I'm not an expert on lawns but use lime in pellet form to get the PH up, if it gets below 6.0 If you hit the lawn with 12-12-12 that also helps to bring the PH up slightly.

In my area I like to do a fall application in early October when the lawn is still growing rapidly. If it shows sign of getting a lighter shade of green I do a light amount earlier like in late September and then hit it again lightly. I usually opt for 12-12-12 at that time.

I'd wait until spring to address the clover. It is also partially shut down for the season. In spring I sock the fertilzer to the lawn and get it nice, green and healthy. For broad leaf weeds I spot spray apply weed-b-gone with a tank sprayer and go 1 1/2 to 2x the recommended concentration. Clover is generally hard to kill but it gets it usually in one application. Caution, if you approach 2x and spray heavily, your grass will also yellow in these spot spray zones and the grass blades will narrow and look frail. I'd first suggest going no more than 1 1/2x for trial purposes. If you use weed-b-gone at its recommended concentration you probably won't kill many weeds but it is then tree hugger safe. My method works for me!

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