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Lawn Maintenance (Web Exclusive) From "Grow It & Mow It" episode DMOW-102

In this episode of Grow It & Mow It, host Walter Reeves demonstrates how to keep your lawn looking gorgeous.

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	Lawn Maintenance Calendar
	Figure A
	Figure B

Lawn Maintenance Calendar

Spring

• March and April: Rake up leaves and debris in yard.

• Sharpen mower blade.

• May: Apply broadleaf herbicide.

Summer

• Water correctly (figure A): Soak lawn six to eight inches deep...sandy soils take 30 minutes. For clay soils, it could take a couple of hours.

• If you plan to kill off your lawn, August is a good time to do it.

Fall

• Mulch leafs on lawn with mower.

• Aerate soil – getting air down to the roots.

• Apply pre-emergent herbicide to prevent growth of annual bluegrass and chickweed.

Winter

• Maintain your mower – drain the oil and gasoline and change the filter (figure B).

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Fixing Brown or Bald Spots

Small Patch

• Clean up dead grass with a rake, trowel or shovel.

• Scrape the grown grass or poke holes in it.

• Lightly scatter seed.

• Water.

Large Patch

• Loosen edges of the brown patch using a shovel.

• Dig up the dead grass. You could use a device called a sod cutter to help.

• Till the soil.

• Rake remaining debris, grass and soil to even out the surface.

• Lay sod by first starting along an edge.

• Butt the ends together.

• Cut off any excess using a knife.

• Roll out any bumps.

• Water sod to help it establish a good root system.
  
  

  ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:
  	Lawn Maintenance (Web Exclusive)
  	Fertilizer
  	Thatch and Aerating
  	Lawnmower Tips and Watering Grass