Scotts Company gives you the Tools for a Great Lawn

Now that early Spring is here, you are probably telling yourself that you need to do something for your lawn, but you're not sure exacty what.

The Scotts Company has put together a great page to help you figure out what you should do, and when you are suppose to do it.

The Scotts page is located at: http://www.scottscompany.com/homepage.cfm The web site has a lot of great information for your lawn and garden. If you click on the link for "lawn care." They not only give you season sensitive information, but they offer a service in which they will send you an email to remind you of when your lawn may need some attention.

Below I have included a copy of their article concerning what you should be doing with you lawn now.

"As long as your yard is not covered by snow, you can get an early start on a great lawn. Just follow these steps:

* Start by removing sticks and other debris that accumulated during the winter. * Next, rake your lawn to remove dead leaves and thatch and to loosen the soil on bare spots. * The first time that you mow your grass this year, be sure to lower your mower blade below its normal height. This will remove as much of the dead top-growth as possible and expose the crowns of the grass plants to sunlight. This in turn will trigger early greening and help the grass to thicken.

Most lawns need to be fed four to five times during the growing season. The first application should be either a straight fertilizer such as Turf Builder or a combination fertilizer with pre-emergent crabgrass preventer (such as Turf Builder with Halts Crabgrass Preventer). To learn the best time for applications where you live, look at our Annual Programs guide.

Healthy, strong turf has a better root system to combat heat, cold, drought, and other stress. A quality granular, controlled-release fertilizer allows grass plants to grow evenly, without starvation periods or heavy growth spurts. Controlled, even growth also minimizes grass clippings. Each granule of Turf Builder contains all three essential nutrients - nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium - so the lawn will be fed evenly, without danger of over- or under-feeding."

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