Fescue seed

The unusual weather we’ve experienced recently has really caused a lot of problems in the landscape, especially with lawns. Cool-season lawns like fescue have suffered over extreme heat followed by our unusual wet weather. Many have a problem differentiating the grassy weeds from their cool-season fescue grass as most are mostly grassy and broadleaf weeds. A good rule of thumb is if your lawn is mostly a sea of unknown grasses and weeds, start over in the fall and reseed the entire lawn. Here are a few tips to help weed-plagued lawns through proper preparation.

• Mark your calendar. September to early October is the ideal time of year to fertilize and reseed fescue lawns. Of course, weather can also play a role on the dates.

• Now is an opportune time to have your soil teste

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