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26 Misconceptions About Lawns in the Springtime
Read MorePosted on: Feb 06, 2019Raunie
After a long, grey, wet winter everyone is ready for a healthy green lawn. Follow this simple advice and you will have the green healthy lawn you desire.
- Fertilize the grass as soon as the snow melts with a slow release granular fertilizer with enough nitrogen to green up the lawn. The formulation of a good granular fertilizer should have enough potash to feed the roots of the grass and enough potassium to strengthen the plant and enough nitrogen to ensure a deep healthy green plant.
- The formulation should be 30-0-5/10 with a 50% slow release component.
- The first number of the formulation indicates the amount of nitrogen in the fertilizer. The higher the number the faster the lawn will green up.
- The fertilization will continue to feed the lawn for at least 4 – 6 weeks.
- No need to rake first the granular formulation will fall through the rake.
- No need for the lawn to be dry.
- Allow 10 days for the granular fertilizer to breakdown and begin feeding and strengthening the lawn.
- It is a myth that aeration must be done in the spring.
- Aeration can be done at any time during spring or fall.
- Aeration should not be done during the dry hot summer months of late June and July.
- Fall is the best time to aerate your lawn as the weather is consistent.
- Always spread fresh seeds at the time of aeration.
- Ensure the type of seeds you
apply works with your lawn type. Ground temperature for seed germination is static.- Although seeds do require consistent watering if done in the spring the fall seems to allow germination without constant watering.
- Focus seeding on thin and bare areas of the lawn.
- Focus seeding of edges of driveway and walkways that have been salted during the winter.
- Aeration should be completed yearly to allow deep root systems within the lawn.
- The deeper the root, the greener the grass and the healthier the lawn is.
- Healthy lawns withstand disease and heat stress.
- Lawns do compact over the winter and raking debris and dead leaves and grass are necessary once the weather permits.
- Once the weather warms water the lawn during mornings and later afternoons.
- Water twice a week for at least 45 minutes per watering.
- Do not water overnight.
- Excess water needs to have time to dry in the sun to avoid fungus.
- Do not over-fertilize as this will also cause a fungus condition.