Plant early cool season flowers in early spring and replace with them with heat-loving annuals in the summer when they peter out. Petunias, marigolds, alyssum, lettuce and cucumbers grow famously. Smaller annuals, strawberries or vegetables are perfect for pouches. Many types of flowers, herbs and vegetables can be planted in pouches with great success. Smaller versions may even be snuggled inside baskets or other containers that hang on the fence and conceal the bag. After planting, they hang from hooks on fences, walls, decks, trees… Almost anywhere. Better yet, they’re inexpensive, colorful and easy to plant.Īvailable in different sizes, shapes and colors, flower pouches are small, heavy plastic bags with holes that are filled with soil and planted. Not just for fences, these flower pouches efficiently provide color and/or small veggies for tiny balconies, deck railings or other small areas. How many of us sit on our decks or patios, stare at a bare fence and think, “there must be something I can do with that.” This preventative method tends to give better results than applying insecticides when you notice damage as it may then be too late. Taller grass will shade out the crabgrass seed preventing it from germinating.Īn early season application of Merit will provide effective white grub control for the growing season. Maintaining your lawn at a taller height, 4 inches, throughout the growing season will allow you to control crabgrass without the use of chemicals. Apply a Team product in early to mid June. You will need to reapply in four weeks because Tupersan is not as effective as Team. On newly seeded lawns and those seeded in late fall or during the winter months, use a starter fertilizer with crabgrass control. Use corn gluten as an organic alternative to chemical control on an established lawn. Remember, crabgrass seeds start to germinate when the soil temperature reaches 50 to 58 degrees. Reapplication of crabgrass control should be done again in early to mid June for optimum control. Crabgrass control products may also be applied separate from your lawn fertilizer. This should be done in early to mid-April as the flowers are fading from the forsythia. On established lawns that you are not over-seeding, apply a fertilizer combined with crabgrass control. At a pH of 6.8 to 7.0, nutrients are most readily available to turf grasses, and beneficial microorganisms are more active to decompose thatch.įertilize your lawn with seed starter fertilizer and top dress with a very thin layer of compost or mushroom soil. We recommend a small handful of soil taken from a depth of 3 inches. Thatching rakes can be used for this purpose. Spring is an excellent time to dethatch cool-season grasses. Aerating and dethatching can help rejuvenate a lawn by restoring passageways in the soil to the root. When a thick layer of thatch builds up, water and fertilizer may run off instead of penetrating the soil. Your lawn cannot live without air, water and nutrients. The new grass can be mowed when it reaches a height of about three inches. Keep the area moist at all times until the roots become established, then you can gradually decrease the frequency of watering. It is important to get seed germinated and growing before trees begin to leaf out. If you are planning to seed a new lawn or over-seed an existing one, it is best to seed as early as possible.
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