February Lawn Care. Things to do before it's time to scalp the lawn. 

I used to scalp my lawn during the late part of February, but I stopped doing this several years ago. Scalping that early, I would be waiting about three weeks before the grass started to grow. For the past several years, I wait until mid-March to scalp the lawn. By then, there are usually sprigs of new growth showing through the dormant lawn. Also, the average last frost in this part of Texas is March 12th, so the risk of a late frost slowing the new growth is minimal by then. Looking at the 10 day forecast, the weather in our area should be faily nice with high's in the 70's, so if you did go ahead and scalp on March 1st, you should be fine. As long as the weather is going to be good, scalping will help the soil to warm up which will encourage the lawn to start growing sooner.