Spring is in the air and that means more than just warmer temperatures. It’s also time to prepare your lawn for summer. As the world outside begins to green up, there are a number of jobs you have to add to your to-do list to ensure your lawn is in prime shape for spring and ready for summer-time heat. To help you in the process, the lawn care experts at Lawn Doctor of Princeton NJ have a few tips for you to keep in mind:
Fertilize your lawn. At Lawn Doctor of Princeton, we know that feeding your lawn is an essential step to good lawn care. But the schedule you go by depends on the grass you have. For cool-season grasses, fertilize lightly in early spring. For warm-season grasses, fertilize a little later in the season, once your lawn turns completely green.
Overseed thin areas. Have bare spots or thin grass overall? Before you seed, cut your grass and remove the clippings. Then rake your lawn so the top layer is loosened and prepared for better seed-to-soil contact. Finally, make sure you choose a seed variety that will perform well in our Central New Jersey climate.
Aerate your soil. Soil compaction will compress and suffocate grass roots. That’s why aeration is so important. Aeration is simply a process of loosening and opening up your soil, enabling more air, water, and nutrients to reach the root zone.
Get weeds under control. A lawn full of weeds looks ugly and is frustrating. But when you take a proactive approach by applying a pre-emergent treatment to your lawn in spring, you’ll get to weeds germinating underground, before they emerge. As a result, you’ll see far fewer weeds later in the spring and into summer.
Ready for More Lawn Care Help from Princeton’s Experts?
If you don’t have the time to get your lawn spring-ready, call in the lawn care experts who do at Lawn Doctor of Princeton. We can come out to your lawn, quickly assess its condition, and deliver the treatments to help it to recover from winter and prepare for spring and summer. Along the way, you can always count on us for dependable service, friendly technicians, and a wide variety of proven solutions.
Our lawn care services can green up your yard this spring whether you live in Princeton, NJ, or another nearby community, such as Lawrenceville, Ewing Township, Hopewell Township, Pennington, Skillman, or Montgomery Township. To find out more, call Lawn Doctor of Princeton at 609.737.8181 today for your free consultation.
