ᐅ Lawn Care After Winter – How Should I Proceed?

Hello everyone 🙂

Since I found a lot of contradictory information during my online research, I wanted to get your feedback and ideas on the best way to care for the lawn after winter.

Attached are two pictures showing the current condition of my lawn (brown patches like in the pictures are present all over the lawn).
The lawn was treated with a “fall fertilizer” in autumn.
The lawn was seeded in summer 2019.

How would you approach getting the lawn back into good condition?

Scarifying? If yes, when is the best time for this?
Fertilizing? If yes, which type and when?

What else would you recommend?

Thanks & regards
Jörg

Loosen the brown areas a bit and keep off the feet for the next 3-4 weeks. At the end of March, under suitable conditions, mow and fertilize.

We will scarify the lawn once the nighttime temperatures stay above freezing. Then we will apply fertilizer and water thoroughly. The brown patches on your lawn look like fertilizer residue that wasn’t absorbed.

halmi schrieb:

Loosen up the brown patches a bit with a rake and keep off the feet for the next 3-4 weeks. At the end of March, if conditions are right, then mow and fertilize.

Just rake the brown, matted patches? So, no scarifying?

motorradsilke schrieb:

We will start scarifying as soon as the nights don’t freeze anymore. Then we’ll apply fertilizer and water thoroughly. The brown spots on your lawn look like fertilizer was left on them.

I think it’s less likely to be fertilizer since the spots only appeared after the snow melted.

A scarifier cuts into the grass turf; I would only aerate, meaning removing the dry, dead grass.
Fertilize only when nighttime temperatures are consistently above 5°C (41°F), and overseed two weeks later.