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Here are the spring lawn and garden tips. Stop in to discuss your individual needs.

LAWNS - Apply fertilizer with a crabgrass preventer. We recommend Greenview Crabicide Green Crabgrass Preventer + Fertilizer. Wait until turfgrass reaches a height of 3” before mowing. Then set the mowing height to remove no more than 1/3 of the existing grass blade. If you are needing to sow new grass seed do not apply the crabgrass preventer till all of the new grass is up and growing. It is also a great time to begin a new lawn, whether it be seed or sod. We suggest Fairfield Mix Grass Seed which has been blended just for our area. Remember to apply starter fertilizer with when preparing a new lawn or overseeding. The two products we like for this is our own purple bag of new lawn starter or Grenview Winter Green. Rake out dead grass and apply a lawn fertilizer.

FERTILIZATION - Great time for an early spring feeding of trees, shrubs, and perennials.

SPRING CLEANUP - Now is the time if you missed last year’s fall cleanup. Dead twigs and branches, leaves, and other debris should be removed from lawns and from around shrubs and perennials. Remove protective mulching from around perennials, roses, etc.

ROSES - Cut out dead wood on roses. Prune back to 18-24″.

FRUITS - Plant strawberries now – set plants about 2 feet apart in the rows to prevent overcrowding. Remove flower buds the first year to promote good root development.

TREES & SHRUBS - Look for hatching of insect and mite eggs (i.e. aphid etc) and activity of insects which have survived over winter as adults and larvae (i.e. beetles, and caterpillars) dead wood and winter injury can be pruned out to deter infestation by borers and/or diseases.

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