Spring 2022 Lawn Care - First Cutting and Crabgrass Preventer (fertilizer, cold, weed)
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Last week of January and here in Virginia it’s 30’ today, but expected near 50’ by the end of this week. It appears the cold snap of the past several weeks is finally lifting as Spring is less than 50 days until Spring.
So enjoy the next several weeks, but now is definitely time to start thinking about Spring lawn care. Don’t make the mistake of what most people jump to of going out and buying a bag of high nitrogen fertilizer…think crabgrass prevention.
With every Spring, crabgrass prevention is one of the most important, if not most important, tasks of the year.
For skipping this simple task, your lawn will be overtaken come June, July, and August with that weed that thrives on heat and dry conditions.
My Top Pick for crabgrass prevention each year is Lesco Crabgrass Preventer 0-0-7. Another one that can easily be found for crabgrass prevention is Spectracide Weed Stop Granular.
In February, in coastal ga, we will put down pre emergent on the lawn. Either Scott’s Weed EX or the other Scott’s with a Halts. Too early for anything else yet. No fertilizer until after the first cutting. We have centipede grass and it is dormant in the winter.
Ha - late April here in central IL...but I have the crabgrass preventer so that I'm ready the first weekend I can after hitting the right temp.
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