Spring Lawn Care

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Spring Lawn Care

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With spring comes new life for your lawn and garden. In cool regions of the country the weather is beginning to warm, snow is melting and sunshine filled days are more frequent. In the warmer regions, flowers are beginning to bud and bloom. Yes! Spring lawn care with all its elements has arrived. Depending on your lawn care preferences, as well as your time and resources, there are several actions to include on your spring lawn care “to do” list.

Basic Spring Lawn Care Steps:

1. Soil evaluation-find out your soil’s nutrient content
2. Check soil depth and texture-do you need to add more dirt or compost as part of your spring lawn care plan?
3. Locate (if needed) sources of compost
4. Clean up any debris, dethatching if necessary, and then add compost.

Once you have taken care of the spring lawn care basics, there are specific jobs that should be done depending on your region.

Spring Lawn Care by Regions
Month	Cool Regions	Warm Regions
March	Rake up leaves and yard debris Begin mowing your lawn but be sure to keep the blade low	Begin/continue mowing with a low blade Add calcium rich fertilizer and any other needed soil amendments based on soil test Apply compost tea When forsythia or dogwoods bloom, corn gluten should be applied
April	Apply corn gluten when forsythia blooms Apply compost tea Pull weeds as needed	Over-seed with correct seed Dethatch and aerate Use compost as a top dressing Pull or spot-spray weeds Apply nematodes as needed for grub control
May	Apply calcium rich fertilizer and other amendments Dethatch and aerate Determine if top dressing with compost is needed Decide whether to over seed now or wait until late August Apply nematodes for grub control	Raise mower blade unless you have Bermuda grass or paspalum grasses Begin irrigation as needed Apply compost tea Monitor mole crickets and other insects

Spring lawn care sets the stage for the rest of the year. By following these recommendations, you can do your part toward having a gorgeous green lawn!