Master Gardeners of San Joaquin County - Lawn care and management

Lawn care and management

If you have a question about lawn care or management you have come to the right place.

UC Guide to Healthy Lawns - Learn about fertilizing, mowing and many other great lawn topics

Key to Identifying Turf Grasses

Key to Identifying Weeds

Lawn Watering Guide for CA

Managing Lawns in Shade

Managing Lawns on Heavy Soils

Mowing your lawn and grasscycling

Practical Lawn Fertilization

How do I . . .

conserve water and manage water during a drought?
choose or identify my turf species - including best species for shade, sun, water efficiency, and different California regions?
plant a new lawn?
care for a newly planted lawn?
renovate an old lawn?
mow my lawn properly?
water my lawn?
fertilize my lawn?
remove thatch?
handle soil compaction?
diagnose a problem or manage a pest - including: insects; diseases; gophers, moles and other animals; damage from nutrient deficiencies and other abiotic causes?
identify or manage weeds?

More from UC IPM: Lawn Insects | Lawn Diseases | Weed Management in Lawns | Mushrooms and Other Nuisance Fungi in Lawns

Our thanks to Mary Louise Flint, CE Specialist & Associate Director Urban and Community IPM and Dave Burger, UC AES Professor & Horticulturist, for providing structure and links for the Lawn section of the California Gardening web site.