Lawn Care From RCW Nurseries for the Houston area...

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• Apply a pre-emergent herbicide to control the sprouting of warm season weeds. Use Amaze to control both grassy and broadleaf weeds, First Down to only control crabgrass, or Portrait to only prevent broadleaf weeds only.
• This month is perfect to core aerate the lawn. This opens up compacted soil, allowing water and nutrients to penetrate more deeply.
• You can apply an organic lawn food such as Garden Ville Lawn Fertilizer, Microlife, Milorganite. These contain a high amount of organic matter, that breaks down much more slowly than other types of lawn fertilizers, including those labeled slow release.
• Apply seaweed extract to the lawn to stimulate beneficial soil organisms.
• It's time to feed the lawn! If you're using a pre-emergent herbicide, put that down first and then fertilize the lawn a week later.
• Do not use weed and feed lawn fertilizers that contain Atrazine near trees, shrubs, garden and vegetable beds. Atrazine is a powerful broadleaf plant weedkiller. Trees, shrubs, flowers, and vegetables are broadleaf plants.
• Water your lawn if rain has not been received for a week.
• DO NOT preventatively apply any insecticide to kill Cinch Bugs. This simply does not work. It is too cold for them to be active.