What To Do In Spring For The Perfect Lawn
What to do in Spring for a perfect lawn.
Spring is finally here! Help prepare your lawn for a year of healthy growth with the care it needs to help it thrive. With these steps, you will prepare your lawn to defeat the weeds, diseases and drought.
1.Rake
You’ll want to remove lingering fall leaves and grass blades that did not survive winter. Left alone, these dead blades add to your lawn's thatch layer.
2. Overseed
Fill bare or thin spots in the lawn by overseeding. Late spring is the best time to overseed warm-season grass. Fall is the ideal time for cool-season grass.
3. Aerate
Aeration is the solution for compacted soil in high traffic areas and is absolutely vital to the success of your lawn. How often you should aerate your lawn depends on soil type. A lawn care technician would be able to assess the correct timing for your particular lawn type. Late spring to early summer is the right time to aerate warm-season grasses. Fall is the best time for cool-season types.
4. Dethatch
Spring is the perfect time to dethatch turf. Aim for early spring for cool-season grasses and late spring to early summer for warm-season grasses. Learn more about dethatching by calling our office here.
5. Weed
If Crabgrass has taken over your lawn, apply pre-emergent herbicides ASAP to keep seeds that dropped last summer from germinating. Timing is critical for this application. You can call our office by clicking here to learn about application timing and pre-emergent application tips.
Use post-emergent broadleaf herbicides for perennial and winter annual weeds in warm-season lawns. Treat or dig perennial weeds as they start appearing in cool-season lawns or try 5 In 1 Weed & Feed. It kills lawn weeds like Dandelion and Clover, pulls kills Crabgrass. Learn more about post-emergent herbicides.
6. Fertilize
Fertilizer should be applied roughly three weeks after your grass begins to green up. If you fertilize too early, you will risk feeding the weeds as well as creating a fertilizer run off due to all the spring rain showers.
7. Water
Overwatering your lawn can do more damage than good. Let your lawn start to green up naturally and irrigate only if rains are scarce and grass shows signs of real dehydration. We usually get enough spring rain showers in Georgia to quench its thirst.
8. Mow
Be sure to cut at the proper height for your type of grass. You will want to avoid mowing too low because this allows sunlight to reach soil, encouraging weed seeds to germinate.
If you are interested in having a lawn care technician from our team come out and provide a customized lawn care plan to achieve your specific grass goals, click the link below to be directed to one of our client experience coordinators who can help you!
