Autumn has officially arrived, although it sure hasn't felt like it with temperatures at 90 degrees and up. Here are some tips for preparing your lawn and landscaping for the colder weather that will be here soon...
- Apply a broadleaf weed killer to turf
- Overseed any thin lawn areas at a rate of 1 pound for every 1,000 square feet
- Apply fertilizer to turf--Not to exceed 2 Lbs/1000 square feet. Fertilize azaleas, camellias, pieris, dogwood, rhododendron, boxwoods and mahonia with acid fertilizer. Other acid loving plants will be listed on fertilizer package. Fertilize blooming plants after blooming has finished..
- Begin removal of early falling leaves.
- Keep watering those newly planted trees and shrubs.
