March is here! I am, and so is your lawn, hoping for warmer weather and an early spring here in East Tennessee. Fescue lawns prefer mild to cool temps, so spring in East Tennessee is very favorable weather. Your lawn should be coming out of dormancy and starting to grow again. Any yellowish color should fade to a lush dark green as the turf starts to grow again. It’s time to tune up your mowers or call the lawn mowing crew. Please make sure that you are cutting at an appropriate height. A minimum of 4 inches is recommended (never cut lower than 3.5 inches. Cutting too low will stress the lawn and make it more susceptible to disease. I cut my lawn at 4.5 inches. If you have an irrigation system, I would consider starting it at the end of March or the beginning of April.
Pre-emergent applications should have been put down at this point which will serve as our first defense against annual spring weeds. For our March service, I will be focusing on maintaining this weed control. Post-emergent weed control products will be utilized to keep a weed-free turf stand.
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