Wanted: Lawn Painting Services

People across the U.S. are looking for lawn painting services and we are rounding up anyone who paints lawns to help them. Endurant Turf Colorants launched a website to help connect people seeking grass, mulch and tree painting services with the people who offer them. This referral and affiliate program is on IPaintLawns.com. If you paint lawns and landscapes with Endurant, sign up today.

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Women Launch Texas Lawn Painting Business

Texans’ Solution to a Patchy Lawn Leads to Business Startup 

Two property managers in Texas sought to correct a patchy area in a lawn they managed. When looking into options, the caught onto an opportunity they had never thought of before. Thus, a business was born.

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Q&A with Ewing: Benefits of Endurant Turf Colorants for Overseed, Water & Fungus

Greg Johnson of Ewing Irrigation and Landscape Supply shares the benefits of Endurant turf colorants. First, benefits include overcoming seed prices and shortages. Next, Endurant allows for minimizing water challenges by requiring less of it for optimal results. Also, Endurant turf colorants have been an excellent solution to overcoming appearance problems caused by fungus, Johnson said. Finally, all this means better results for turf grass and minimal negative effects on the environment.

How did you hear about Endurant?

The first time I heard about Endurant it was through Tim Haskins at the Quarry. He was using Geoponics organic products. As he added paint to the program, I got interested in Endurant that way.

What challenges were being faced that led you to use Endurant?

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Texas Turf Painter Goes Global with TikTok

Alawnso Services & Endurant lawn colorants transform Texas neighborhoods & ‘wow’ internet

A father and son lawn care business based out of Houston, Texas sought a way to work and profit year round. Otherwise, business stopped for Alawnso Services when the lawns stopped growing each winter. Endurant lawn painting became the answer—and more than they expected. Ruben Alonso, Jr and son Ruben J Alonso, who goes by “Ru,” researched ways to expand their offerings at Alawnso Services from mowing to more. “In the summertime, my son asked me, ‘what will we do in the winter? The grass isn’t going to be growing.’” “We’ll figure it out,” Alonso replied “Something will come up.” When they learned about grass paint, they realized they could find a market for people who wanted a great looking green lawn even in the winter months. They could go back to mowing them in the summer months. Colorant would provide the annual work and income sought after for Alawnso Services. “But I wasn’t ready for the burst of opportunities that was coming,” said Alonso. [caption id="attachment_1596" align="alignleft" width="660"] Alawnso Services and Endurant turf colorants are transforming Texas neighborhoods as Ruben Alonso and son "Ru" wow the world online[/caption] Read More

Naples Lawn Service Offers Endurant for Best Results

Agronomy Expert and Endurant User Shares How He Stays Top of Class

“The arms race of who is the best has changed over the past 10 years,” said Jeffrey Juchnowicz, owner of Terra Garden Solutions, a Naples, Florida-based business that provides fertilizer, pesticide, nutrient and chemical services for 8,500 home lawns in Collier and Lee counties. “It went from 'who has the best agronomic mind?' to 'who is using colorant, how early are they painting the grass, are they using Endurant and how often?'” Juchnowicz said. [caption id="attachment_1486" align="alignleft" width="375"] Terra Garden Solutions continues providing the best lawns in Naples and throughout Southwest Florida using Endurant lawn colorant.[/caption]

Why would anyone paint grass green?!

That’s a relatively common first question and reaction from people just learning about Endurant turf colorants. “When I learned about turf colorant, funny enough, it was a Facebook ad that popped up from Geoponics,” said Juchnowicz. “I did the haha react,” he said. Juchnowicz and his father are masters at caring for the now common Florida turfgrass species. They were among those to think, "only a novice would need a lawn colorant, right?" “Sure enough I looked into it. I was put into a situation that needed fast results. Fertilizer takes two weeks, but we have an event in three days,” said Juchnowicz. “I laughed again and messaged Geoponics,” he said. The property had super high pH soil that could not be amended. In a few days, the CEOs and other bigwigs would be doing their fall walk through, inspecting their developments of gated communities and shopping centers, including this property. Even a multigenerational turf professional like Juchnowicz felt the pressure. He went to Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply to pick up the Endurant turf colorant they had in stock and applied it to the property. “No one noticed and no one knew,” said Juchnowicz. “One day there was an issue and the next it was gone,” he said. [caption id="attachment_1488" align="alignleft" width="375"] Painting grass can minimize usage of other harsh chemicals, including fungicides, while providing greener grass all year long, which is one of the requests of high end Naples clients.[/caption]

