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Experience the transformative power of our lawn care services. Rejuvenate your topsoil, promote biodiversity, and unleash the full potential of your ecosystem. Our expert care ensures resilience against fluctuating weather conditions, insect pressure, disease, and stressors, which creates healthy living soils.
LAWN FERTILIZATION
Lawn Fertilization will get your lawn the proper nutrients. Our programs are customized for the soil in Pennsylvania.
WEED CONTROL
Are weeds annoying? We eliminate old and new weeds from your lawn with our weed control programs.
AERATION & SEEDING
Our lawn aeration will rejuvenate and strengthen your lawn for good.
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LAWN PEST CONTROL
Our Lawn Pest Control will take care of fleas, ticks, and grubs to keep your lawn and family safe.
LAWN DISEASE CONTROL
Our Lawn Disease Control program will take care of fungus and diseases that destroy lawns in Pennsylvania.
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Has the construction company left your property and your yard looking like a mess? We can start your new lawn.
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Are you looking for an Earth-friendly lawn care alternative?
Our regenerative lawn-care services give your lawn the greenest, safest, and most sustainable treatments. We provide regenerative, microbe-rich blends that will help improve heat tolerance, reduce water usage, and create a robust, sustainable turf stand with a lush look. And all this with reduced inputs of harsh chemicals or negative environmental impact.
With our people, pet and planet-friendly formulas, your whole family can enjoy lush turf – guilt-free! Plus, you’ll be able to do away with pesky pests safely. Get beautiful results while giving back to the environment – it doesn’t get better than that!
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We customize all our lawn care services to address the uniqueness of your lawn and the soil composition of Chester, Berks, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties in PA and New Castle County in DE. Our programs encompass the specific issues of your lawn and yard. Therefore, all our lawn fertilization treatments start with a soil analysis to identify your grass’s nutritional deficiencies and needs. Then, we address all nutritional imbalances to produce the most stunning results.
All our formulations and programs are community-conscious and respectful of the environment, pets, and people. In addition, they are safe for bees and earthworms.
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Lawns in Pennsylvania have their specific issues and unique problems. Therefore, we focus our attention and energy on the root cause of these problems. It is why we achieve these remarkable results.
For us, lawn care is an art and a science, and we take great pride in the quality of our work. We do not believe in a one-size-fits-all approach applied to our services.
We want our clients to be delighted with our results. Therefore, we do not settle for mediocre and always push to achieve excellence. So, let us prove it to you.
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You need help to keep your lawn healthy and green all year round. You’ve tried various lawn care or landscaping services, products, and methods but have yet to find what works for your turf.
DTL Total Turf Care has the perfect solution for you! We offer a wide range of specialized lawn care services tailored to your needs. Plus, we only use the best products and techniques, so you can be confident that your lawn will stay healthy all year.
We offer:
- Lawn Fertilization
- Weed Control for broadleaf weeds
- Weed control for Wild Violet, Yellow Nutsedge, and Japanese Stiltgrass.
- Lawn Disease Control, Brown Patch
- Lawn Pest Control (Fleas & Ticks), Grub Control
- Aeration & Overseeding
- Soil Synergy Program
- Soil Amendments
- Soil Analysis
With DTL Total Turf Care, you’ll have a lush, green lawn that’s perfect for outdoor gatherings and barbecues all year round. We offer various specialized lawn care services tailored to your individual needs, so contact us today for a free consultation!
Your lawn is in bad condition, and you don’t have time to care for it. You’ve tried other lawn services before, but they never delivered on their promises.
DTL Total Turf Care has two lawn care programs that eliminate the hassle of maintaining your yard. We also offer add-on services to meet your specific needs.
Improve the health of your soil and grass with DTL Total Turf Care’s lawn care programs. Our experienced technicians will take care of everything for you, from fertilizing to lawn aeration and overseeding, so you can relax and enjoy your beautiful yard worry-free.
Our lawn care service prices vary depending on the surface you need us to treat and the programs you select. Hence, contact our customer service to get a FREE quote. All our prices are fully transparent.
By selecting one of our lawn care programs, you’ll receive a comprehensive schedule detailing the treatments and activities we will perform on your property throughout the seasons. You can count on us to keep track of what’s been done, arriving when scheduled so that everything is taken care of effectively – topped off with reporting for observations made during treatment times.
