General Information

Follow these simple steps and you will have a beautiful lawn!

• First your lawn will need .5 inches of water per week

• Thatch end of April

• Do not seed if you have applied a pre-emergent crab grass/weed preventer

• Get a soil sample, 6- 1/4 cup samples per acre at at a 4 inch depth. $ 35 at the mill.  Do one more the following year after you make adjustments.

• PH 7 is best, most soil sandy soil is lower, so add lime to increase the PH

• Use the right fertilizer, 17-8-18-10-nitrogen, phosphorus, potash, sulfur.  Do this every 4 weeks, 100/lbs per acre.  Petersons has it or Federated Coops in Rush City $21/50lb/bag

• Get rid of the broad leafs-use -Tri-mec, rate 2/oz/gallon/25/gal/acre.  Do this one time per year, once should be sufficient if staying on this program

• Core plug aerate in August with an over seed, fertilize when done

• Add Potash in July, 50 lbs/acre, $18/50 lb/bag Petersons or Federated

• Mow at 2 inches with irrigation, 3 inches with out.  Mow every 4 days so only less than a .5 inch cut is taking place.