Spring Landscape Tips:

Getting your lawn ready for the Spring and Summer seasons doesn’t have to be a difficult job.
Do you want a healthy lawn? Do you want to avoid killing and pulling weeds all summer long?

Let’s get ahead of the game this Spring.

1.       Check your irrigation system for:

• Proper operation and spray pattern

2.       To prevent the establishment of weeds, apply pre-emergent:

• The ideal time to apply pre-emergent herbicides is when soil temperatures consistently reach 55 degrees at a depth of 4 inches

• Split your pre-emergent application into two rounds applied between February and April

3.       Aeration and dethatch your lawn in the Spring and Fall if needed

• Thatch is that layer of dead roots, leaves, and organic matter which develops in your turf over time.

• Your lawn feeds mostly through its roots. Having too much thatch can reduce the ability for water and nutrients to reach the roots for uptake.  

• Also, this area can harbor disease and make applications for grubs and insects ineffective

4. Weed control

• Apply broadleaf weed spray that has 2,4-D to control non-grassy weeds such as dandelions, chickweed, clover, and many others.

• Apply high-quality, mostly nitrogen (which is the 1st number on the fertilizer bag) lawn fertilizer containing up to half slow-release nitrogen.

5. Mowing & Watering

• Water regularly to soak the fertilizer into the root zone of the lawn.

• Mow frequently to remove seedheads from winter grassy weeds such as ryegrass and rescue grass.