June Lawn Tips: Weed Control, Mowing, Watering, and Fertilizing

• Spot-spray broadleaf weeds (violets, wild strawberry, mimosa, spurge).
• Raise mower one notch—helps grass withstand drought.
• Sharpen mower blade annually—critical for zoysia, saves water.
• Water new sod deeply and regularly.
• Watch for spring dead spot in bermuda (beach-ball dead areas); note for September myclobutanil treatment.
• Early June: best time to seed centipede, bermuda, zoysia. Download lawn calendars.
• Mushrooms = decomposing tree roots; harmless, unpreventable.
• Fill sod seams and ruts with 1:1 topsoil:sand.
• Mix warm-season grass seed 1:10 with dry sand for even sowing.
• Fertilize bermuda every 6 weeks; no fescue fertilizer until September.
• Fertilize zoysia twice per summer.
• If allowed, water 1″ once/week (measure with tuna cans).
• Grassy weeds: quinclorac (Bayer All-in-One, Ortho Weed B Gon Max) or sulfentrazone (Ortho Nutsedge Killer); only on strong turf.

June lawn care checklist