Weed Control · California
How to Kill Dandelions Without Killing Grass in California
Selective herbicides, hand-pulling tricks and timing that removes dandelions for good — while your lawn stays green.
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California Lawn Care
Lawn care built for California: Tall Fescue maintenance, regional weed and disease control, and a season-by-season calendar for USDA zones 8a–10b.
Dominant Grass
Tall Fescue
USDA Zones
8a–10b
Soil
Highly variable — clay loams in valleys, decomposed granite in foothills, sandy coastal strips
Humidity
Low
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Lawn Diseases · California
Brown Patch Lawn Disease Treatment in California
Identify brown patch fungus, stop it with the right fungicide, and change the conditions that caused it — a complete recovery plan.
Lawn Diseases · California
Snow Mold: Treatment and Prevention in California
Gray and pink snow mold appear as matted circles when snow melts. How to help your lawn recover — and stop it next winter.
California Lawn Calendar
What your Tall Fescue lawn needs, season by season.
Spring
- Audit and repair irrigation BEFORE the dry season — every head, every zone
- Feed fescue in March–April before heat arrives
- Pre-emergent already down? Spot-treat spurge and oxalis young
- Mow fescue at 3 inches, rising to 4 by late spring
Summer
- Follow your water district's assigned watering days — deep and infrequent within the schedule
- Use cycle-and-soak (two short runs) so clay actually absorbs the water
- Hold fertilizer on fescue during 95°F+ stretches
- Watch for gopher mounds and trap early
Fall
- Overseed or repair fescue in October as the rains return
- Main fescue feeding October–November
- Fall pre-emergent (September) targets Poa annua germination
- Dial irrigation down as the marine layer and rains take over
Winter
- Rain does the watering — shut irrigation off entirely in wet spells
- Apply late-January pre-emergent in Southern California
- Spot-treat winter weeds after rains while soil is soft
- Soil test for salinity if using recycled water
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