We help you kick back, relax, and admire your lush green lawn without worrying about tedious maintenance. We can take the burden of lawn care treatments off your shoulders so that all you need to do is enjoy the results!
Maintaining your lawn with DTL Total Turf Care results in a beautiful outdoor space and significant savings on the water bill. Our expertise helps make your lawn more resilient to environmental stresses and prone to fewer diseases for an efficient care experience!
Proper lawn care safeguards your turf from potential pests and diseases while nurturing it with essential nutrients to withstand harsh weather. It also ensures you can maintain a luscious green space without harming the environment or harming people and pets. In other words, investing in proper lawn maintenance ensures your grass is green and vibrant!
You can cut your grass after our product has time to dry, which is about an hour or so, mowing at 3.5 -4” height. Also, please remember to leave the grass clippings on the lawn. It helps keep the applied product on the lawn to get down to the root zone from being watered in from the rain or during your watering schedule. Also, the clippings are beneficial organic matter.
During dry times with no rain, we recommend watering your lawn 1-2 times a week during the early morning hours. The goal is 1’’ of water a week. Do not exceed more than 1’’. Typically, this takes 30-45 mins to get 1”.
We recommend 3.5-4’’. During the stressful summer months, cutting grass 4-4.5’’.
80% of the water stored in the plant is in the leaf blade. The closer you cut it to the root zone, the more stress you will cause the plant.
It takes time to have a healthy, weed-free lawn. There are a lot of factors that come into play. Sunlight, water, airflow, and soil health play a major role in the plant’s ability to grow effectively. If the lawn hasn’t had any prior treatments in years past, expect 2-3 years of continuous service on a poorly prior maintained property and from 1-2 years on a property with some recent lawn care service.
Diseases occur naturally from environmental factors that are beyond your control. They occur during very humid times with little airflow. Excessive moisture resting on the plant combined with warm temperatures promotes disease development.
At DTL Total Turf Care, we have a disease protection program to help limit the damage created by the disease. Please consider our disease program if you want the best chance at keeping that healthy green look during the stressful disease season in the summer.
- Excellent customer communication.
- We use top-tier products with no filler.
- We have a soil-focused approach to lawn care to help improve the soil in which the grass grows.
- We offer specialty treatments that other companies do not, including fungicides, tough weed treatments, and restorations.
- We help inform and educate the customer on best practices and maintenance tips.
- We offer more time and care to each customer.
- We use pollinator and earthworm-friendly grub control.
No, we do not install sod. However, we can recommend a trusted service for installation or offer seeding as an alternative. Additionally, we provide a lawn care program designed to complement both sod and seed, ensuring successful establishment
No, we do not perform grading work. However, we can recommend a trusted service for grading. Additionally, we provide a lawn care program designed to complement both grading and seeding, ensuring successful establishment.
No, we do not offer mowing services. Our role is to focus on the health of your lawn, while mowing crews handle the regular maintenance. We can recommend a trusted mowing provider if needed, and we offer a lawn care program that complements mowing and promotes strong, healthy turf establishment.
At DTL Total Turf Care, our programs have been carefully developed over the past 15 years, combining real-world experience with data-driven strategies. Every aspect of our lawn care approach is designed to deliver consistent, long-term results. For this reason, we highly recommend following the full program to maximize the health, appearance, and success of your lawn.
We do offer in-depth consultations at a cost of $50 per visit. However, if you choose to move forward with the recommended work, the $50 consultation fee will be credited toward your service. It’s also important to note that our highly trained route managers provide a free consultation during your first application, offering professional insights and recommendations at no additional charge.
Grub control is a standard part of our lawn care program. Based on recent trends, shifting weather patterns, and real-world experience, we’re confident that including preventative grub control acts as an important insurance policy — potentially saving you eight to ten times the cost of repairing grub damage. Additionally, the grub preventative we use is much safer for the environment, your lawn, and your family compared to traditional curative treatments, which are far more toxic and less effective after damage has occurred.
