A little lawn self-help
from the kind folks at Forevergreen
Tree & Property Management... don't ask why it's in all-caps,
I guess you have to yell at your lawn.
TIPS FOR HAVING A GOOD LOOKING LAWN
1. CORE AERATION-MINIMUM ONCE EVERY 2 YEARS IN THE SPRING TIME. (IDEALLY
EVERY YEAR)
2. THE LAWN MUST GET 1 TO 1 ½ INCHES OF WATER PER WEEK. WATER
IN THE MORNING, BEFORE 9am.
3. USE A RAZOR SHARP LAWNMOWER BLADE ON YOUR MOWER. WHEN CUTTING, KEEP
YOUR MOWER BLADE HEIGHT AT 2 to 2½ INCHES.
5. DO NOT REMOVE MORE THAN ½ THE HEIGHT OF THE GRASS EXCEPT
FOR THE FIRST AND LAST CUT OF THE YEAR, WHERE YOU CAN CUT THE GRASS
AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT DAMAGING THE GROUND OR YOUR LAWNMOWER.
6. CUT YOUR LAWN A MINIMUM OF ONCE PER WEEK.
7. CUT THE LAWN IN THE EVENING BEFORE SUNDOWN 6-8 pm.
8. USE A BAGGER WITH YOUR MOWER OR RAKE UP THE GRASS CLIPPINGS- DO
NOT ALLOW THATCH TO BUILD UP.
9. DETHATCH YOUR LAWN A MINIMUM OF ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.
10. RAKE UP ALL LEAVES AND DEAD GRASS IN THE SPRING AND FALL. THEY
CONTRIBUTE TO THATCH BUILD UP.
11. FERTILIZE 6 TIMES A YEAR, SPRING, SUMMER, AND FALL. (TWICE IN EACH
SEASON) BUY THE CHEEPEST "SLOW RELEASING NITROGEN" YOU CAN
FIND. SULFUR
COATED UREA (NITROGEN) WORKS GOOD FOR ME!!! IN THE FALL, DECREASE THE
AMOUNT OF NITROGEN.
***IMPORTANT***: APPLY IT AT HALF THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT AND WATER
IT IN.
12. ***VERY IMPORTANT*** HERBICIDE (WEED STUFF) THE POISONOUS STUFF
SHOULD ONLY BE APPLIED IN EARLY SPRING AND LATE FALL. IF IT IS NEEDED
AT ALL. KEEP THE LITTLE ONES OFF!!!!!
13. OVERSEED AFTER CLEAN UP, DETATCHING AND AERATING.
SO HERE IS THE READERS DIGEST VERSION.
Clean up
Dethatch
Aerate
Overseed
Fertilize as above
Water 1.5 in. Per week
Cut once a week as above
Fall clean up
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