one route day, with travel built into the per-application price. Each visit leaves a flag and a note.

What the program includes

Early spring fertilizer with crabgrass pre-emergent

Late spring feeding with broadleaf weed control for dandelions, clover, henbit, and plantain

Summer treatment timed for heat, with spot-spraying of weeds that break through

Early fall fertilizer to rebuild roots after summer stress

Late fall winterizer so the lawn greens up early next spring

A note after each visit on what was applied and what to watch for

Want the full picture of this service? Read our Fertilization page, or see everything we do on the Wildwood service area page.

Get Your Free Estimate

Locally owned, licensed and insured. We respond fast.

How fertilization & weed control works in Wildwood

From the first call to a finished yard, here is what to expect.

Tell us about your yard

Call (636) 293-9306 or send the form with your Wildwood address and what you need. We reply the same business day.

We measure and quote the lawn

The price is based on your Wildwood lawn's square footage. You get a per-application price and the full season schedule up front.

Applications on schedule

Each round goes down in its window, timed to soil temperature rather than a calendar date. You do not need to be home.

A thicker lawn each year

Dense turf crowds out weeds on its own. By the second season most lawns need far less spot treatment.

Shade lawns and deer-browsed edges

Under heavy canopy the weeds are violets, wild strawberry, and moss rather than crabgrass, and they get their own products on the summer and fall rounds. The sunny sections near the house get the full crabgrass treatment. Fall aeration and a shade-tolerant overseeding pair with the program on nearly every Wildwood lawn, since dense turf is the only thing that holds up under the trees, and keeping leaves off the new grass in November matters as much as any application.

What fertilization costs in Wildwood

Fertilization and weed control in Wildwood is priced per application, quoted for free from a measurement of your turf. The price depends on:

Lawn square footage. Product is applied by area, so a larger lawn costs more per round.

Number of rounds. The standard program is five applications. Lawns coming off a rough year sometimes add a sixth.

Current condition. A lawn that is mostly weeds needs heavier broadleaf treatment the first season.

Add-ons. Grub control, fall aeration, overseeding, and lime for acidic soil can be added to the program.

Dense green turf after a fertilization program in Wildwood, MO

Fertilization & Weed Control questions from Wildwood homeowners

Before soil temperatures hold around 55 degrees, which in Wildwood is usually late March to early April, about when forsythia blooms. Miss that window and the pre-emergent cannot stop seed that has already sprouted.
Five is the standard for tall fescue in St. Louis County: early spring, late spring, summer, early fall, and late fall. Zoysia lawns get a different schedule weighted toward summer.
Once the application has dried, usually within an hour or two, the lawn can be used normally. We leave a flag and a note after each visit so you know when it went down.
Yes. Both need a different product than ordinary broadleaf killer, and we treat them on the summer and fall rounds. Violets take a couple of seasons to fully knock back.
Yes. Fertilizer does its best work on a lawn that is mowed high and watered deeply about once a week in summer. Pair the program with our mowing in Wildwood and we coordinate both.

Start a lawn program in Wildwood

Call (636) 293-9306 or send the form and we will measure your Wildwood lawn and send a per-application price with the season schedule.

Call (636) 293-9306
Porter's Lawn Service truck and mower at a property in Wildwood, Missouri