What's Your Lawn Style?

Our top tips for success:

• Mow frequently to crop weeds before they set seed
• Make multiple passes when mowing and leave grass bits on the lawn for natural fertilization.
• In spring or fall, use an upright weed puller for easy removal of broadleaf weeds and add seed to bare soil. These have a tap root and multiple wide leaves in a circular pattern that crowd out grass.
• Let your lawn go brown to save the most time, money, and water.

If you do only one thing besides mowing, overseed by adding grass seed over the entire lawn at least once a year in spring or fall to help it outcompete weeds.

Our top tips for success:

• In early spring, use an upright weed puller to remove weeds that shade or overgrow the grass when they are small, and soil is soft and avoid weed killers all together.
• Keep grass at about 3 inches and mow frequently in spring.
• Mulch mow: make multiple passes and leave grass bits on the lawn as natural fertilizer.
• If you want, add a slow-release fertilizer in the fall.
• Rake out (dethatch) dead grass and weeds and aerate every few years.

• Consider letting the lawn go brown to conserve water, but this may invite more weeds.

If you do only one thing besides mowing, overseed by adding grass seed over the entire lawn one or two times a year in spring and fall to outcompete weeds.

Our top tips for success:

• Rake out (dethatch) dead grass and weeds annually.
• Apply grass seed (overseed) to your entire lawn in spring and fall.
• Use a slow-release fertilizer in spring and fall.
• Mulch mow: make multiple passes to leave small bits of grass to add natural fertilization. Then rake.
• Keep grass at about 3 inches and never cut more than one-third of the blade off to avoid disease.
• If you use chemicals, always read the label, and use minimally by spot spraying.
• Do not spray pesticides onto pavement, use a flat head shovel to remove weeds.
• For best results, an in-ground programmable irrigation system with a rain sensor is recommended.
• Calibrate your watering system to deliver ½ to ¾ inches of water 2 or 3 times per week without running off onto the pavement to encourage deep rooting. (See Watering Resources below).
• Consider a water-saving, drought tolerant variety of grass best for your area’s climate.
• Aerate at least every two years.