Friends & Family,
I was asked to share my lawn care techniques with a few friends and thought you may appreciate the info as well.......so here goes......
If you do only one thing for your lawn this year now is the time....... Now is the ONLY time of the year to prevent Crabgrass. It's actually a pretty simple process that'll take less than an hour of your time.....but it must be done within the next couple of weeks or it will be to late. (the Sooner the better).
1) Using a leaf rake ..... rake the lawn clean of any loose dead grass,leaves and sticks. Try to stand the grass up from all the winter traffic and weight from frost and snow.
2) Using a spreader....... put down a bag or two (depending on size of your lawn) of SCOTTS Step 1 fertilizer........ it contains both fertilizer and crabgrass preventer. The fertilizer will help the grass you have to grow and thicken........ the other chemicals will prevent the crabgrass not to germinate. Left untreated crabgrass will begin to take hold in your lawn and choke out most if not all your lawn as soon as temps get above 80 or so degree's.
Good idea to try to stay off the lawn and not rake it for at least two weeks as you don't want to disturb the barrier you've set down.......
Now is also a good time to cut back/prune branch's before the leaves appear. The rule on thumb on tree branch's is you should be able to walk underneath them and not have to stoop. The other rule is tree's are meant to compliment and shade your home........ not hide it!
Lastly........ don't do any lawn seeding for at least a couple of weeks after putting down Step 1 as it interferes with new seed germination.
I'll let you know when to put down STEP 2........
Lawn Ninja
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