Especially because ticks are known carriers of serious and sometimes deadly diseases tick lawn treatment is essential to protect you your family and pets.
Lawn treatment for ticks.
Ticks are capable of spreading disease when they go from host to host.
Here s how to treat fleas in the yard and make your lawn less attractive to them.
That makes any wooded areas adjacent to your property potential.
Place a 3 ft wide barrier of wood chips or gravel between lawns and wooded areas to restrict tick migration into recreational areas.
As ticks continue to rise in record numbers now is the time to take action.
Lawn spray treatment for fleas ticks.
Repair any cracks and crevices where ticks may.
Lyme disease is one of the most common tick borne illnesses.
To discourage ticks in your yard keep your lawn mowed because ticks prefer long grass.
Non chemical methods of treatment include keeping the grass mowed removal of bushy areas and fencing to keep deer away.
Use a spreader to apply scotts turf builder summerguard lawn food with insect control which feeds and strengthens your grass while killing fleas.
Stack wood neatly and in a dry area discourages rodents.
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Create a perimeter around your home that s unfriendly to fleas.
To lessen the chance of contracting a disease from a tick you must kill any ticks that are in your lawn.
These tiny bloodsuckers multiply quickly can jump from one host to another and can live in your lawn.
And clean up any leaf litter or brush.
Fleas and ticks are common enemies of pet owners.
Keep grass cut short.
Many tick varieties including the lyme transmitting black legged variety favor the dense cover of woodlands over open lawn.
The spray nozzle lets you adjust the spray for wider or narrower coverage.
Doing so prevents your pets from picking up the ticks outside and bringing them inside.
Mow the lawn frequently.
Treating yards for ticks is more important as tick numbers and tick borne illnesses rise.
And clean up any leaf litter or brush.
If at all possible avoid known tick habitats during tick season.