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66 Years CONTINUED
Weeder’s Digest CONTINUED

Now that you have established a pre-emergent in early May.
your lawn, there are a couple of more You may also want to consider

things to consider, so that your hard the different options to a lawn’s
work is not in vain. Specifically, you makeup:

need to follow proper watering and
weed control. Zoysia, which is a warm season
grass, turns brown in the winter.
Whether you have an Grass seed blends can be pure fescue,
underground sprinkler system or will have a bluegrass blend, and even

be manually watering, in both cases an annual rye for cooler condition
you should remember to water deeply, germination. Whatever you choose to

but infrequently. plant, you’ll get what
Twice a week for a you pay for when it

half hour is better comes to quality. You
than daily for should also know that

ten minutes. All due to recent poor
sprinkler systems harvests and shipping

are different, so set issues, current prices
up your watering per pound are quite

schedule to shoot high.
for about an inch

to an inch and a Growing and
half on a weekly maintaining a

basis. Shallow beautiful lawn is
watering will make not an inexpensive

for shallow root venture, so whether
systems. you pay someone or do it yourself, it

is a process, and you'll need to stick to
Weed control is a conversation a good program in order to get good

almost unto to itself. Pre-emergent, results.
post-emergent, and spot spraying all
have different timing factors, so be You can reach Bob Siren by email:

sure to seek professional advice on GardenGab@wslk880.com

such matters. Most important is to
stop crabgrass from establishing, as it
will smother your good grass, so apply

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