1. What Do You Use For Pre-Emergent Weed Control?
   Genuine organic companies will use a plant-based or feed-quality pre-emergent weed suppression, usually Corn Gluten Meal. If a company uses a chemical pre-emergent weed control, know that this forms a chemical blanket that sits on your lawn for 3 to 4 months in order to prevent weeds. Natural Corn Gluten Meal, on the other hand, is found in many of the foods you eat and is a much better, and safer choice for pre-emergent weed suppression.
2. What Do You Use For Grub & Insect Control?
   True organic companies will use Beneficial Nematodes, Bacillus Thuringiensis, Plant Oils, or Milky Spore to control grubs naturally. If a company uses Imacloprid (Merit, Mach II, Bayer Advanced, GrubEx) or some other form of grub control, it's a chemical that sits on your lawn's surface for the entire season.
3. How Do You Control Weeds?
   If a company uses organic fertilizers like poultry manure or sewage sludge, then you'll probably have a fair amount of weeds, as these do a poor job suppressing weed growth. If Corn Gluten Meal is used, then your weeds should be somewhat diminished. If a company relies on chemicals to control weeds, you'll be left with the toxic remnants on your lawn and in the environment. Good Nature uses proprietary nutrient mixes that favor grass over weeds. This results in a natural lawn, with far fewer weeds than you’d have just treating it with organic fertilizers and none of the toxins you'd have if you went with chemical lawn care. 
4. What's In Your Fertilizer?
   Organic-based fertilizers contain 25% organic material, the rest is synthetic. Plant-based, feed-grade fertilizers and good quality compost and compost tea are generally the highest quality fertilizers and help your landscape thrive without chemicals.
5. Do You Offer Both Organic & Chemical Fertilizer Programs?
   Companies that do mostly chemical lawn care, but offer an organic option, are generally less committed to helping you reduce or eliminate chemicals in your lawn, as compared to companies who focus solely on providing an organic approach.

A Note on Natural Controls

There is a new emphasis on using pesticides that are made from natural ingredients. We believe that anything that is designed to kill something, has potential to do damage to non-target organisms, like people for instance. Our goal is to grow healthy grass and plants that don’t require pesticides, natural or chemical. If problems do occur, you want to eliminate the cause of the problem, not just mask it by using a pesticide. Obviously, if it is determined that a pesticide is the only option, it makes sense to go with the most natural and least toxic option. We use things like Clove Oil to kill grass and weeds, Garlic to discourage insects and Neem Oil to deter lawn grubs.

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