Endurant or Other Colorants

There are many reasons why people choose Endurant specifically. Juchnowicz had his own reasons and among them was ensuring that grass was green, but not nearby pavers, driveways, sidewalks or garden features.   "Staining during mixing is really the biggest issue. You can throw it in the tank and if it kicks back at you. With Endurant, you can get a wet rag and wipe it off pavement right away. With other paints and colorant brands, as soon as it touches pavement, it gets into those creviees and we can’t get it off sometimes for over a year," he said. Juchnowicz tells several client stories, including one were a woman complained to him that a neighbor’s grass was greener than hers. Both lost chlorophyll naturally during the colder months. The neighbor's lawn lost color too, but it was painted and the color looked fake, he said. She didn’t believe him until he pointed out the marks on the pavers. “You can tell who’s using Endurant and who is not,” said Juchnowicz. Some are using indicator dye, some are using something so blue, it looks like pond colorant or lake dye, exclaimed Juchnowicz. And these are applied to high end properties in Naples’ Port Royal neighborhood. Juchnowicz was asked to make the house at the end of Port Charles look perfect for the owner, who was on his way home. Of the 60 houses or so on the street, about 15 were painted and most looked terrible, said Juchnowicz. “The one on the right looked like circus paint, fluorescent almost. The one on the left looked pale and patchy,” he said. “As you went down the street you could see all these different paints and dyes used. Then, you get to the one painted with Endurant and you see a natural green color,” he added. The owner was thrilled, saying, “it never looked so good.”

Usages for Endurant

There are two ways that Terra Garden Solutions uses Endurant, said Juchnowicz. First is that high pressure situation where you need results quickly. He often uses Endurant when something goes wrong to save someone else or to save himself. Endurant helps everyone keep their jobs as grass recovers from whatever is ailing it and maintains the healthy looking green color in the meantime. The second use of Endurant is the proactive approach, he said. Going forward, he plans to implement the second approach to minimize the occurrence of high pressure problems.  

Story from a Client: "Fire Them. The Grass Will Never Recover!"

“We got a call from a high end resident that a lawn company accidentally scalped her turf and she didn’t think it would recover. I know it will recover. She’s in her 80s and wants to fire the lawn company,” said Juchnowicz. He applied Endurant to get the grass green while it returned to perfect health. “In that situation, I saved not only the company I work with, but also my job. To use 10 gallons of water mixed in with Endurant to keep a high end client, it’s nominal,” he said.

Maintaining The Reputation as the Best in Naples with Endurant

Juchnowicz is not only a second generation Florida turf grass expert, he has been in the pest control and fertilizer business for 17 years and has owned his own company for 8 years. Terra Garden Solutions cares mostly for three species of grass: zoysia, seashore paspalum and St. Augustine. “In Naples, for the past seven years, my Zoysia has looked better in the winter than any other companies and I got a lot of business because of that. My father helped write the sod farm specs for how to grow zoysia down here,” said Juchnowicz. Then, one winter, someone else’s grass was looking greener, he said. It seemed impossible. He knew better than anyone how to care for zoysia, maintaining color without getting fungus and without going dormant. There was a turning point in landscaping when he saw that greener lawn. “I took it as a slight. They don’t know how to take care of zoysia, so they had to paint it. I thought they used it as a crutch,” he said. He laughed. But then he had a realization and soon a change of perspective. “It opens a door for clients who are demanding or for high end clientele who want specific results, period,” Juchnowicz said. It also helped him out of all those urgent situations, creating perfect grass in time for an event.

The Benefits of Endurant

Now, Terra Garden Solutions offers Endurant grass paint for clients' lawns, no extra charge. He minimized the fungicide, insecticide and microbe costs, diminishing their need in the winter and instead just paints lawns around the end of November to mid-December. The color lasts. He has no worries about a fungus problem or a big orange spot and he can apply Endurant lawn colorant once, saving on two applications of fungicide, insecticide and micro nutrients. “It’s much less than half the cost in materials plus the savings in labor,” he said. While Juchnowicz does not apply fertilizer on zoysia because it will cause problems with the fungus, he does save on the other potential environmental contaminants by choosing Endurant instead. “It’s a feel good product. We’re doing the right thing at the right time on the property. We’re doing the right thing for the environment while doing the right thing for the pocket book,” said Juchnowicz.     Read More

