Planters' Choice Intensive Turf Care Program
Step 1.
Crabgrass Pre-emergent with fertilizer. Apply late March through about the end of April. (Dimension can be used as an early Post-Emergent into May.)
-Team Pro with 22-0-6 fertilizer 12,500 sq. ft.
-Dimension with 18-0-5 fertilizer 10,600 sq. ft.
-Barricade with 16-0-8 fertilizer 12,500 sq. ft.
Step 2.
Broadleaf weed control (weeds that are not grasses). Apply May through early July.
-Trimec without fertilizer 10,000 sq ft.
-Lockup with 19-0-6 fertilizer 12,500 sq. ft. (It can be applied to new seeding 2 weeks after
germination is first noticed for Rye & Bluegrass, see the label)
Step 3.
Surface insect control. Apply mid-May through August. Provides control of chinchbugs, sod webworm, mole crickets, billbugs, hyperodes, others.
-Talstar (Bifenthrin) with 16-0-8 fertilizer, 7,500 to 15,000 sq. ft.
Step 4.
Grub control for the Fall. Kill grubs in fall and you won't have them in the spring. Apply June through Aug 15th. (If you have grubs in the Spring, use Dylox)
-Merit with 20-0-5 fertilizer 11,100 to 14,000 sq. ft.
-Merit with 0-0-7 (There's no nitrogen so it won't push growth.) 11,000-14,200 sq. ft.
Step 5.
Fertilizer for late Summer/early Fall (August through September)
-20-0-5 fertilizer 10,000 to 13,000 sq. ft.
-10-6-4 fertilizer 5,000 to 7,000 sq. ft.
Step 6.
Fertilizer for late Fall. (October through November)
-12-25-12 fertilizer 10,000 sq. ft.
-16-25-12 fertilizer 12,500 sq. ft.
Notes:
1. If no grub control was applied last fall, check for grubs in the Spring and apply Dylox if needed. Merit will not kill grubs in the spring.
2. A second, late Summer/early Fall application of broadleaf weed control works well as there is more translocation to roots at this time.
3. Adjust pH according to soil test. Plants can't get the fertilizer if pH is wrong. Some lawns have had too much lime and are alkaline!
P.S. Need a Pre-emergent for your flower/ornamental beds? Pick up a bag of Preen or Treflan.
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