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Spring is Here!!
Time to open up those windows and get some fresh air!! It’s also time to get that yard cleaned up and ready for BBQ season!
Your lawn needs a few things to be successful this season. Sunlight, airflow and water.
It’s important to clean your yard of large debris to allow that sunlight and water to get into the roots.
Now is also a great time to clear your mulch beds, do some weeding and prune those hedges. While we don’t do this type of work, we work closely with a number of landscapers in the area that do. We’d be happy to share their information with you.
Another important aspect to look at is standing water. Clean out those gutters and dump any standing water you have in the yard. This will help tremendously with insect control.
Crabgrass! Why the first two applications are so important…
Crabgrass is a warm-season annual that germinates, lives and dies all in the same year. While they live, each crabgrass plant produces up to 150,000 seeds. With hundreds of thousands of crabgrass seeds potentially waiting in your lawn, preventing their successful germination is essential.
A well timed application of pre-emergent and a good nutrient rich fertilizer will help stop that germination and invasion. Pre-emergents work by inhibiting seed germination and root development so that seeds can’t become established plants.
Because crabgrass preventers only work before crabgrass seedlings emerge through the soil, timing applications right is critical to success. Crabgrass starts germinating when soil temperatures warm to 55 degrees Fahrenheit for four to five days in a row. A few or more warm days will not be a factor as the soil temperature takes a little longer to rise.
If your lawn hasn’t been treated in the past, it could take 1-3 years to fully control crabgrass.
