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Lawn care schedule · for iPhonePratela: Lawn Care Schedule

A week-by-week schedule for one particular lawn.

Pratela turns generic lawn advice into a personalised, step-by-step plan made for your lawn — its grass, its size, its climate, and what you've already done this year.

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Free to set up. About four minutes. No account.
Dated rules
76
Sources
8
Calculators
5
Invented dates
0
Week 35 · 30 Aug · Summer
My lawnMaintenance · Health 72
Cool-season · 250 m² · Denver
Lawn mown at 5–6 cm
Plate 65 — Mowing (taller grass, 5–6 cm)
Work order 01Now
Mowing (taller grass, 5–6 cm)
Height
5–6 cm · never more than ⅓ of the blade
Window
Jun 1 – Aug 31
Rule
su-mow-high · Hessayon; Mellor; Walheim

In heat, raise the height to 5–6 cm — taller grass shades the roots and holds moisture.

Mark doneHow →
Fig. 1 — The first work order of the week, exactly as it appears in the app.
  1. Early spring · Mar
    6 tasksClean-up, first mow, pre-emergent, spring feed
  2. Spring · Apr–May
    9 tasksScarify, aerate, overseed, weed control
  3. Summer · Jun–AugNow
    10 tasksMow high, deep watering, crabgrass
  4. Autumn · Sep–Nov
    11 tasksAerate, top-dress, autumn feed, leaves, last mow
  5. Winter · Dec–Feb
    2 tasksService the mower, plan and buy for spring
  6. Anytime · weather
    11 tasksReactive: drought, disease, pests, spot repair
Every task, cited

Know why, not just when

Each work order explains why now — amounts, timing windows, and the rule behind it, with the reference it came from — so you're never blindly following a calendar. Tell it what changed — you mowed, it rained, a patch went brown — and your plan adjusts.

Why now

Potassium strengthens roots and frost resistance. Do not apply nitrogen in late autumn.

Task
Autumn feeding (high K, low N)
Amount
6.3–7.5 kg for 250 m² · 25–30 g/m²
Window
20 Sep – 31 Oct
Rule
au-autumn-fertilize · Hessayon; RHS; Regional practice
Weather
WaitHeavy rain would wash feed away — 12 mm in the next two days
Fig. 2 — A task's reasoning, amounts and citation. Weather can hold a job; it never invents a date.
Seed mixNew lawn
Site
Result
7.5 kgAll-round (ryegrass + bluegrass + fescue)
Mix
Perennial ryegrass 50% · Kentucky bluegrass 30% · fescue 20%
Sow
30 g/m²
Fig. 3 — The seed-mix calculator. Try it: change the area or the site.
Real calculators

Real numbers, not guesses

Seed mix, fertiliser amount, lime for a soil-test pH, watering in millimetres and minutes, spreader calibration. The same arithmetic the schedule itself runs on — and none of it needs a saved lawn.

Fertiliser amountkg for my area
Lime / pH correctionfrom a soil test
Watering: mm → minutestuna-can test
Spreader calibrationsetting & passes
76 dated rules

A field guide for every task

Every job in the schedule has a manual entry — an illustrated plate, the how, the amounts, and where the rule comes from — grouped by season, from establishment to winter.

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Plate 17Establishment

Sowing seed (in two directions)

Sow lengthwise then crosswise for even density, no stripes or patches.

Plate 11Establishment

Soil test (pH)

Grass likes pH 6.0–7.0. Correcting it now is easier than later.

Plate 52Early spring

Spring feeding (high N)

Wakes the lawn, building density and green color.

Plate 66Summer

Deep watering in the morning (2–3×/wk)

Deep and infrequent in the morning drives roots down. Avoid evenings (moisture = fungus).

Plate 67Summer

Crabgrass post-emergent (escapes)

Treat crabgrass that got through while it's young — mature plants shrug the herbicide off.

Plate 39Autumn

Autumn scarifying

Early autumn is the best window — warm soil, moist, few weeds.

Plate 40Autumn

Autumn aeration

Along with scarifying, it opens the soil before winter.

Plate 41Autumn

Autumn overseeding

The best time to fill in — warm soil aids germination before winter.

Fig. 4 — Eight of the seventy-six entries, with their plates.
Track your progress

Watch your lawn improve

Snap a photo of your lawn now and again. Pratela keeps a before/after timeline and a health trend so you can actually see it fill in and green up across the season — not just guess.

This lawnMy lawn250 m² · Denver · Maintenance · Cool-season
Health
72 ▲ +6
Since
5 Apr
Check-ins
4
Your first photo
Before · 5 Apr
This month's photo
Latest · 24 Aug
Good — dense, even colour, no bare patches. ▲ +6 since last check.
Fig. 5 — The Lawn tab's condition card: a score, a trend and the two photos that back it up.
What you get
A personalized annual plan — mowing, feeding, watering, weeds, overseeding, aeration
Warm-season and cool-season grasses, tuned to your climate
Before/after photo progress and a lawn health trend
A photo-based check for common problems — moss, weeds, bare patches, disease
A field-guide reference for every task, so you know how, not just when
Reminders so nothing slips
Honest, not hype
The scheduling is deterministic, built from a fixed set of dated agronomy rules — nothing invents a fertilizer date. When something needs a lab result, like soil pH, Pratela tells you to get a soil test instead of guessing.

Free to set up your lawn and follow the full plan. Optional Pro unlocks the photo check and replanning; iCloud sync stays free.

What Pro adds →
Built for people who care about their lawn and want to do it right.iPhone · iOS 18 or later · Free with optional Pro
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