Lawn Fertilization

For Bermuda and St. Augustine, the first feeding should wait until the lawn has fully greened up in spring, typically mid-to-late April, not earlier — feeding while the lawn is still dormant just feeds weeds. From there, most North Texas lawns do well on rounds roughly every 6-8 weeks through the growing season, with a lighter fall application before dormancy and no fertilizing in winter. Timing shifts a bit year to year depending on how late the last freeze runs.

Bermuda is more heat- and traffic-tolerant and can handle a slightly more aggressive nitrogen schedule through summer. St. Augustine is more shade-tolerant but more heat- and drought-sensitive, so over-fertilizing it in July can actually burn the lawn or invite fungus like brown patch. We run different product and timing choices for each, and for yards with a mix of both, we schedule around whichever grass dominates the visible areas.

Yes — we use products applied at labeled rates with standard safety intervals, and we post the yard after treatment so you know exactly when it's safe for kids and pets to go back on the grass (typically once the application has dried, usually a few hours). If you have specific sensitivities or a pet that eats grass, let us know and we'll flag the reentry window clearly for that visit.

Pre-emergent weed control stops new weed seeds from germinating but doesn't kill weeds already growing, so if it's applied after weeds have sprouted, you'll still see some until the next post-emergent round. North Texas's mild winters also mean weed seeds can germinate in more windows than in colder climates, which is why timing the pre-emergent rounds correctly in early spring and early fall matters more here than in a lot of other regions.