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Now that it’s officially spring, you might be thinking about lawn maintenance and fertilization. Before you know it the grass will be growing so fast that it will need to be mowed every other day. For most lawns 3 or 4 fertilizer applications per growing season are sufficient.

When should you apply your first treatment?

Look for the Forsythias in bloom. Actually, we saw them blooming last Friday, so now is the ideal time to apply.  Usually we have to wait until mid-April — Global Warming one might think.

Preemergent Crabgrass Control Treatment

If you need to apply a preemergent crabgrass control fertilizer, now would be a good time to do that, as well. The soil has to reach 50 degrees, and it’s probably there or pretty close.

Have you been on a seasonal fertilization schedule?

If you fertilized last fall, mid-to-late October, (and don’t need to apply preemergent crabgrass control now) then you can wait until the second half of May to make the first fertilizer application.

The next application would be around Labor Day. At this time, grass is often coming out of summer dormancy and the fertilizer will help perk it up. The final fertilizer application should be made mid-to-late October, around the time of the last mowing. Turf roots are still active for a short time after leaf growth stops. The grass will convert the fertilizer to carbohydrates and store them until needed the following spring.

If you plan on irrigating the lawn during the summer, an additional application might be needed around the 4th of July.

Annual Lawn Maintenance Contracts

Let us keep you on schedule with your fertilizer applications, so you don’t have to remember when you last applied. We also offer seasonal contracts for mowing services.