Lawn Service Expands by Painting Grass

Oklahoma Lawn Company Adds Grass Painting Service

Nick Jones owned and operated a pest control and lawn care business in a rural part of Oklahoma for years. Less then five years ago though, he found a different niche that brought him out of the confines of Perkins, Oklahoma and into partnering with other lawn maintenance businesses to provide a new service—grass painting, in larger nearby cities. He grew his business first by adding lawn painting as an offering to his clients, and now expanding the business further by offering painting as a consultant or contractor for other lawn and maintenance companies. By contracting with Jones, these companies find they can avoid the need for new equipment and still expand their offerings. [caption id="attachment_1428" align="alignleft" width="660"] A dormant lawn painted in Oklahoma using Endurant Turf Colorant.[/caption] Painting Grass Makes News: Putting Endurant Turf Colorants to the Test Painting grass. “That still sounds bazaar,” said Jones. But in the past two years, people have become increasingly aware of the benefits so the oddity isn’t so off-putting, he added. When people see it, they also have an interest, sometimes before they’re even aware of the benefits. “They’ll say, ‘I know you painted that yard, can you come look at my house?’ Or another one I get is someone ordered paint online and it didn’t look the way the online ad showed it,” said Jones. “That’s because it wasn’t an Endurant product,” he added. Even hiring helpers, he hears, “Why would you paint grass?” They see it and then they get it, said Jones. “First time I saw it was not a commercial but news about water restrictions in California and in Texas,” recalled Jones. “I thought, that’s interesting and a viable solution for overseeding rye.” Then, Jones got online and searched for turf paint options. “Like 10 names came up, so I ordered 10 of those. I have about a two-acre backyard and set up a test lot for each one. I painted and watched it through the winter,” said Jones. A clear winner was revealed among the test plots, he said. “Everybody who came by was like, ‘that’s what I want my turf to look like,’” relayed Jones. So rather than spending a lot of time researching the companies, he tested them for himself. [caption id="attachment_1431" align="alignleft" width="660"] Curb appeal is made easy with Endurant turf colorant applied by Nick Jones in Oklahoma.[/caption] Expanding the Lawn Care Business to Include Landscape Colorants It took some further testing to learn how to profit from it in a way that differed somewhat from the model of the lawn care business, which for the most part is about the speed in which the landscapers can complete a property. Colorant was about expertise and the savings came in forms such as water, seed and chemicals. The clients were a niche market. “The first year was basically a learning year,” Jones said. This encouraged other businesses to contract Jones, who had all the equipment and the operation down to a science rather than recreating all those efforts themselves, he said. “It’s one thing to put it down and for it to look good. Phase two was to put it down in a way that you could repeat it for a profit in multiple yards,” said Jones. [caption id="attachment_1432" align="alignleft" width="480"] Adding a pop of color to grass using Endurant turf colorant brings growing business to lawn service professional Nick Jones.[/caption] Tips and Tricks: Benefits of Endurant Turf Colorant In that year he learned the best equipment for various site conditions; different shades of Endurant ideal for particular species of grass and yards; how clean the property needs to be; and other tips and tricks for ideal results accomplished efficiently. He outgrew Perkins. The past two years, Jones has stretched his business working with other landscapers in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. “With Endurant, we have a guaranteed look at every job. In Oklahoma, with weather being what it is, people are spending a lot of money on overseed and they don’t know how it’s going to look,” said Jones. “A lot of times that’s poor,” he added. He uses Endurant to take the guesswork out of the equation. “You know what you’re going to get with painting. That’s kind of the number one thing with it,” said Jones. The species of grass leads not to just desiring a specific shade of Endurant, but also to applications benefits. “Overseed over dormant Bermuda grass is dependent on rain and temperature being right,” said Jones However, with Fescue, which often maintains some color, the look is different. “You can just go over the top of Fesuce and it looks like a million bucks. You can save on water. You never deprive the plant of nutrients, but you can cut back a bit,” he said [caption id="attachment_1429" align="alignleft" width="660"] Home owners and real estate professionals enjoy the benefits of Endurant turf colorant applied to dormant turf as an extra lawn service in Oklahoma.[/caption] Sports Fields & Businesses: Effects of Covid 19 In addition to home lawns, properties for sale gain curb appeal, while businesses and athletic fields also benefit from the colorant. “If you have two businesses say on opposite corners, across from one another, such as two gas stations, people will go to the one with the better looking lawn,” said Jones. “If your gas station is green and the neighbor’s is brown, people are naturally drawn to the green,” said Jones. That’s the same with a home lawn, property for sale or an athletic field. Sports teams are at least as competitive. Softball and baseball fields are increasingly finding the benefits of colorants, often while at visiting another team’s well-maintained field. “If you overseed, it’s really hard on coaches and managers to have it look good for the summer,” said Jones. Due to Covid 19, baseball season started and then got shut down in spring 2020. With uncertainty remaining into fall and another season on the horizon, athletic field management choices are likely to change. “We don’t know if we want to put that much money and time into overseed and then the season is ended early again. Overseeding some and then painting is an option. Or paint it so you’re not out the time. It’s most cost effective. That way, if you lose the season, you don’t lose that time and investment,” said Jones. [caption id="attachment_1430" align="alignleft" width="660"] Painting grass pays off for the owner of home and commercial lawn service companies in Oklahoma.[/caption] Tricks of the Trade & Professional Painting Equipment

