Lawn Care Tips for St. Charles: Getting Geared Up for Spring

green grass after lawn care in St. CharlesIf you want a beautiful lawn this summer, spring is the time to start cultivating it. With its moderate temperatures and ample rainfall, it provides all the right conditions for productive growth as long as you also deliver the right care. So what steps should St. Charles, MO homeowners be taking in their lawns to get them in prime shape? Lawn Doctor of St.Louis-St. Charles has the answers you need. Here’s a look:

Tidy up and cut your lawn. Make sure leaves, twigs, and branches, which can hinder growth and cause the spread of infection, are sufficiently cleaned out of your lawn and landscape beds. Also, when you start cutting your lawn, don’t scalp it. A lawn that’s too short can cause damage to grass blades, depleting energy reserves and weakening grass.

Get control over weeds. You might not be seeing weeds in your yard yet. But as local lawn care experts, Lawn Doctor of St. Charles knows that spring is a great time to get a jumpstart on controlling them. Apply a pre-emergent product to your lawn, which gets to weed seeds germinating underground. It prevents them from developing, sprouting up, spreading, and competing with your lawn for key essentials.

Nourish your grass. A lawn with nutrient deficiencies isn’t going to be able to grow in strong and green. Likewise, its natural defenses to the threat of weeds, diseases, pests, and insects is going to be dramatically weakened. However, you can give your lawn a light application of fertilizer in early spring to help it recover from winter and promote heartier spring-time growth.

Look for problem spots. Are you noticing standing puddles of water in your lawn? Does your new growth seem limp and weak? Are there dead patches or bare spots throughout your lawn? At Lawn Doctor of St.Louis-St. Charles, we know spring is a good time to take care of these and other issues, whether your lawn needs aeration, spot seeding, or pH balancing. So walk your lawn, assess its condition, identify problem spots, and create a plan of action for dealing with them.

Get More Lawn Care Help from Lawn Doctor of St.Louis-St. Charles

If you’re not prepared to deal with problems in your lawn and would like help with the process, call our trusted lawn care team. We offer a full range of quality and custom lawn care services to customers all over St. Charles, Webster Groves, Maryland Heights, University City, St. Peters, O’Fallon, and the surrounding communities. We can help you overcome a variety of challenges in your lawn, big and small, also so its geared up for great spring-time growth.

Call Lawn Doctor of St.Louis-St. Charles today at 636.410.9952 to find out more and set up your free lawn care evaluation.