LANDSCAPING: FLORALAWN - POLICIES, LAWN & SHRUB MAINTENANCE, WATERING, TRIMMING &
FERTILIZER SCHEDULES
Floralawn Trim and Weed Control Schedule by Section
(Revised 4/22)
Sections in order: Blue, Orange, Pink and Yellow .
Specific Trimming Requests will done when that residents section is scheduled. If needed sooner, please let Property Manager know and he will see if Floralawn can approve it to be done sooner.
This is to inform you of a change in service (effective July 18,2024) from our lawn contractor, Floralawn--
Because of ongoing verbal abuse and threats of physical harm to Floralawn employees by certain residents of the
Carlsberg Estates community, starting July 18, 2024, Floralawn will begin to service us as per our contract only.
Our contract does not provide provisions for op-outs. They were doing this as a courtesy to us. As of July 18, 2024,
there will only be 2 levels of service. FULL SERVICE OR NO SERVICE. They will continue to use the curb
reflectors to delineate between service levels, except now they will indicate NO SERVICE instead of partial service.
Each resident should have received this notification. If not, Clickhere to view entire letter signed by our Board of Directors.
Floralawn Update - November starts the new schedule for the nongrowing season (Nov-March). Mowing will be every other week and trimming every other month by color zone. Color Zones are BLUE, ORANGE, PINK and YELLOW. We ended with Orange for October. Remember due to weather or unusual circumstances a week might get skipped but will be done the following week. Remember that proper watering (yes even in the winter) and mulching are critical to the landscaping and appearance of our yards. Visit our website or bulletin board for more details on Floralawn's care and maintenance of our community.
Polk County Watering Schedule
Weed Eating Policy
When Floralawn uses their weed whips to service the lawns, they try to not hit any Lanai Screens but sometimes accidents do happen. Please protect your screened Lanais by having a kick plate or landscape barrier around it.
If your screen is not protected Floralawn cannot be made responsible for damages when trying to weed whip grass away from the unprotected area.
Edging of Landscape Beds
Edging of beds will done every other mowing or 2X/month during growing season. During winter months only once a month. However beds with rock or stone beds will not be edged so as not to endanger the Landscape Crew. Weed whip will be used for those areas not accessible to use the Hard Edger.
Mowing
Growing Season is April thru October - mowing is every week.
Non-Growing Season is November - March - mowing is every other week
Lawn & Shrub Care Schedule
February Turf and Shrubs
April Turf
May Shrubs
June Turf
August Turf and Shrubs
October Turf
November Shrubs
December Turf
* Turf Applications include: fertilizer, insecticide and weed killer (Broadleaf only, no weed grasses or crabgrass). Fungicide is not included regularly, but if you suspect it, fill out form to report it so it can be checked. This is outside Scope of Services so there may be a cost involved. Applications are done 6 times a year. Cinch & Webworm included. Report any signs.
* Shrubs - a liquid fertilizer of 20-20-20 blend is used on the Shrubs. Includes insecticide and fungicide. This is done 4 times a year.
* Oak trees - trimming is normally done around November -March unless it's something that can't wait. Anything over 10 feet will require resident to hire their own Tree Contractor.
Any damages accidentally done by Floralawn (sprinkler heads, fence, etc.) will not be paid unless it has been reported in timely manner and pre-approved. Residents may not have it fixed and then submit a bill later, as it will not be reimbursed.
Proper irrigation of our lawns and shrubs is vital to the success of Floralawn's turf applications, so County's Schedule please make sure lawns are watered a minimum of 2 times a week for 20-30 minutes. Polk regarding watering is provided on the website.
Landscape Beds - Mulching is priority to ensure a better control of weeds and to maintain moisture for plants. Please make sure you mulch your beds each year or more as needed. Floralawn will not be responsible for excessive weeds in beds that do not have mulch because they will only spray once a month. This is not sufficient during growing season if your beds are not mulched properly and it is required by our Covenants to maintain a nice appearance of all landscaped beds.
IMPORTANT MESSAGES TO CARLSBERG RESIDENTS:
Texas Phoenix Palms In Our Neighborhood
You may have noticed a number of declining/dying Palm trees in the neighborhood. There is a pest, most likely a plant hopper, that is infecting our Canary palm trees and is causing homeowners a lot of stress. When palm trees are infected with Texas Phoenix Palm Decline, or TPPD, they drop all their fruit and turn brown/gray and the fronds drop down. Please remember other type palms can also be infected by this and other diseases. TPPD is spread by a bug that hops from palm to palm, bites the plant, then essentially backwashes a bacteria into the palm tree's system, killing it within a matter of months.
We are suggesting that if you have a palm in decline you should have that palm tree and its root ball totally removed. If you leave the stump and have it ground down it could still harbor the bacteria, infecting other palms in the neighborhood.
Here is a link to the web site about TDDP. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp163
The following companies have done tree removal in our area before:
- Theron Layne Theron's Professional Tree Care (863) 221-5840
- Monkey Business Tree Service (863) 797-4400
- New Life Tree Service ( 863) 533-9597 or (863) 299-1481
Witches' Broom
Witches’ broom is a symptom of stress found in woody plants, mainly trees, but also affect shrubs as well. This includes deciduous trees and shrubs as well as conifers and evergreen varieties. The stress results in a deformed mass of twigs and branches, which appear broom-like in appearance. As brooms were once fashioned together from bundles of twigs and since witches were presumed to be responsible or anything unusual, these abnormalities became known as witches’ brooms. Witches’ broom is a nickname for Sphaeropsis gall, chichis a fungal ailment affecting shrubs, trees and bushes, including citrus, bottle brush, crepe myrtle, ligustrum, oleander and holly. The fungus gets its name from 1) the swollen and enlarged portions of diseased stems and
branches, and 2) the galls produced on older branches and trunks. Witches’ broom can occur for several months to several years, and while it may be unsightly to some people, it really poses no serious threat to the tree or shrub affected. There is currently no
cure or treatment for witches’ broom. You can,
however, prune out the broom growth several inches below the point of its formation, if desired.