How to Choose Lawn Treatment

Green soft beautiful grass is great to walk on and even better to look at. You can keep your lawn looking green by choosing the right lawn treatment. Lawn treatments vary from season to season and it’s crucial to know the difference between treating your lawn in the spring as opposed to the summer or autumn.

• Treat your lawn for crab grass starting in early spring. Your springtime lawn treatment should also include fertilizing the lawn and ridding it of weeds with herbicides. Using this method will rid not only rid the yard of weeds, but, it will also encourage new grass growth.


• Test the pH and nutrient levels in your soil during the summer months and add nutrients to the soil if needed. You can read about proper pH and nutrient levels for your lawn online. You’ll also need to remove weeds with herbicides and fertilize the lawn again. Summer lawn treatments also call for the use of insecticides to remove pests. Water the lawn once a week for one hour during the summer. Watering for this long will allow the water to penetrate deep into the soil which makes the roots grow deeper.


• Call a local landscaping company to help you choose the right lawn treatment if necessary. The can even perform the treatments for you if necessary. This will cost more than doing it yourself, but it will save you time and effort.


• Fertilize the lawn one time during the early winter and lay some limestone down to encourage root health. The winter treatment gets the lawn ready to excel during the spring months.