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November 7, 2014
Gardening

Use Our Top 5 Spring Lawn Care Tips to Enjoy Lots of Beautiful Green!

Your lawn is one of the first things guests see when they visit and one of the first things you see every morning when you go outside. A healthy lawn adds a positive note to your home’s first impression, but a scraggly, patchy lawn can be a real eyesore. Read on to get our 5 best spring lawn care tips.

This winter has been brutal all around, including for your lawn. Help it start to spring out the right way so that you can enjoy its lush greenness all summer!

1. Rake

No, raking isn’t just for autumn! According to landscaping expert David Beaulieu, removing excess thatch from your lawn in the spring is key if you want a healthy lawn this summer.

Thatch is dead grass that has fallen out and lies between the soil and the live grass, and too much thatch will prevent your lawn from thriving. Beaulieu says that raking also loosens up areas of matted grass and removes dead grass blades before they have the chance to become thatch.

2. Check for Soil Compaction

For your lawn to thrive, the soil needs to be dense enough to hold the grass’s roots but not so tightly compacted that it prevents water and nutrients from penetrating the roots adequately.

HowStuffWorks.com describes a simple test to see if your lawn’s soil has become too compacted: poke an old dinner fork into the ground. The soil is too compacted if the tines can’t penetrate at least 2 inches into the ground. If this is the case, free up your soil with a lawn aerator.

3. Correct pH Problems

Grass grows well with a neutral soil pH. If your soil becomes too acidic, moss can start to take over, and your grass will begin dying off.

While Wet & Forget Outdoor is the perfect solution for removing moss on outdoor surfaces, fixing the pH problem is the only way to take care of this problem in your grass.

Landscaping and lawn care expert David Beaulieu recommends sending a soil sample to your local county extension to have the pH checked.

Applying lime to your lawn with a garden spreader will make the soil more alkaline (less acidic) and bring the pH back to neutral, and your county extension can advise you on how much lime to apply once they have checked the soil pH.

Be sure to follow their lawn care recommendation because too much lime will make the soil too alkaline and kill your lawn.

4. Correct Low Spots

Low spots in your lawn can cause drainage problems that can lead to brown spots or bald spots. Fall rains followed by the winter freeze-thaw cycle can create low spots, so spring is a perfect time to eliminate the problem.

Check your lawn for any big dips in soil level, peel up the turf from that area, fill it in with soil until it’s level with the rest of the lawn, replace the turf, and water it. This is also a good time to check your lawn’s grading, which can also be affected during the winter.

Proper grading will make rainwater run away from your home’s foundation, but improper grading can lead to a wet basement with mold and mildew  or even a cracked foundation. Click here for instructions.

5. Seed Bald Spots

Grass seeds germinate best at around 65 degrees Fahrenheit, so spring is often the perfect time to seed dead or bald areas in your lawn, such as those caused by the low spots discussed above.

Wait until daytime temperatures in your area are consistently 65 degrees and above, and seed your lawn. Click here for detailed lawn seeding information from the Iowa State University Extension and here for detailed lawn seeding instructions courtesy of This Old House.

Photos courtesy of Erin Buonocore.

Use these 5 tips to keep your lawn looking great this spring!

 

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