Lawn care by grass type
Fescue Lawn Care in Wilmington, NC
Tall fescue is a cool-season grass: it stays green through the winter when warm-season lawns go brown, but our coastal summers are hard on it. Fescue lawns here usually do best with some shade and need fall care to stay thick.
What Fescue is like
- Green through fall, winter and spring.
- Struggles in summer heat and humidity.
- Grows in clumps, so thin areas need overseeding to fill in.
- Does best with some afternoon shade.
Through the year
- Fall
- The main season: core aeration, overseeding and feeding.
- Winter
- Stays green. Light feeding.
- Spring
- Pre-emergent for crabgrass and a light feeding, not a heavy one, going into summer.
- Summer
- No heavy nitrogen. Watch for brown patch.
What to watch for
- Brown patch in hot, humid weather.
- Thinning through the summer.
- Crabgrass moving into thin spots.
How a GoGreen program helps
Every GoGreen program starts with an NC State soil test, so the fertilizer and lime your fescue lawn gets match what your soil actually needs. Each visit is timed to how fescue grows in our climate, with weed, disease and insect control built in.