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Lawn Care Tips

Spring Lawn Care Tips

  • During springtime, you should seed or sod your yard.
  • Load topsoil to new lawns is beneficial in the spring.
  • Seeding a new lawn takes longer than sod.
  • Seeding requires daily watering or the grass will die.
  • Sod is more expensive than seeding, but it will provide an almost instant lawn that can be planted in most climate zones in any season.
Spring Lawn Tips

Summer Lawn Care Tips

  • During the summer, raise the lawn mower for cool-season grass.
  • During the summe,r lower the lawn mower for warm-season grass.
  • Lawns require longer and more frequent watering in the summer.
  • Watering is best done in early morning to encourage a stronger root system.
  • In the summer, apply all-purpose fertilizer.
Summer Care Tips

Fall Lawn Care Tips

  • In the fall, lawns can be mowed at a lower height.
  • In autumn, thatch buildup that occurs in warm-season grasses should be removed.
  • Fall is a good time to add a sandy loam and apply fertilizer, one that contains some type of wetting agent.
  • Cool-season lawns can be planted in autumn if there is adequate rainfall.

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