Getting Your Lawn Ready For The Spring
Get Your Mower Ready
Spring is a time of renewal and growth, and that means taking care of your overflowing lawn. Focusing on mowing regularly is essential for keeping your lawn healthy and looking its best. Mowing evenly is also important to ensure your grass grows together properly. Try to keep your grass between three and four inches high during the warmer months to keep the soil from getting scorched by high heat.
Pre-Emergent Herbicide
Lawn health, like your hair, requires grooming and proper products. Applying a pre-emergent herbicide in the spring can save your lawn from flora invasions. Pre-emergent herbicide will help to stop the germination of weed seeds and will help protect your lawn from pesky weeds throughout the season. Weeding, and applying a pre-emergent herbicide will control any weeds that threaten to take over your lawn.
Fertilize
To ensure your lawn is looking its best in the spring, it’s important to fertilize properly. Fertilizing around your lawn’s first spring mowing will reap the best benefits for your grass health. When your grass is beginning to green and actively growing again, shedding its dormancy. Fertilizing offers an additional layer of protection and nutrients your grass feeds off of providing it the strength to come back to life, come spring time. Fertilizing your lawn between February and April will allow for the best opportunity for growth.
Don’t Seed In The Spring
Though the world seems to be coming back to life, it’s unwise to seed your lawn in the spring. Spring time weather can provide very narrow windows for seedlings to optimize and grow through the competition of flourishing grass already rooted. Additionally, the temperature of the ground that controls the seeds’ germination may not be suitable until early summer. Seeding your lawn in the spring can be too hot and dry for the seeds to germinate; wait until late fall or early winter for optimal growth all year.
Proper herbicides and seedings make a huge difference when caring for your lawn. Make sure you are fertilizing during your first mow after winter, to keep your lawn strong and healthy. Caring for your lawn in the spring requires just a few pro tips and tricks.