Lawn Care Tips for Winchester: Getting Geared Up for Spring 

puppy running on spring lawn care Winchester grass It’s spring time and lawns all over the area are beginning to bloom. What are you doing to ensure your yard has what it needs to thrive this season? If you’re not sure, Lawn Doctor of Berkeley-Jefferson-Washington Counties & Northern Shenandoah Valley has the answers. As experts serving the Winchester, VA area, we know how important this time of year is in local lawn care. To help you make the most of it, here are a few critical tasks to add to your list:

Check your soil. Good soil quality is vitally important if you want the healthiest, greenest growth possible. To ensure yours is in great shape, follow a couple steps. Test your soil pH level to see if the range is optimal, falling between five and seven. If it’s not, make adjustments with lime or sulfur.

Also, use the screwdriver test to check for soil compaction. Compacted soils squeeze grass roots, eventually suffocating and killing them off. So if you can’t get a screwdriver into your soil with minimal effort, it’s important to aerate to create pathways for more air, nutrients, and sunlight to flow through.

Clean up your lawn. As lawn care experts in the Winchester area, we know that wet leaves and branches create prime conditions for fungus infections to take root and spread. That’s why it’s important to clean up these and other debris to prepare your lawn for healthy growth this spring. Also, if you’re noticing signs of snow mold from winter – which are straw-like circular patches – rake up matted grass to increase air circulation.

Give your lawn a good dose of weed and feed. As your lawn greens up and grows taller during spring, it needs vital nutrients. Give it a healthy dose with a fertilization product mixed with a pre-emergent weed control. This will help to stop weed seeds from germinating below the soil’s surface, ensuring you see dramatically fewer weeds later in the season.

Seed bare spots. Got bare spots and thinning areas? Seed them in spring. Simply apply a layer of topsoil, smooth it out so it’s even, scatter a healthy dose of fresh seed over it, and rake it into the topsoil. Then water the seeds early in the morning until they germinate and start growing. Just make sure you don’t apply any weed control products near new seed, which can damage them.

Get More Lawn Care Tips from the Winchester Area’s Experts

Spring lawn care requires a lot of time and effort. If you’d like a partner in the job, connect with the local lawn care team known throughout Winchester, Martinsburg, Hagerstown, Charles Town, Stephens City, Falling Waters, Stephenson, and beyond. We have the tools, equipment, products, and expertise to handle much of the work to ensure your lawn is well-primed for robust spring growth.

Connect with your Winchester, VA-area lawn care service experts today by calling our local offices directly at:

  • 304-263-1966 in West Virginia
  • 540-665-1990 in Virginia
  • 301-739-5299 in Maryland

Or our toll free line 1-866-263-1966 (which comes straight to our local offices)