General:
- Fiber cable looks completed please make sure the sod that was installed in those areas get watered every day until it takes root
- We are receiving lots of service requests with trimming. Please note that we will have guys take care those specials request when they are scheduled in that area. If by any chance they are ahead of schedule, then we can send them out and take care of those requests beforehand. Friendly Reminder my trimming crew will trim palms under 14 feet Over All. Anything over that will require a ladder and a Tree crew to be able to perform that. HOA performs trimming for palms over 14 feet once a year before hurricane season
Pruning:
First Round – Completed
- The first round of pruning has been completed. During this phase we focused on pocket pruning all Arboricola shrubs to encourage interior growth, as many plants previously only had top growth.
- Plants that required reduction were properly cut back and all other shrubs were separated and level-pruned for a cleaner appearance.
- We also cleaned all Pygmy Date Palms and trimmed any other palms with fronds under 14 feet.
Second Round – In Progress
- Section 1 and 7 are fully completed. We are now on Section 6 about 80% complete
- During this round we will be performing 30–50% cutbacks on Nora Grant Ixoras to help rejuvenate them.
- Clusia hedges will be reduced to approximately 5–6 feet in height where necessary, while other shrubs will receive level pruning. Also cleaning seed pods on Pygmy Dates
- Pocket pruning will be performed on dwarf Ixoras and hibiscus. Ixoras are pruned this way now to prepare for the flowering season beginning July–August.
Upcoming Pruning
- Hibiscus, firebush and bougainvilleas hard cutbacks will begin –June. These are pruned for blooms. Hibiscus trees we are holding off until next cycle because they are still in bloom. We will still clean the hibiscus trees ass needed. All other plants we will maintain as needed.
- We are staring with the clubhouse and wall hedge before starting Section 1 which is the north side.
- Wall hedges will be cut back to approximately 4 feet from the ground. Due to lack of maintenance, many hedges are thin. This cutback will stimulate new growth and allow them to become fuller and more lush over time.
Mowing:
- We have received some concerns about our not-edging driveways. The reason for lots of driveways not being edged is due that we are allowing it to grow back to the edge of paver drive way and not edging by showing the concrete, which is not the right way or appealing.
- Also, some concerns about the height in what we mow. We cut turf at a 4 ½ inch height which is the proper height St Augustine sod needs to be mow. Any lower we would scalp and damage sod. It also creates more tire track damage which we are trying to fix with us changing mowing patterns every time me Mow.
IPM / Fertilization:
- IPM is scheduled for the second week of June.
- Next Application for IPM we will be spraying all flowering shrubs with systemic insecticide and liquid fertilizer. Still touch up the weeds in turf as well
- We do have residents that have goose grass, crab grass in turf. These wild grasses are in bloom and growing seed pods which grow in a much faster pace. Regular weed control doesn’t not kill these grasses only way to take care of this issue is to kill it with round up and replace sod
- Fertilizer for turf and plants as been fully completed
- Turf has improved with just the carbon pro and some rain we received
- Chinch bug season is beginning. Ipm service that is included but will only treat what is visible and usually its to late. We recommend residents to do preventive treatment, and we can provide that service for an extra charge. Will upload to website