March & April

• Clean up debris from winter.
• Cultivation (aerifying, 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).
• Pre-emergence annual weed (e.g. crabgrass) control (or early May).

May

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

Spring 1998
University of Illinois Booksale | Zoysiagrass! Can You Believe the Ads? | Crabgrass Control | Choosing Home Lawn Care Services | Selecting a Tree Service or Arborist | All America Selections 1998 | All Tomato Varieties Certainly Not the Same | Some Noteworthy Perennial Combinations | Bug Bites | Lawn Care Calendar | Cybergarden Sites | Hort Shorts | Hort Tips | Healthy Eating: Butter vs. Margarine | Health Update: Vitamin & Mineral Supplements | Food Safety: Eggs | Health & Household Update | Did You Know?

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