As your Bermuda lawn prepares to enter a state of dormancy, here's a few tips to keep your lawn clean and healthy: Don't scalp your lawn before spring. Allowing your lawn to thicken up just before going dormant will help to combat winter weeds and insulate root systems. Apply preemergent in September to keep winter weeds from germinating. Read the label and follow application rates. Do not apply fertilizers after September. The use of quick release nitogen fertilizers will en

As the weather begins to warm up, so does the soil. Warm soil temperatures bring Bermuda out of dormancy. Scalp turf to 1.5" to 2" high to remove last year's growth. This allows sunlight to better penetrate the soil and further warm up the soil to promote new growth. Apply a quick release nitrogen fertilizer. Something like a fertilizer bag labeled 46-0-0. Apply fertilizer in April when temperatures begin to warm up. Results can be affected due to severity of the winter, late