Should my fertilizer company gets rid of my lawn crab grass?
I have paid this fertilizer company fertilising my lawn this year several times a year including “weed control”. I just received a call from this company saying that my lawn has crab grass and it will cost me $110 to get rid of the weed because, in their view, crab grass is not a lawn weed.
However, I just read from the governement and a from a lawn fertilizer company saying that crab grass is a weed.
http://www.vigoro.ca/crabgrass.php
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crop…
But, my wife said I got it wrong because I should call several local lawn care companies to see if their annual lawn care contract with “weed control” includes get rid of crab grass as well. In her view, that is the “industry standard” whether “weed control” should or should not cover crab grass, and I am wrong to go after the definition of weed.
Is my wife right, or am I right, in a court of law?
Do I have a case to discuss further with my lawn company?
May 17th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Go to any store that sells fertilizers and weed killers, and you will see weed killers take care of dandelions, etc, but crab grass is a separate treatment. Therefore, if your contract did not include crab grass control, you can’t demand it without paying for it.
Using your source, Vigoro, you reinforce the company statement, as Vigoro tells you it is a different treatment from other unwanted lawn foliage.
Sorry.