Lawn care tips

How to care for your new lawn

Once your new lawn has been sprayed, please follow these steps. Step 6 is extremely important in

Let your new lawn dry for 24 hours so the glue in the mulch will attach to the soil.
After the first 24 hours, your lawn MUST be kept moist at all times. Be careful not over water and cause puddling or erosion. If the lawn is moist it will look chocolate brown in color. If the lawn looks tan or white, it is too dry.
Reduce watering after your grass is between 1” to 2” high.
Keep all traffic to a minimum for 3 weeks.
It is normal for weed seeds in your soil to germinate and grow faster than you’re new grass. As soon as any weeds are 3” tall begin mowing them, using a grass catcher. Mowing will stunt the weed growth, and your lawn will soon overtake them.
VERY IMPORTANT: Fertilize your new lawn in 3 – 4 weeks OR when it is 1” – 2” tall. Use 16/16/16 fertilizer; apply at a rate of 10 pounds per 1000 square feet. Do not use a weed spray or weed and feed product until you have mowed your lawn at least 5 times. Doing so will kill you new grass.

Preferred Water Times & Sprinkler Information

With hydroseeding, it is best to water more often with less water. If your mulch is drying out between water times, it is slowing the germination process. When your new lawn has filled in, reduce watering from six times per day to once a day, or once every other day setting watering zones for longer periods of time.

Best : Water 6 times per day at these intervals

8AM, 10AM, 12PM, 2PM, 4PM, 6PM

Good: Water 4 times per day at these intervals

9AM, 11:30AM, 2PM, 4:30PM

Sprinkler Information

Rotor/Impact Sprinkler Head

Rotor sprinklers should be run between 8–20 minutes per station depending on the nozzle size.

Precision Spray Sprinkler Heads

Spray sprinklers should be run between 3–8 minutes per station depending on the number of heads and the distant apart.

If puddles start to form reduce water times.

Fertilizing

Yellow grass is hungry grass. Fertilize your lawn on every major holiday in the Spring and Summer: Easter, Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day. A good inexpensive fertilizer is 18/10/10 made by the Plant Food Center and can be found at Zigglers, Lowes, Home Depot, and other home improvement stores. Do not fertilize after September 15th with a high nitrogen fertilizer as this will cause problems with your lawn.

Lawn care tips

How to care for your new lawn

Preferred Water Times & Sprinkler Information

Sprinkler Information

Fertilizing

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