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Cool Regions (Cold, Snowy Winters)
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| December to February |
• Don't park or walk excessively on the lawn. |
| March |
• Rake up leaves and debris.
• Begin regular mowing with blade low. |
| April |
• Apply corn gluten when forsythias bloom.
• Pull weeds by hand or spot-spray as needed.
• Apply compost tea. |
| May |
• Apply calcium-rich fertilizer and other amendments per soil test results.
• Dethatch and aerate as needed.
• Consider top-dressing with compost.
• Consider first overseeding or wait until late August.
• Apply beneficial nematodes for grub control. |
| June |
• Stay vigilant with weeds.
• Begin irrigation as needed.
• Monitor billbug, chinch bug, sod webworm, and other insect pests.
• Raise mower blade.
• Apply compost tea. |
| July |
• Monitor irrigation.
• Monitor insects. |
| Late August |
• Evaluate and pull or dig summer weeds.
• Monitor irrigation.
• Apply compost tea.
• Dethatch and aerate as needed.
• Overseed with appropriate grass seed.
• Top-dress with compost.
• Apply calcium rich fertilizer. |
| September |
• Limit watering.
• Lower mower blade.
• Apply beneficial nematodes as needed. |
| October |
• Begin fall cleanup. |
| November |
• Mow low without scalping lawn.
• Remove all leaves and debris, and add to compost, or mulch leaves into lawn if not abundant.
• Apply compost tea. |
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Warm Regions (Mild Winters)
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| December to February |
• Mow lawn if has been overseeded or isn't dormant.
• Apply water during warm periods. |
| March |
• Begin or continue mowing with blade low.
• Apply calcium-rich fertilizer and other amendments per soil test results.
• Apply compost tea.
• Apply corn gluten when dogwoods or forsythia bloom. |
| April |
• Overseed with appropriate grass seed.
• Dethatch and aerate as needed.
• Consider top-dressing with compost.
• Apply beneficial nematodes as needed for grub control.
• Pull or spot-spray weeds as needed. |
| May |
• Raise mower blade except on Bermuda and paspalum grasses.
• Begin irrigation as needed.
• Apply compost tea.
• Monitor mole crickets and other insects. |
| June |
• Monitor irrigation.
• Monitor insect pests.
• Apply nitrogen source if corn gluten is not used.
• Look for brown patch and other fungal diseases. |
| July |
• Apply compost tea.
• Monitor irrigation.
• Monitor insects. |
| Late August |
• Watch irrigation.
• Evaluate and pull or dig summer weeds.
• Apply calcium-rich fertilizer per soil test.
• Consider overseeding with appropriate seed.
• Top-dress with compost.
• Dethatch and aerate as needed.
• Apply beneficial nematodes as needed for grub control. |
| September |
• Continue monitoring mole crickets and other insects.
• Apply compost tea. |
| October |
• Lower mower blade.
• Monitor dollar spot, other fungal diseases.
• Apply nitrogen-and potassium-rich fertilizer.
• Overseed cool-season grasses into lawn. |
| November |
• Lower mower blade.
• Apply compost tea.
• Remove all leaves and debris, and add to compost, or mulch leaves into lawn if not abundant.
• Monitor for sod webworm and other insects. |
