Lawn Care Calendar

August

• Monitor for pests (annual white grubs mid-August thru September) (Sod webworm).
• Irrigation (as needed)
  
• Prepare for seeding, overseeding (optimum time)
• Seeding - latter half of month (optimum time)

September

• Overseeding and establishment (optimum time) - first week
• Fertilization (key time) - first 2 weeks
• Cultivation (aerification, spiking, slicing) - lawn should be actively growing
  
• Postemergence broadleaf weed control to actively growing weeds (optimum time)

August 2000
EPA Ends Over-the-Counter Sale of Dursban | Root Rot | Now Is the Time for Overseeding | Asian Longhorned Beetle War | Lawn Care Calendar | Bug Bites: Late Summer Tree Insects | Cybergarden Sites | Hort Shorts | Hort Tips | Locally Grown: Small Tomato Time | We All Scream for Ice Cream | The Herb Garden: Drying Herbs | Health & Household Tips | Did You Know?

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