Lawn Care by State
Almost every expensive lawn mistake is a timing mistake, and timing is local. The same bag of fertilizer builds roots in one state and feeds weeds in another, because soil, frost dates and growing seasons decide the outcome — not the label.
We publish a state guide only once the agronomy for that state is researched: soil type and pH, USDA zones, real application windows and the threats local extension programs actually document. That is 50 states so far, each feeding 53 localized guides.
Swipe the map sideways
- Warm-season turf
- Cool-season turf
- Transition zone
- Guide not published yet
Or pick from the list50 states
- AlabamaCentipede
- AlaskaKentucky Bluegrass
- ArizonaBermuda
- ArkansasBermuda
- CaliforniaTall Fescue
- ColoradoKentucky Bluegrass
- ConnecticutKentucky Bluegrass
- DelawareTall Fescue
- FloridaSt. Augustine
- GeorgiaBermuda
- HawaiiBermuda
- IdahoKentucky Bluegrass
- IllinoisKentucky Bluegrass
- IndianaKentucky Bluegrass
- IowaKentucky Bluegrass
- KansasTall Fescue
- KentuckyTurf-Type Tall Fescue
- LouisianaSt. Augustine
- MaineKentucky Bluegrass
- MarylandTurf-Type Tall Fescue
- MassachusettsKentucky Bluegrass
- MichiganKentucky Bluegrass
- MinnesotaKentucky Bluegrass
- MississippiBermuda
- MissouriTurf-Type Tall Fescue
- MontanaKentucky Bluegrass
- NebraskaKentucky Bluegrass
- NevadaTall Fescue
- New HampshireKentucky Bluegrass
- New JerseyTurf-type Tall Fescue
- New MexicoBermuda
- New YorkKentucky Bluegrass
- North CarolinaTall Fescue
- North DakotaKentucky Bluegrass
- OhioKentucky Bluegrass
- OklahomaBermuda
- OregonPerennial Ryegrass
- PennsylvaniaKentucky Bluegrass
- Rhode IslandKentucky Bluegrass
- South CarolinaCentipedegrass
- South DakotaKentucky Bluegrass
- TennesseeTall Fescue
- TexasBermuda
- UtahKentucky Bluegrass
- VermontKentucky Bluegrass
- VirginiaTall Fescue
- WashingtonPerennial Ryegrass
- West VirginiaTall Fescue
- WisconsinKentucky Bluegrass
- WyomingKentucky Bluegrass
Pick your state
Lawn advice is only useful if it is local. Choose a state and we will show what your lawn needs this month, which threats are active there, and the guides written for your grass.
Not published yet
We only publish a state guide once the agronomy is researched for that state — soil, frost dates, application windows and local threats. Guessing would make the page worthless. Tell us where you are and we will start with the states people actually ask for.
Noted — thank you. In the meantime the national guides cover everything that is not region-specific.
Read the national guides instead →Why your state's grass family decides everything
The United States splits into two turf families with opposite calendars, and a band in the middle where both are grown. Which side you are on determines when you feed, when you seed, how high you mow and which diseases you should expect.
Warm-season states
Bermuda, St. Augustine, Zoysia. Dormant and straw-coloured in winter, growing hardest in summer heat. Fed only after full spring green-up.
Cool-season states
Tall fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, ryegrass. Growing in spring and autumn, merely surviving July. Fall is the most important feeding of the year.
- AlaskaKentucky Bluegrass
- ColoradoKentucky Bluegrass
- ConnecticutKentucky Bluegrass
- IdahoKentucky Bluegrass
- IllinoisKentucky Bluegrass
- IndianaKentucky Bluegrass
- IowaKentucky Bluegrass
- MaineKentucky Bluegrass
- MassachusettsKentucky Bluegrass
- MichiganKentucky Bluegrass
- MinnesotaKentucky Bluegrass
- MontanaKentucky Bluegrass
- NebraskaKentucky Bluegrass
- New HampshireKentucky Bluegrass
- New JerseyTurf-type Tall Fescue
- New YorkKentucky Bluegrass
- North DakotaKentucky Bluegrass
- OhioKentucky Bluegrass
- OregonPerennial Ryegrass
- PennsylvaniaKentucky Bluegrass
- Rhode IslandKentucky Bluegrass
- South DakotaKentucky Bluegrass
- UtahKentucky Bluegrass
- VermontKentucky Bluegrass
- WashingtonPerennial Ryegrass
- WisconsinKentucky Bluegrass
- WyomingKentucky Bluegrass
Transition zone
Both families are grown, often on the same street — and sometimes in the same yard. The hardest region to give one answer for, which is why the local detail matters most here.
Pre-emergent timing, every state
The spring application windows from every state profile, side by side — with the soil-temperature triggers that actually set them.
Open the tableOverseeding window, every state
When to seed or overseed, state by state — including the three states where autumn is the wrong season entirely.
Open the tableWhat makes a state guide different
A state page is not a national article with the state's name swapped in. Each one is built from researched regional data, so the advice actually changes:
Soil and pH
Alkaline soil locks iron away, so pale turf in Arizona is usually chlorosis rather than hunger — the opposite conclusion to Ohio.
Application windows
Pre-emergent timing runs on soil temperature, which crosses 55°F weeks apart between South Texas and Pennsylvania.
Documented threats
Chinch bugs dominate Gulf Coast St. Augustine; snow mold never appears there at all.
Local rules
Several states restrict phosphorus or set seasonal fertilizer blackouts, and those change what you can legally buy.
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