Beware of Lawn Care Company Scare Tactics

Once again, we are hearing from clients who state that their nationwide lawn care companies, whom will remain nameless, have left information that their property is under major attack from multitudes of insect and fungal issues. This scare tactic has been going on for years and most of you may have already experienced it.

To generate new sales, major national lawn care companies pay ‘bonuses’ to their lawn care employees who take the time to leave a supposed ‘property evaluation’ detailing all kinds of insect and fungal infestations supposedly spotted on their client’s trees and shrubs. Whether these employees know the names of certain insects and funguses given to them by these companies or not, what we find repeatedly is that what these companies say they see on your trees has nothing to do with these mentioned insects or funguses.

Many natural, environmentally related circumstances cause unavoidable leaf issues. Almost every residential property has trees or shrubs with Winter Burn or Summer Leaf Scorch, which is attributed to some unseen insect or fungus by companies who operate this way.

If you have received a notification like this, and wish to pursue it, we ask that you set up an appointment for their representative to meet you at your property. Tell them that a Tree Green representative will also be there to meet both of you, on a day and time of their choosing. We will discuss these purported issues and then you can decide what you want to do from there. We guarantee you that they will have some reason to avoid this.

The point is, if their lawn care people really knew and understood complex tree and shrub issues, they themselves would be treating trees and shrubs for those companies, not treating lawns. We don’t want to come off as bashing the competition, as we know that is not a good business practice.  But these tactics cause us so much aggravation, and so much wasted time answering questions from nervous clients, that we feel the need to call these companies out on this deceptive practice.