Tag: lawn care

Torpedograss chokes your grass and favorite flowers. Use a chemical, mechanical, or organic control method to get rid of torpedograss in your lawn.

Learn when and how to apply crabgrass preventer. Aim for soil temperatures to hit 55 degrees Fahrenheit, spread evenly, and water lightly post-application.

Repair salt damage on your lawn by applying gypsum, leaching sodium from the root zone, topdressing, and overseeding affected areas.

Dormant seeding involves seeding grass in late fall/early winter, a process that includes soil preparation, broadcasting seed, and raking seeds into the soil.

Fall preventative measures keep grass green in winter, and strategic wintertime watering and limited foot traffic help cultivate green winter grass.

Learn how to protect your lawn from salt damage with tips like creating barriers, flushing soil, and planting salt-tolerant grass this winter.

Snow molds are cold-weather diseases caused by fungi in humid, snow-covered lawns that have not been properly winterized.

To prevent snow mold, improve soil drainage, go easy on the nitrogen, remove fallen leaves, mow the lawn, and disperse snow piles.

Crown hydration happens when a plant’s crown takes up excess water during thawing, risking freeze damage during the next cold spell.

Winter desiccation happens when turfgrass loses more than half its moisture due to dry winds or sunny days with frozen soil.