Lawn Care Calendar

April

• Clean up debris
• Cultivation (aerification, spiking, slicing) – lawn should be actively growing
• Vertical mowing or dethatching (lawn should be actively growing)
• Overseeding, establishment (late in month; late summer is better)
• Preemergence annual weed (i.e. crabgrass) control (or early May)

May

• Cultivation (aerification, spiking, slicing) – lawn should be actively growing
• Preemergence annual weed (i. e. crabgrass) control (or late April)
• Fertilization (1 pound of nitrogen/1,000 square feet)
• Postemergence broadleaf weed (i.e. dandelions) control to actively growing weeds
• Overseeding, establishment (early in month; late summer is better)

June

• Postemergence broadleaf weed control (avoid hot weather)
• Light fertilization (with irrigation); controlled release nitrogen suggested
• Monitor for pests/problems

Spring 2003
Hort Shorts | Hort Tips | Crabgrass: A Weed's Weed! | Health & Household Tips | Perennial Plant of the Year 2003 | Mulch Reminder | Using Organic Fungicides | Bug Bites: A Bug Bite is Not Always a Bug Bite | Lawn Care Calendar | Cybergarden Sites | Pondering Early Planting? Think Lettuce | Eggology | Soup for Supper | Protein-Rich Diets and Weight Loss

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