Weed Control · North Carolina
How to Kill Dandelions Without Killing Grass in North Carolina
Selective herbicides, hand-pulling tricks and timing that removes dandelions for good — while your lawn stays green.
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North Carolina Lawn Care
Lawn care built for North Carolina: Tall Fescue maintenance, regional weed and disease control, and a season-by-season calendar for USDA zones 6a–8b.
Dominant Grass
Tall Fescue
USDA Zones
6a–8b
Soil
Piedmont red clay (Cecil series); sandy soils on the coastal plain
Humidity
High in summer
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Lawn Diseases · North Carolina
Brown Patch Lawn Disease Treatment in North Carolina
Identify brown patch fungus, stop it with the right fungicide, and change the conditions that caused it — a complete recovery plan.
Lawn Diseases · North Carolina
Snow Mold: Treatment and Prevention in North Carolina
Gray and pink snow mold appear as matted circles when snow melts. How to help your lawn recover — and stop it next winter.
North Carolina Lawn Calendar
What your Tall Fescue lawn needs, season by season.
Spring
- Apply pre-emergent by mid-March (Piedmont)
- Go easy on spring nitrogen for fescue — it fuels summer brown patch
- Spot-treat winter broadleaf weeds before they set seed
- Mow fescue at 3.5 inches from the first cut
Summer
- Watch fescue for brown patch after warm, humid nights
- Raise fescue mowing height to 4 inches during heat
- Water deeply 1 inch/week — clay sheds fast, so split into two cycles
- Do not fertilize fescue in summer, period
Fall
- Core-aerate and overseed fescue mid-September to mid-October
- Fertilize fescue September and late November
- Apply fall pre-emergent on warm-season lawns for winter weeds
- Lime per soil test — NC clay drifts acidic every few seasons
Winter
- Soil test in January (free through NCDA in winter months)
- Spot-treat chickweed and henbit on mild days
- Keep leaves off fescue — matted leaves smother it
- Sharpen mower blades before spring
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