How to Manage Pests

The UC Guide to Healthy Lawns

Lawn renovation

Many lawns deteriorate from poor maintenance, inadequate drainage, heavy traffic, pest problems, weed invasions, or simply because the wrong grass species was planted.

Levels of renovation

Neglected lawns

Take better care of your lawn and bring it back to life with regular maintenance.

Lawn care for established lawns

Localized problems

Partially renovate your lawn by patching.
Problem areas spread throughout the lawn
- Overseed your lawn.
Severe problems encompassing more than 40% of the lawn
- Completely renovate your lawn by killing it and starting over from scratch.

Don't repeat mistakes! Find the cause of your problems before you renovate

What's included in this section?

How much of your lawn is affected?

Patching the lawn with seed, sod, sprigs, plugs, stolons

Complete renovation

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