TLC Newsletter

Its time to rejuvenate our lawns here in Indianapolis. This has been a hard summer on our cool season grasses. Near record rains in June, hot and humid in July and August. We have seen crabgrass break thru, nutsedge in abundance and lots of disease. Even with watering our grasses here prefer cool weather and when it gets hot and humid we see some diseases. Now is the time to get the lawn back into shape though.

Good fertilization is the first step. The turf plant develops its root system in the fall and we get recovery of the plant by developing the root system. We can not make up in the spring what we do not do in the fall so do your fall fertilization.

Get a good weed control. The turf has dried up in some areas, died in others and is just not as thick now as it is in the spring. Voids have been created for weeds to germinate and they will grow quicker than the turf once established. A good weed control can be gotten through October and even into early November in many of our falls.

We are recommending an aeration this fall for everyone. It is a great cultural practice and helps allow for root development. We can do this throughout the fall and even into early November if the weather is still co-operating.

If you have areas that have died off larger than a softball size, you may want to seed these areas. After aeration one can put out some seed and it will wash into the aeration holes and come up from there. GET GOOD SEED. In Sept you can go with a 100% bluegrass mix. If you use a poor mixture of seed or one with fine fescues and lots of ryegrasses and weed seed, even annual bluegrass, you will be fighting that for ever. A good seed mix may cost a couple of extra bucks but it is worth it in the long run. Schedule a weed control prior to doing any seeding if that is what you are planning.

If you should have any questions or you or needing any of these services this fall please feel free to call us at 317-638-1862 or email us at info@tlctotallawncare.net.

The guys at TLC