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 & 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 2002
What Is Killing My Tree? | Controlling
Creeping Charlie | Home Lawn Fertilization |
Watch Out for Wasps | White
Grubs in Lawns | Identfying and Controlling Scale
Insects | Ode to a Violet | Lawn
Care Calendar | Cybergarden Sites | Hort
Shorts | Hort Tips | Homemade
Flavored Oil Alert – FAQs | Not-So-Popular
Edible Vegetable Parts | Refreshing Ginger Lemon
Tea | Yes, You Can Can | Making
Herb Vinegar | Health & Household Tips
| Did You Know?
Index
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