All about LawnsGuidelines for selecting grass, installing a lawn, and keeping the lawn healthy and weed-free. |
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1,000 square feet acid actual nitrogen aeration amount anilazine annual ryegrass apply areas Augustine grass Bahiagrass bentgrass bermudagrass Blue Grama broadcast spreader Buffalograss centipedegrass chemical chinch bugs climate color common bermudagrass complete fertilizer containing cool cool-season grasses creeping cultivars damage dethatching disease drought edger edging evenly germinate glyphosate grass blades green growing month growth grubs herbicides insects install keep Kentucky bluegrass label lawn grasses lawn mower lawn needs leaf less MCPP mixture moist moisture mowing height mulch nitrogen per 1,000 nutrients overseeding percent percentage perennial ryegrass pesticides pests phosphorus plugs postemergent potassium pound of actual preemergent herbicide problem rake red fescue reel mower remove resistant rhizomes roots rotary mower shade spot spray sprayer spread spring sprinkler head sprinkler system stems stolons string trimmer summer surface tall fescue temperatures tensiometer textured thatch tolerant type of grass usually vigorously warm-season grasses weather winter zoysiagrass