Lawn Care Tips for the Spring Season

Lawn Doctor’s spring lawn care guide will rejuvenate your yard. Find spring lawn care tips for lawn disease, maintenance, fertilization, mowing and weed prevention.

Lawn Disease:  Did your lawn develop dead patches during the winter? Have pests such as grubs made their home in your yard?  Proper spring lawn care can deal with these problems and help rejuvenate your yard. Lawn Doctor’s Lawn Maintainer Care programs can help protect your lawn from pests and disease throughout the year.

Lawn Fertilization – Fertilizing is one of the most important spring lawn care tips. You may have fertilized your lawn in the fall, but it is also important to do so during the spring in order to help your lawn grow lush and thick. Spring fertilization helps your lawn replenish preserves that were depleted over the long, arduous winter. Your Lawn Doctor professional can offer you lawn tips as well as help you with the right amount of fertilizer needed for your lawn.

Overseeding –  If you have any bare patches on your lawn, you may need to do what is known as “overseeding” your lawn. This will help grow new patches where the lawn died during the winter. Check with your Lawn Doctor lawn care professional for spring time tips on how much seeding your lawn may need, and when the seeding should be done.

Mowing– Springtime means it is time to start using the lawn mower again. Check out our lawn care tips to review proper techniques and safety considerations for mowing.

Grass-cycling– This process involves leaving grass clippings on the lawn when mowing is finished, which can recycle grass elements back into the lawn.

Thatch level– Check to see if aeration and dethatching would help lawn maintenance. Lawn aeration is the process that is used to treatthatch buildup. When soil becomes compacted or thatch builds up it restricts your grass’ access to much needed nutrients. Aeration helps alleviate this issue and facilitates better growh.

Weed prevention– Springtime is appropriate for treating lawns with pre-emergents. Spring lawn care services can help to prevent crabgrass and other grassy weeds. Another way to prevent weeds is through landscaping beds maintenance.Your Lawn Doctor lawn care expert will know which weeds are a problem in your area, and how to treat them.

pH Level of Soil– Lawn Doctor can professionally test your soil to help you figure out which compounds you might require to help your yard flourish. Having the correct pH level for your yard can help save you many problems in the long run.

For more information on spring lawn care and additional lawn care tips for spring, contact Lawn Doctor of Woodbridge-Manassas-Dumfries.