Entries for Tag: Crabgrass

In most areas, a pre-emergent should be applied on lawns between March 15th and May 15th, depending on where you live. Crabgrass starts to germinate when the soil temperature reaches about 55 degrees. An indicator of when to apply your crabgrass preventer is when the forsythia blooms. For controlling crabgrass, you have three choices:

1. Jonathan Green Crabgrass Preventer plus Green-Up Lawn Fertilizer - Controls crabgrass and other grassy weeds before AND after they germinate, while feeding your lawn gently for up to 8 weeks. This product also prevents certain broadleaf weeds if applied before they germinate. Apply as the first step in my Annual Lawn Care Program with 4 Easy Steps. DO NOT SEED with this product.

2. Jonathan Green Crabgrass Preventer plus New Seeding Lawn Fertilizer - Use if seeding this Spring. Controls crabgrass and provides New Seeding Lawn Fertilizer. You can apply this product on the same day that you sow grass seed.

3. Jonathan Green Organic Weed Control plus Fertilizer - Safe to use around children and pets! Controls crabgrass and over 20 other grassy and broadleaf weeds organically while feeding your lawn, using the patented technology of Corn Gluten - contains no manures! Apply in spring BEFORE these target weeds germinate. DO NOT SEED with this product.

TIP: Proper mowing of your lawn is an important part of controlling crabgrass. Mowing heights of 2-1/2" to 3-1/2" will keep the desirable lawn grasses strong. If you cut your lawn below these heights, it tends to stress the good turf grass and allows crabgrass to take over, since there is less competition.

Summertime droughts kill many lawns but the crabgrass survives!  Crabgrass is a very resilient plant that even thrives through heat and drought.  Why do we have such a difficult time controlling crabgrass?  Will you have crabgrass this year? Do you feel lucky?

After many years of doing the same routine with your lawn and you not being very happy, are you tired of your same old lawn?  If you continued to eat French fries every day and got fatter by the minute why continue down that path?  It’s time to mix it up, have it your way!  We are creatures of habit and tend to follow similar routines with our lives including our lawn.  Many homeowners we meet do not take the time to evaluate their lawn care program or lawn problems.   They do the same thing time and time again and they are generally disappointed with their lawn.  

By the time you read this we hope spring has arrived, trees will be budding, birds chirping and the Jersey Shore has made great progress towards repairing itself from Sandy.  We all love the sound of the roaring engines when they announce the beginning of a road race, but have we ever thought of all of the preparation the racing team has done to get ready for the big race day?  Does Tiger Woods just show up at the Masters and expect to win every time, no!  Would you go out on your lawn this spring, fill the spreader and go to town without a plan, we hope not.