LAWN CARE CALENDER
       For Spring & Summer, do you have a plan for achieving the yard of your dreams? When is it the best time to Aerate or Dethatch? How often does my yard need to be watered? Is fertilizer a requirement for beautiful and healthy grass? These questions and more are answered in this simple Lawn Care Calendar that helps you prepare your yard for the hot and dry season that is soon approaching. 

  March & April 
Clean up debris from winter. Cultivation (aerifying, spiking, slicing) - lawn should be actively growing. The benefits of Aeration are numerous:

1. Dense earth prevents water from reaching the lower root levels, Aeration opens up the earth and allows for more effective watering in less time.

2. Aeration allows oxygen and fertilizer to better reach lower root levels.

3. Aeration allows more room for root expansion thus achieving a thicker and healthier turf.

· Vertical mowing or dethatching (lawn should be actively growing). 

· Overseeding, establishment (late in month; late summer is better).
 
· Pre-emergence annual weed (e.g. crabgrass) control (or early May). 

  May
· Cultivation (aerifying, spiking, slicing) - lawn should be actively growing.

· Pre-emergence annual weed (i.e. crabgrass) control (or late April). · Fertilization (1 pound of nitrogen/1,000 square feet). 
· Post-emergence broadleaf weed (e.g. dandelions) control to actively growing weeds.
· Overseeding, establishment (early in month; late summer is better). 

Don't forget, Ray Rents, Inc has a full line of lawn care equipment for both rent & sale.