Unlike landscapers, who offer many services, DTL is laser focused. Lawn care is all we think about, all day long
DTL Total Turf Care’s Essentials Program is built to deliver comprehensive weed control and promote a stronger, healthier lawn. Our program features pre-emergent applications to prevent crabgrass, goosegrass, and other annual grassy weeds from germinating. We also provide post-emergent treatments that effectively control common broadleaf weeds such as dandelions, clover, winter annuals, plantain, and spurge. For more difficult weeds like Japanese stiltgrass, nutsedge, dallisgrass, and wild violet, we offer targeted solutions to help keep your lawn looking its best all season long
Our Surface Insect Program is designed to protect your lawn and outdoor spaces from damaging and nuisance pests. We utilize an advanced insect control featuring UVX technology, which provides extended residual control lasting 48 to 60 days. This treatment effectively targets and controls lawn-damaging insects such as chinch bugs and sod webworms, while also offering excellent protection against nuisance pests like fleas, ticks, spiders and ants.
At DTL Total Turf Care, the safety of your family and pets is a top priority. All of our lawn treatments are safe for humans and animals once the application has dried. We recommend staying off the lawn until it is fully dry, which typically occurs within a few hours, to ensure maximum safety and effectiveness. Our programs also incorporate a plant extract that helps treatments penetrate into the plant where they are sealed, reducing any potential exposure. Additionally, we are committed to using sustainably sourced and environmentally responsible products whenever possible, promoting both a healthy lawn and a healthier environment.
At DTL Total Turf Care, we believe that excellent customer communication is the foundation of great service. We take pride in using only top-tier products with no fillers, ensuring that every application delivers true value to your lawn. Our soil-focused approach goes beyond surface appearances — we work to build healthier soil, creating a stronger foundation for long-term turf success.
We also offer specialty treatments that many other companies do not, including advanced fungicide programs, tough-to-control weed solutions, and full lawn restorations when needed. In addition, we are committed to helping educate and inform our customers, providing best practices and maintenance tips to maximize results.
Unlike many larger companies, we dedicate more time and care to each property, making sure you receive the attention and service you deserve. Our commitment to the environment is reflected in our use of pollinator- and earthworm-friendly grub control products, promoting a thriving, healthy ecosystem right in your backyard.
Lawn Fertilization
Weed Control for broadleaf weeds
Weed control for Wild Violet, Yellow Nutsedge, and Japanese Stiltgrass.
Lawn Disease Control, Brown Patch
Lawn Pest Control (Fleas & Ticks), Grub Control
Aeration & Overseeding
Soil Synergy Program
Soil Amendments
Soil Analysis
At DTL Total Turf Care, we want our customers to have realistic expectations about the process of lawn improvement. While noticeable progress is often seen early on, it typically takes anywhere from one to three years for a lawn to fully respond to our lawn care programs.
It’s important to understand that the turfgrasses commonly used today are not native to Pennsylvania — or even to North America — and they are constantly battling environmental stresses. Factors such as mowing practices, irrigation habits, soil conditions, weather patterns, and other natural variables all play significant roles in a lawn’s overall success.
While our programs are designed to give your lawn the strongest possible foundation, achieving a consistently healthy and thriving lawn requires time, consistency, proper cultural practices, and ongoing care. Our goal is to partner with you through the entire process, helping your lawn steadily improve and adapt over time.
After a lawn treatment, we recommend lightly watering your lawn within 24 hours if natural rainfall isn’t expected. A light watering (about ¼ inch or 15-20 min) helps move the products into the soil and onto the plant surface, ensuring better absorption and effectiveness. This is especially important after fertilizer or pre-emergent applications.
Our professional lawn care technicians are here to take your turf from any condition to its full potential. That said, don’t wait too long, as fertilizer applied between March and April gives the perfect kickstart in Pennsylvania for when the grass begins actively growing.
Also, fertilizer applications in late October will feed your lawn for the winter season and help it get through to the following spring season. Read more about this in our Knowledge Center.
Our Pennsylvania-based weed control services are second to none. Our expertise in weed control ensures that your Pennsylvania landscape stays lush and vibrant! We provide comprehensive treatment protocols to minimize the presence of potentially invasive species, including:
- Crabgrass
- Dandelion
- Oxalis
- Black medic
- Plantain
- Ground ivy
- Spotted spurge
- Bittercress
- Foxtail
- Ragweed
- Creeping Charlie
- Canadian thistle
In addition, we have special weed control programs for Yellow Nutsedge, Wild Violet, and Japanese Stiltgrass.
