Orlando Lawn Care Calendar

A month-by-month lawn care schedule for Orlando, Florida, built around St. Augustinegrass and the local warm-season climate (USDA 9b). Print it or save it as a PDF — it fits on one page with a QR code back to your free plan.

Warm-SeasonUSDA 9bSt. Augustinegrass

Your Orlando lawn year, month by month

Each window lists what to do and when, tuned to Orlando's climate and St. Augustinegrass. Timing runs on soil temperature, so treat these as guides and confirm with the current soil temp.

Feb - early MarSpring pre-emergent for crabgrass and summer annuals once daytime temps hold 65-70°F for four to five days running. Do not fertilize yet — the grass is not growing enough to use it, and it will just leach through the sand.

Mar - AprFirst feeding once the lawn is fully green and growing, using slow-release nitrogen. Start scouting for chinch bugs on sunny edges and along driveways as it warms.

May - JunRaise St. Augustine to 3.5-4 inches and mow often. Chinch bug damage peaks now — look for spreading yellow-to-brown patches in the hottest, driest spots before assuming it is drought.

Jun - SepRainy season. Dollarweed, nutsedge, doveweed, and chamberbitter take off, and brown patch shows up in the humidity. Many Central Florida counties restrict nitrogen and phosphorus in these months — check your local ordinance before feeding.

Sep - OctLast feeding of the year while the grass is still actively growing. Fall pre-emergent as soil temps fall through 70°F to stop Poa annua and winter broadleaf weeds.

Nov - JanGrowth stalls and inland frost can brown the lawn — that is dormancy, not death, so do not try to fix it with fertilizer. Stop feeding, mow only as needed, and cut watering back sharply.

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Orlando Lawn Care Calendar

Orlando, FL • St. Augustinegrass • USDA 9b

Feb - early Mar

Spring pre-emergent for crabgrass and summer annuals once daytime temps hold 65-70°F for four to five days running. Do not fertilize yet — the grass is not growing enough to use it, and it will just leach through the sand.

Mar - Apr

First feeding once the lawn is fully green and growing, using slow-release nitrogen. Start scouting for chinch bugs on sunny edges and along driveways as it warms.

May - Jun

Raise St. Augustine to 3.5-4 inches and mow often. Chinch bug damage peaks now — look for spreading yellow-to-brown patches in the hottest, driest spots before assuming it is drought.

Jun - Sep

Rainy season. Dollarweed, nutsedge, doveweed, and chamberbitter take off, and brown patch shows up in the humidity. Many Central Florida counties restrict nitrogen and phosphorus in these months — check your local ordinance before feeding.

Sep - Oct

Last feeding of the year while the grass is still actively growing. Fall pre-emergent as soil temps fall through 70°F to stop Poa annua and winter broadleaf weeds.

Nov - Jan

Growth stalls and inland frost can brown the lawn — that is dormancy, not death, so do not try to fix it with fertilizer. Stop feeding, mow only as needed, and cut watering back sharply.

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