The best time to aerate and overseed is early spring or early fall for cool-season grass, or in late spring and early summer for warm-season.
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Month-to-Month Lawn Care Schedule for the Pacific Northwest
Clean up, dethatch, apply herbicide, start mowing aerate, overseed, and fertilize. Water your lawn or let it go dormant in the summer. We’ll show you when.
Month-to-Month Lawn Care Schedule for Virginia
Clean up, get rid of weeds, and mow. Dethatch, aerate, and fertilize. Wait two weeks, then overseed. Watch out for common lawn diseases.