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Our commitment to client satisfaction means the utmost care and precision regarding lawn treatments. So, before beginning any protocols, we ensure that our team is well-versed in your soil composition through a comprehensive analysis. With this understanding of pH level and nutrition deficiencies firmly established, tailored solutions are created based on an individualized assessment – guaranteeing results you can rely on!
We take pride in providing only the best lawn care available. We guarantee full customer satisfaction without compromising our efforts to deliver the results you need. Our data-driven approach to soil analysis ensures we adjust for any deficiencies until you get the desired results!
To ensure a successful treatment, allow the product to fully dry to work its magic. Depending on sun intensity and weather conditions, this can take up to an hour or longer – so plan accordingly! If your pup needs outdoor fun during that window, no problem; just avoid the treated area until the surface is dry.
After applying the weed control, please allow for two weeks for it to take full effect. Should you be unhappy with its performance, reach out to us, and we’ll come to inspect your property so that any necessary treatments can follow swiftly. All you need to do is contact our customer service and ask for our technician to visit your property gain.
Safety is our utmost concern, and our proprietary application methods will ensure no leach into your well water. To ensure optimum growth for lawn plants, we use a specific quantity of products that reach the root zone directly for absorption into plants. We calculate precisely the volumes of fertilizer and pesticides per square foot and use only safe top-tier products and best practices learned through years of experience.
At DTL Total Turf Care, we devote extreme care to daily weather monitoring and only treat your lawn when the forecast conditions are optimal. That way, we ensure that our treatment effectively reaches its intended destination – the root zone!
On misty or drizzly occasions, though? These moments provide an ideal opportunity: with plants more receptive under these humid atmospheres, enhancing results of application becomes all but guaranteed!
The EPA and PA Department of Agriculture regulate and test all pesticides, so the products are handled correctly, used properly, and applied effectively. We take pride in being excellent environmental stewards and ensure we comply with and follow laws and environmental regulations.
Bees and earthworms are essential for a healthy environment and ecosystem, so we use bee and earthworm-friendly grub control, for example. Anything can be harmful if it’s not used properly. Our technicians are licensed, certified, and trained to keep our environment safe and healthy.
Brown areas on your lawn can have many different root causes:
- Disease
- Grub damage
- Surface insect damage
- Dog urine spots
- Poor drainage
- High traffic
- Objects left on the lawn
To identify the root cause of brown areas, our lawn technicians will investigate its origin and prepare a plan with recommendations. Please contact our customer service to schedule an appointment.
There are a few solutions for you that combine best practices and training:
- Water in the area where the dog urinated to help dilute the urea in that area to eliminate grass burns.
- Limit the volume of urine in your yard by taking the dog for walks in the neighborhood. In other words, break your dog’s habits on your lawn.
Many factors can influence the health of your lawn:
- Watering
- Drainage
- Disease
- Mowing habits
- Traffic
- Grass species
- Weeds
- Nutrition deficiencies
All these points can impact the health of your lawn. Hence, understanding the problem helps to find the solution. Please contact our customer service for help if the task is daunting.
New seed or sod requires a different approach. Water lightly and frequently to keep the topsoil consistently moist (avoid ponding/puddling). For seed, you may need to water once or twice a day during the first 2–3 weeks. For sod, water daily for the first 10–14 days, ensuring the soil beneath the sod stays damp. As the roots establish, gradually transition to a deeper, less frequent watering schedule.
For best results, wait 48 hours after a lawn treatment before mowing. If you must mow sooner, set your mower to 3½ inches or higher and leave the clippings on the lawn to return nutrients and support growth.
DTL Total Turf Care proudly services all of Chester County, the northern part of New Castle County, Delaware, and the entire Main Line region outside of Philadelphia. We also extend our services into parts of Montgomery, Berks, Delaware, and Lancaster Counties.
At DTL Total Turf Care, our treatments are carefully selected and applied to stay within the turf and topsoil, posing no risk to well water. We use responsible products, precise application methods, and low-mobility materials to ensure environmental safety. When applied correctly, our treatments will not impact well water quality.
