Late Spring Early Summer Lawn Care

Our specialist treatment is applied twice in the summer to ensure your lawn has all the nutrients it needs to stay healthy throughout the summer months.

Late spring early summer lawn care. For late spring application we recommend using a quick release weed and feed type fertilizer that has plenty of nitrogen which helps grass shaft growth. This will give your grass a much needed boost just before the summer heat comes and helps to prevent weeds from taking over. Late spring early summer lawn care tips for a beautiful lawn all summer long part 2 of 3. Light nitrogen fertilizer application around memorial day.

Wait to water your lawn until late spring early summer. From april to a generally expected lull around july august lower the blade but never to its lowest and mow. Feeding the lawn will increase vigour and help prevent weeds and moss from establishing. You ll have better results once the thatch layer is removed or openings exist for the grass seeds to contact the soil and sprout.

This isn t a requirement but if you want you can use a core aerator to break up compacted soil. In late summer you should continue the top notch watering and mowing practices you ve put into place. Score continue to mow high all summer long. The cool and moist weather during this transition between seasons will ensure that you grow thick green healthy grass to celebrate the end of winter.

Crocus bulbs planted in lawns offer early spring color. That should do the trick but if you want to get a jumpstart on fall you may consider aeration and overseeding. Start maybe as early as february in sheltered gardens with the mower blade high. The best time to fertilize your soil is.

Plus it s going to be dormant during winter anyway. Feeding in mid spring often late march to april use a proprietary spring or summer lawn fertiliser at the manufacturer s recommended rates. Occur in spring and early summer about the time that the benefits of fall applied nitrogen fertilizer run out. Apply fertilisers when the soil is moist or when rain is expected.

Our early summer treatment will see us applying our summer fertiliser again created specially to maintain that deep green colour and thick lawn. Early spring lawn care tips. Well if you want to enjoy a beautiful lawn come spring you ll need to care for your turf during late summer and early autumn. Tall grass also helps to shade soil and cool it which means you ll need to water less.

In lawns with a history of red thread supplemental nitrogen fertilizer 0 2 pound of n per.