Lawn Care Plan for Spring, It's Almost Time!

1. Clean Up

Kick off the growing and mowing season with a quick spring cleaning. Grab a lawn rake to rake out dead grass and dead remnants of annual grassy weeds, like crabgrass, goosegrass, and barnyard grass. Pick up any sticks or other debris that have accumulated on the lawn over winter.

2. Check Mower Height

Double-check your mower deck height, and position it to cut grass at the highest possible setting for your grass type. Cutting high encourages grass plants to grow thicker with deeper roots, which creates a lawn of healthy grass that will help to crowd out weeds.

3. Apply Fertilizer

Lawns wake up from winter dormancy with an appetite. Here n the North, apply Scotts® Turf Builder® Triple Action. Not only will it feed and strengthen your lawn, but it also kills weeds like dandelion and clover and prevents future weeds. Feed again two months later with Scotts® Turf Builder® Lawn Food to keep grass lush and strong. With all products, be sure to follow label directions.

Be sure, too, that you have just the right spreader for your lawn.

4. Beat Weeds

Spot-treat dandelions or wild violets using Scotts® Liquid Turf Builder® with Plus 2 Weed Control. This weed killer controls weeds without harming grass. By spraying, you avoid disturbing grass roots and unearthing dormant weed seeds, both of which can happen when you hand-weed.

5. Patch and Thicken

Repair bare spots in both cool- and warm-season turf using Scotts® Bare Spot Repair Products. Timing is crucial for success: Aim for an early spring sowing for cool-season grass and a late spring sowing for warm-season grass. If your lawn is worn and thin, thicken it by overseeding. Here in MA, overseed with Scotts® Turf Builder® Thick'R Lawn™ , a product specially designed for thickening up thin lawns that combines grass seed, fertilizer, and a soil improver into an easy-to-use product that is applied with a Scotts® spreader.

Source: Scotts.com