Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - De-thatch and/or Aerate?
View Single Post
 
Old 07-01-2022, 07:46 AM
NoMoSno NoMoSno is offline
Gold member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 1,339
Thanks: 189
Thanked 367 Times in 230 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by DAVES View Post
No shortage of OPINIONS. Am proud to declare my lawn can't read. Dethatching opens up the soil and can allow weeds to grow. Empire Zoysia a hot weather grass starts to grow around April. We all suffer from spring fever BUT, you should put down your first application of fertilzer in last week of march first week or two in April. Too early and you are encouraging the early growing weeds. The pros are not busy in October so looking for income will do it too early.
Should also put down pre-emergent in Feb. when soil temp reaches 50-55 deg.