• “The biggest thing is to talk to someone who has done it before you do it,” said Jones.
• Familiarity with the colors
• Knowledge of the area: “Bermuda looks different in Oklahoma than it does in South Carolina.”
• Each customer has a desired look and expectation
• Test your equipment
• Eventually, customization of equipment and process (Such as a walking boom and other things Jones built specifically for painting. Sprayers for smaller versus larger properties.)
• Edging wheel, particularly for residential and commercial to assist in keeping paint off concrete and other undesired areas near the grass.
• For a once a year application, when approaching winter dormancy, paint immediately following Thanksgiving just before people are hanging Christmas lights. This helps avoid having to move wires.
• For twice a year applications, a light coat can be applied in October when a loss of green begins and then a darker coat.

[caption id="attachment_108" align="alignleft" width="660"] Endurant colorant varieties. Check out the full line at TurfPaint.net with additional options in pigments, including Endurant TE, and a new hybrid paint and pigment, Endurant FLEX.[/caption] A Professional’s Personal Take on Using All the Various Turf Colors “I personally use Endurant FW (Fairway) on the fescue. A little of “Fairway” goes a long way on the Fescue,” said Jones. “TC on Bermuda really looks nice,” he added. Jones learned to blend for optimizing results. “That’s where understanding the colors comes in. The Fairway (FW) gets dark quick. I use a lot of Fairway (FW and TC concentrate,” said Jones. He also uses a base coat of FW with a top of Premium applied at different rates. “To get it to pop.” The different grasses have different looks and base shades at different stages of growth and dormancy. Bermuda goes dormant in a whiter shade while Zoysia when dormant has a little more yellow, so Premium often brings that to the desired green shade. Different landscapers he works with use different mixes and processes to get their desired look. “Some people just want green but not with a lot of attention,” he said. “It’s different strokes for different folks.” Most importantly, Endurant doesn’t fade to blue like so many other brands, noted Jones. Having worked with marking dyes, pigments and paints, Jones points out: “Marking dyes go away pretty quickly. Pigment will erode to a not natural color. Paints will last. What we’re working with here with Endurant lasts for the longest duration,” he said. He’s seen other lawn companies try to duplicate the look without knowing the products or process. “They’ll quadruple the amount of marking dye or pigment on the yard. Ten or even 30 days later, it may look competitive to ours. But a month or two later, our yard is till holding color,” said Jones.     Read More

Before and after pictures of turf transformations

These before and after pictures show Endurant turf colorant transforming properties by breathing green life and color into turfgrass.

The before and after pictures below show it all in terms of looks, but here is what you really should know about Endurant eco-friendly turf colorant:

• Endurant turf colorant is eco-friendly by providing green grass while drastically decreasing water usage.
• Green turf grass is attained using less fertilizer
• Endurant saves on using other harsh chemicals to attain green grass.
• Decreasing the usage of water, fertilizer and chemicals saves money in the short term and long term.
• Less watering, fertilizer and chemical usage is much better for the environment in the short term and long term.
• Dangerous runoff is decreased by using Endurant instead of fertilizer and harsh chemicals to attain gorgeous green grass. This protects our waterways, wildlife habitats and sources of drinking water for people and wildlife.
• Many clubs and properties across the U.S. and throughout the world are continuing to save as much as 60 percent on water by using Endurant turf colorants instead of using the old practices of overseeding, over-fertilizing and over-watering.

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Endurant introduces a home lawn blend

DIY: New Endurant Home Lawn Blend makes green grass available to all

[caption id="attachment_254" align="alignleft" width="426"] Getting green grass just got easier, cheaper and better for the environment. Painting a home lawn with Endurant home lawn blend is easy and great for drought.[/caption]

Endurant introduces a Home Lawn Blend of grass colorant

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