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SynergySoftwash, located in Ocala, FL, offers top-tier pressure washing services for both residential and commercial properties. Our experienced team uses advanced equipment and eco-friendly solutions to eliminate dirt, grime, and stains, restoring your property's original beauty. Serving Ocala and the surrounding areas, we ensure every job is completed with precision and care. In addition to our premier pressure washing services, SynergySoftwash provides a range of other top-quality cleaning solutions, including roof cleaning, soft washing, and gutter cleaning. Our commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction sets us apart in the industry. For more information on our services or to schedule an appointment, please visit our website or call us at (352) 804-5785. Choose SynergySoftwash for all your exterior cleaning needs and experience the difference in quality and service.
Bamboo Leaves Turning Yellow (south Florida)?
In south Florida, we really only have two seasons - the rainy season and the dry season. Our dry season starts around mid-November and ends around mid-May. When the seasons change, bamboos must also change (adapt) to the changing amount of available water in both the soil and air. If some of your bamboos' leaves are changing from green to yellow, or even a rust color, it's likely that this is simply a response to a change in ambient conditions. The yellow leaves will eventually shed and new leaves will form in proportion to whatever the new transpiration rate will support. In other words, this is most often a normal process for plants when ambient conditions change. Treatment? It's recommended that you increase the duration and/or the frequency of irrigation to help the bamboo retain more foliage. You can also just let the bamboo do what it does naturally, shedding some of its leaves (it doesn't care what it looks like!). Once the rainy season starts, it will replenish itself with foliage. Mulch will help a lot, in many ways. Most importantly, it will help hold and distribute moisture above the rootzone. It will also help suppress weed growth that might compete with your bamboo for elements. Mulch helps regulate the soil temperature around the delicate feeder roots. The summer sun will really heat up the soil and our occasional cold fronts in winter can be tough on these roots too. And, of course, mulch will decompose over time, adding valuable nutrients and encouraging earthworms that help with soil aeration. Any kind of mulch will work! We use horse manure laden stable bedding that's brought to us from our local equestrian community. Fertilizer should be evenly applied to the surface of the soil around the outermost culms about three times per year. Just sprinkle it around like you're feeding chickens. We use an 18-6-12 mix that's based on components of a palm fertilizer.. It is a timed release, 90 day formula. We apply it in the spring, summer, and fall - skipping the winter. Usually March, June, and September. Note - If all of the leaves have turned yellow or brown, and/or they are curling, this might be something else that quickly needs to be addressed. Usually, the bamboo is not getting enough water, regardless of the season. The bamboo might have been newly planted or there is a drought. Sometimes, an irrigation system has a zone failure or leak. Usually, the bamboo will recover with repeated deep slow watering cycles. Yellowing leaves can also be also caused by too much standing water or muddy, boggy soil. This is rare in south Florida as sandy, well draining soil is most common. If there is an area in your property that holds water or is always boggy, that's not the place to plant your bamboo. Although bamboo does love regular watering it cannot live with its roots and rhizome submerged in constantly wet conditions. Finally, we've been asked if yellow leaves could be caused by flourinated or chlorinated tap water. Or maybe too much sunlight? Apparently, if you do an internet search on 'yellow bamboo leaves' you might find causes like these. This is misinformation. Those articles are referring to a plant called Lucky Bamboo which is not real bamboo at all. It is a dracaena that grows indoors in little jars filled with pebbles and water. Real bamboo wants lots of sunlight and it won't care if you give it tap water. Robert Saporito Tropical Bamboo Nursery & Gardens www.TropicalBamboo.com
Zero Lot Line drainage issues
A major issue here in South Florida is handling drainage in zero lot line communities. Bottomline Bobcat and Backhoe specilizes in solving this problem. The problem with zero lot line neighborhoods is when it rains the run off from the roofs on neighboring homes get trapped between the houses and causes massive pooling of water that not only can make walking between the homes a muddy mess but it can seep under the slab and cause shifting or even weakening and cracks in the structure of your home. Of course another issue is the mud that gets tracked onto your pool deck when pool service has to walk trough the muck. Bottomline Bobcat&Backhoe will come in and redirect the water through french drains and create a decorative water free walkway that adds beauty and eliminates the structural damage risk or standing water between home on zero lot line homes. The image to the left is just one example of a finished walkway where there was once standing water.