OT: Is it time to fertilize the lawn

[RCTrooper]

Need some lawn advice:

I used Scotts weed and feed 6 weeks ago when the lawn was still a frozen tundra. The lawn is pretty lush and green and I want to put down some fertilizer to keep it going before the summer heat sets in. Is it too soon to use fertilizer?

 

[Goo]

I believe scotts recommeds 7-8 weeks between steps. I simply do Late April, late June, Labor Day, and holloween, this way I don't forget.

 

[fg7321]

Step 1 is not weed and feed its Crab grass preventer and feed. Step 2 is weed and feed and that's right about now.

 

[Abro1975]

That's what I did as well, used the crabgrass pre emergent in early April and will now use the Step 1 Weed and Feed first weekend in June. I also used Weed B Gone on dandelions and a few stray weeds that popped up, stuff works very well. Not much rain so far this spring.

Step 1 is not weed and feed its Crab grass preventer and feed. Step 2 is weed and feed and that's right about now.

 

[RUaMoose]

Step 1 is not weed and feed its Crab grass preventer and feed. Step 2 is weed and feed and that's right about now.

I haven't used the crab grass preventer (Scotts plus halts) in years. Never saw any benefit. I usually hit the lawn with straight lawn food (10-10-10) around early April, then around mid-late April I hit the lawn with the liquid weed killer (the concentrate you attach to your hose). Next it's weed/feed in late May followed by plain old insect control in early June. I'm pretty much done after that although I might put down some straight lawn food again in the early Fall. My lawn looks great even with the recent semi-drought

 

[RU'70]

Step 1 is not weed and feed its Crab grass preventer and feed. Step 2 is weed and feed and that's right about now.

This is the timetable I follow with Scotts. Maybe an acronym will help: EMIL. Easter-put down fertilizer with crabgrass control. Memorial Day fertilizer with weed control. Independence Day fertilizer with insect control and Labor Day for fertilizer to carry you through the winter. If I am going to do remedial work in the fall, such as seeding, thatching or aerating, I don't put down the fall fertilizer until early October.

 

[RCTrooper]

This is the timetable I follow with Scotts. Maybe an acronym will help: EMIL. Easter-put down fertilizer with crabgrass control. Memorial Day fertilizer with weed control. Independence Day fertilizer with insect control and Labor Day for fertilizer to carry you through the winter. If I am going to do remedial work in the fall, such as seeding, thatching or aerating, I don't put down the fall fertilizer until early October.

That's perfect advice. Thanks!

 

[scarleteagle]

Around me, if you wait until Memorial Day to weed and feed, the dandelions have already grown, spread and died. I try to hit them with the weed killer in April.

 

[DJ Spanky]

I also used Weed B Gone on dandelions and a few stray weeds that popped up, stuff works very well.

Depending upon how many dandelions you have, you might want to try some of the stuff targeted explicitly at them. I used that quite a while back on my parents' lawn, as it had somehow gotten overrun with dandelions, and it worked fantasticly. If you only have a few, however, then it's overkill.