Spring is finally here!!

A sure sign that spring has finally arrived is when the forsythia bushes bloom and take on an awesome yellow color.  Even though the forsythia’s great vibrant yellow color only lasts a few short weeks, here are a few Lawn and landscape related special events that it’s bloom usually signifies.

• Soil temperatures are beginning to warm above 50 degrees+
• Cool season turf grasses are finally beginning to grow.
• Perennial broadleaf weeds, especially dandelions, are coming out of dormancy and are springing back to life!
• Crabgrass seed will begin germinating in open, bare soil areas in the very near future.  Try to apply a grassy weed preventer at this time.
• The odds of accumulating snow and/or sub-freezing temperatures are becoming less likely to occur from this point forward.  Winter is over!!
• Lawn and landscape clean-ups, dethatching and core aeration should be well underway.
• Irrigation systems are being opened/turned-on for the season.
• Even though turf grass seed should be ideally planted in the late summer/early fall for best results, if planting in the spring, now would be the time to do so (next 4 weeks +/-).

Please be sure to contact Pacocha Landscaping Services, Inc. with any lawn or landscape related improvement project you would like completed.  Thank you for visiting our site and have a great spring and summer season!