HELP! I'm about to lose my whole yard!

Last week we had new sod put down in our backyard. The day afterwards our lawn pest control company showed up to do their routine spraying and I told the guy we just had new sod put down the day before. We've been watering heavily with the sprinklers to help the sod. Problem? The excess water from the yard runs off towards the back wall where I have two trees (lemon and ficus) and a row of rose bushes. I noticed on Sunday that a few of the rose bushes had dark, almost burned looking leaves, then the leaves would just wilt totally and now it looks like the plant's almost dead. Yesterday I noticed the lemon tree (which is in front of the roses) has one side of the tree where the leaves turned yellow and curled and now looks very sparse and wilted. Ficus tree is looking quite wilted too but no discoloration that I can tell. I haven't sprayed these plants & trees with anything except the sprinklers. We've used this lawn service for months and this is the first problem I've had so I don't even know if that's the issue. It's the only thing I can think of because it affects multiple types of plants, all of which get runoff from the lawn. Area gets full sun (zone 9b, so it's hot).

Do you think this is caused by chemicals from the yard? Is there anything I can do to save them?

Thanks,
Kim
Here's a picture of what the rose leaves look like before they start to wilt.

Here's a picture of the lemon tree. Half of it has yellowing leaves and fruit.

You don't expect to raise plants other than grass with them guys around, do you ?
Do you have any idea what chemicals they use ?
Did you have anything there that needed to be killed ?
We have lived on this place for 24 years, have never sprayed or fertilized our lawn. We cut it about 3" high, & leave the clippings where they land. Our friendly nieghorhood earthworms do our "hard" work for us. They break down the clippings into useable nutrients, keep the soil porus, & provide food for the mulitude of birds around here. We have a few weeds here & there, but that is much better than poisoned soil!
Our trees & flowers never suffer, & look great all summer. Our lawn never gets watered, our flowers only when we first set something out.
Bernie

I would go to the company and ask them what they are going to do about it and then get rid of them. Since it was new sod they shouldn't have sprayed and they knew you were watering it and that the poison would run to the trees etc.

You really can have a nice lawn without the chemicals. We use corn gluten it gets rid of the annual weeds and actually feeds the lawn and plants. We use it on the flower gardens as a nutrient.

We live in Florida which is not only grows every weed known to man, but tons of insects that destroy the grass unless you keep them under control. I don't know ANYONE (personally) that lives here that does not have to resort to chemicals. So if I want grass in my yard, I have to keep spraying. Sorry if it offends you. We've used this company for several months with no issues whatsoever. I will call them to see is they sprayed something new because it was new sod.

Thanks for answering, but I wasn't really looking for a scolding on using chemicals. I was hoping someone could help tell me if there's anything I can do to help the damage.

You do need to call them to find out what they used. Do not jump on them right away or they will go into denial mode and you will not find out what they used. Good luck and I think you will find they used a broadleaf killer on it. If so digging up and washing the roots clean and replanting in clean soil might work but would kill the lemon, if its broadleaf killer say goodbye to the lemon if it speads to the whole tree.

You know I reread your post and noticed you say the runoff is concentrating in the rear. I know they used a combination fertilizer/insecticide/broadleaf weed killer in the treatment my neighbor used. It's designed to stay in the grass and would not normally run off. You having loose sod and then watering changed the equation a bit. So it could be a overdose of anyone they had in the spray mix. Again good luck and I hope you can save the plants.

Sorry I didn't mean to scold, I was giving an alternative. Never having lived in Florida I don't know the routine. We did live in both Thailand and Venezuela and had a totally different grass so I am guessing your grass is way different than ours.

I still think you should contact the company, they may be able to help you or if you are lucky may offer to replace the plants.

Thanks everyone. I looked at the invoice from the pest company and they did spray for broadleaf. YIKES! Like you said Kwetz, maybe because the sod was loose it allowed the chemicals to run off too much. AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!

BTW -- I went to my local nursery this morning, which is suppose to be one of the best in Florida, explained the problem, and they agreed it looked like either chemical damage or some deficiency (especially the lemon). They said to use a good fertilizer and hope for the best.

Several years ago, my oak trees began to die. I had a company come and spray for dandelions the week before. I called the local arborist. He told me that trees are like big weeds. The chemicals killed the dandelions and were now working on my 25 year old oak trees. So, then I had to pay him major bucks to save my trees. After his treatments, my trees are still going strong, though.

The picture is of some the damage to my "big weeds".