Brown patches on your lawn can result from a variety of underlying issues, including:
Turf disease
Grub damage
Surface insect damage
Dog urine spots
Poor drainage
Heavy foot traffic
Objects left on the lawn
To accurately identify the cause, our trained route managers will thoroughly inspect the affected areas and develop a customized plan with recommendations. Please contact our customer service team to schedule an appointment.
At DTL Total Turf Care, we do not offer one-time lawn care services. Achieving meaningful, long-lasting results requires consistency and a comprehensive approach. That’s why we recommend enrolling in our Essentials Program, which is specifically designed to deliver complete, season-long care. This ensures your lawn receives the right treatments at the right times, leading to healthier, more resilient turf over time.
There are a few solutions that combine best practices and proven techniques:
Water the affected area immediately after your dog urinates to help dilute the urea and minimize the risk of grass burn.
Limit the amount of urine on your lawn by regularly taking your dog for walks around the neighborhood. In other words, help break the habit of using your lawn as the primary spot.
Proper Mowing Heights and Clipping Practices for a Healthy Lawn
Maintaining the right mowing height is essential for promoting a healthy, resilient lawn. We recommend the following guidelines:
Spring and Fall: Mow at a height between 3.25 and 4 inches to encourage strong root growth and a thick, vibrant turf during cooler seasons.
Summer: Raise the mowing height to between 3.75 and 4.5 inches. Taller grass shades the soil, conserving moisture, reducing heat stress, and helping to suppress weeds naturally.
As a general rule, do not collect your clippings — allowing them to return to the lawn helps recycle nutrients and support healthy growth. The only times we recommend collecting clippings are when there is active disease pressure or if you have been away on vacation and the lawn has grown too long between mowings.
At DTL Total Turf Care, we stand behind the quality of our work and the professionalism of our team. Our goal is to deliver noticeable improvements to your lawn through a carefully designed, season-long program.
While lawn care is a process influenced by many outside factors — such as weather, watering, mowing habits, and environmental conditions — we guarantee that if you complete our full program and are not satisfied with the results, we will work with you to make it right. This may include providing additional recommendations, adjustments to your program, or alternative solutions as needed.
We focus on being proactive, not reactive, and our highly trained route managers are here to guide you every step of the way. Rather than offering endless service calls, we emphasize clear communication, education, and a results-driven approach to achieve the best possible outcome for your lawn.
Your satisfaction is our priority — and we are committed to earning your trust season after season.
Our Summer Weed Control is a targeted post-emergent treatment that tackles grassy weeds missed by early pre-emergent applications. Breakthroughs can happen if an application was delayed, missed, or poorly applied by a previous provider
At DTL Total Turf Care, we generally do not recommend spring seeding for cool-season grasses. Successful seed establishment requires 8 to 10 weeks of ideal growing conditions, which are very difficult to achieve in the spring due to the quick transition into summer heat.
Additionally, spring seeding compromises the ability to apply pre-emergent weed controls, making the lawn more vulnerable to summer grassy weeds such as crabgrass and goosegrass. If you choose to seed in the spring, it’s important to understand that some weed presence is likely, and a follow-up seeding in the fall will almost always be necessary to fully establish a healthy, dense lawn.
For the best long-term results, we typically recommend focusing on fall seeding when conditions are much more favorable.
Mushrooms are a natural sign of healthy, active soil and often appear after rain or in damp conditions. They don’t harm your lawn and usually disappear as the area dries out. To manage them, improve drainage, mow regularly, and remove mushrooms by hand if needed. Their presence is normal and a positive indicator of soil health.
At DTL Total Turf Care, we prefer liquid applications because they provide better coverage, faster results, and allow us to customize treatments to your lawn’s exact needs. Liquids are absorbed more quickly by the grass, minimize environmental runoff, and deliver more consistent, professional results compared to granular products.
At DTL Total Turf Care, we apply lawn treatments using both the pull hose method and stand-on zero-turn sprayers. This versatility allows us to adapt to each property’s unique layout, ensuring applications are performed both accurately and efficiently. Whether navigating tight spaces with a hose or covering larger open areas quickly with a ride-on sprayer, we’re able to deliver precise, consistent results while maximizing time on site.