1. Perform a quick maintenance on your mower in the spring. Cold weather can effect the performance of your equipment and it's a good idea to take care of a few things before restarting your mower in the Spring. Change out spark plugs, oil and fuel filters. Clean old clippings and leaves out from under the mower deck, and change the oil and fill with fresh gasoline before restarting.
2. Be patient with your lawn, it's not advisable to run out on the first warm day of Spring and attack your lawn. It's been dormant for an entire season and starting lawn care too early can risk damaging the new grass shoots, causing bald spots to develop in your lawn.
3. When you do start your lawn care regimen start with raking, or de-thatching. Removal of dead grasses from past seasons can help aerate the upper crust of the soil and allow new grass shoots to flourish.
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| The thatch is the old dry grass remaining from previous seasons |
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| Commercial de-thatchers pull the dead grass out leaving only the bright green healthy shoots |
4. If you find a lot of areas that are not soft when walking, or are compacted from heavy snow; you can try aeration. This is a service that we recommend you have done by professional, improper aeration techniques can cause more damage than good. Compacted soils can be loosened with aeration and roots systems will be stronger if performed correctly.
5. If you know your lawn is prone to weed growth, Spring is a good time to consider applying consumer grade herbacides. It's much easier to try to prevent the weeds from cropping up than to deal with them once they have taken root!
We hope these tips help you prepare for the spring lawn and garden season. Greener Solutions Lawn And Landscape can help too! We offer full scale lawn and landscape services including, de-thatching, aeration, grass seeding, and mowing. Call anytime for a free consultation.
Andy and Courtney Bailey
Greener Solutions Lawn and Landscape
www.greenersolutionslawn.com
517-945-1204
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