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Spring Lawn Care Hints

 

 

As the grass greens up, you may want to get out and start working on your lawn. A little patience at this point will reward you with a fine lawn later.

 

For instance, when you see new grass growing you may want to run out and spread fertilizer to help the young grass along. The proper time to feed grass is actually in the fall, when the roots that will sustain the plants through the following summer are actively growing. If you missed a fall feeding, don’t worry. You can do an early spring feeding, but limit it to a light feeding after the initial influx of growth has subsided, probably some-time in May or early June.

 

The best time to establish a new lawn from seed is in the fall, but you will need to reseed patches of lawn that have been damaged during the winter. Seed sown during March and early April will have a chance to grow successfully, but it MUST be well watered and cared for, from seeding on through the heat of summer. It is a good idea to fertilize newly seeded grass with a fertilizer, which will foster root growth. The grass will be stronger and healthier if watered daily until they are established. Water approximately once a week throughout the summer, while the tops of the grass may look great, the roots are not as long and dense as those of the grass in an established lawn.

 

There are many varieties of grass seed to choose from. We can supply you with more information about what type of grass would be best for your particular lawn. Apply preemergent herbicides between mid-March and mid-April to control crabgrass. Spraying for dandelions is most effective in fall, but spring spraying of a broadleaf weed killer will control many of them. Be sure to spray when the weeds are actively growing rather than during drought conditions. When spraying any herbicide, use a different sprayer from the one which you use to apply insecticides or fungicides. Mark it "HERBICIDE" so it will not be used for other purposes, which may result in herbicide residues damaging valuable plants.

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