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I live in Dallas, and bought a new home with little/no lawn care (empty home for 18 months). There are lots of dandelion weeds, among a few other weeds. I put down weed n feed in March, but nothing since (just weekly deep watering). I have seen a lot of experts recommend aerating the lawn and applying a 1/2" layer of compost and fertilize the yard with a good slow release organic fertilizer like your Premium Lawn Fertilizer 7-2-2. When is the 'wrong' time to do this? How often should I do this? I'm curious about the right way to do this process.
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Right now it is too hot to apply compost, around September/October when the weather starts to cool off would be the right time to aerate and compost the lawn. If you want to feed the lawn right now you can spread the 7-2-2 fertilizer and water it in with Medina Soil Activator, those two products together will stimulate any microbial activity in the soil. Since you have a weed problem in your lawn I would also suggest applying corn gluten meal in the fall and next spring to keep any other weed seeds from germinating. Keep the lawn on your deep watering schedule and pull the established weeds in your lawn throughout the summer to prevent the already stressed lawn from getting any worse.
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