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Lawn Tech’s History

Lawn Tech was founded in 1971 by Ronald Park, as a pestiside application company. In 1998, the company was purchased by Dan Boak, an employee of the company since 1991. He currently serves as president of Lawn Tech.

The company today is a full-service operation, specializing in turfgrass management and landscape design. Lawn Tech provides services to both residential and commercial properties. We are locally-owned and family-operated, with a home base in the Grand Ledge area.

We offer an extensive list of services that can enhance the appearance of your property. Our mission is to provide quality service, communication, superior products and technical knowledge to every customer. Our goal is for each customer to receive service, education and the satisfaction of having a lawn that is the envy of the neighborhood.


Summer of stress continues for turf

Recent rainfall has provided some relief to dormant turfgrass areas. If the turf has resumed growth, a fertilizer application could be helpful in assisting the turf to recover. [READ MORE]

How much water does your lawn irrigation system apply?

As dry conditions persist, knowing how much water your irrigation system applies is critical for maintaining healthy turf. [READ MORE]

The ups and downs of Japanese beetle populations

Relative abundance of Japanese beetles in your yard this year compared with last year mostly depends on the amount of rain the previous July and August. [READ MORE]

Phone calls indicate that grubs are already causing turf damage

A recent grub question I had reflects many emails and phone calls this week about lawns, athletic fields and golf courses. [READ MORE]

Disease Forecasting

Predicting disease outbreaks is similar to predicting the weather in that neither is very accurate. The best that one can do is to explain the environmental conditions under which they occur and hope you are correct. One of the keys for the development of foliar diseases like dollar spot, brown patch, Pythium blight and foliar anthracnose is high humidity. The temperature requirements vary for these diseases, but regardless of the temperature, they will not occur when the humidity is low. Crown rot anthracnose infection occurs following periods of constant rainfall. Take all patch and summer patch infections also take place during periods of heavy rains or constant rainfall. The disease symptoms for all 3 of these diseases are more severe when periods of excess rainfall are followed by high temperatures and drought stress, much like many parts of Michigan are experiencing.

I know we would all like to be able to predict when these diseases are going to occur several days in advance based on weather forecasting, but as I like to say, weather forecasters are the only people I know who can be wrong over 50 % of the time and still keep their jobs! Because of the variations in temperatures that occur in Michigan, the best solution for these diseases is to be on a preventive fungicide program based on historical data and environmental conditions. Dollar spot may be a problem all season long but, historically, will be especially bad in August and September. Brown patch and Pythium blight will be most severe in July and early August, and crown rot anthracnose will be most severe during July and August. Some additional parameters for the development of these and other diseases, along with helpful diagnostic descriptions can be found on the MSU turf diseases website, www.msuturfdiseases.net.