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Now is the time to start preparing for the perfect fescue lawn. Spray out the weeds with a broad left herbicide. If your lawn has more weeds than fescue then spray out the weeds with round up. Some weeds will take 2 applications. The concentrated is a better option than the premixed. The weed kill time will be 2 to 3 weeks. That my friends will take you into September. This is an ideal time to core the lawn to loosen the soil, fertilize with a good balanced fertilizer, then over seed with a tall fescue mix seed. After 30 days apply another well balanced fertilizer like 16-4-8 which is a slow release fertilizer. In another 30 days do the final winterizer fertilization. If you see moss in the lawn that is a good indication of the Ph balance being off. I would install a good quality lime so it can break down in the winter. Come February install a high nitrogen fertilizer with a pre-emergent herbicide to prevent weed seed from germinating. Do this and come spring you will be the envy of the neighborhood. HINT: mow your lawn at 4 tall and mow when 6 tall. The roots will grow in relation to the mowing height. If you worked that hard to get it nice, mowing it properly will keep it nice. A short cut will be a short cut to failure. We have been Installing Award winning landscape since 1989!!! Have a great fall and enjoy your new lawn.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 01:22:59 +0000

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