Beginner Tips For Best Lawn Care
When summer rolls around and it is time to relax in your yard or garden, you want to have a beautiful, healthy lawn to enjoy. Whether you are playing outside with the kids or gathering friends for a summer BBQ, a healthy green lawn is important. Not only will you enjoy your lawn more if it is healthy and well kept, but it adds value to your property. There are a number of reasons to take care of your lawn and all you need are a few tips to keep your lawn properly maintained.
Don't take the lazy way out and cut your grass really short so that you don't have to cut it again so often. As tempting as this practice might be, it is best for your lawn to leave grass at 6-8 cm. Cutting your lawn any shorter than this can damage the grass and root system, which is essential to a healthy lawn. Grass that is too short also loses moisture more quickly which can lead to dry, parched grass. Another thing that will damage your grass is cutting it when it is wet. Wet grass is easily cropped too closely and it may lead to rusted lawnmower blades.
Lawnmower blades are an important factor in keeping your grass and lawn healthy. Make sure your blades are always sharp. Cutting grass with dull blades cuts unevenly and even hinders the proper growth of the grass. Check your lawnmower blades to be sure that the blades are sharp. Another way to help your lawn to grow is by allowing the lawn clippings, left from mowing, to stay on the lawn. This helps provide extra nitrogen to the grass which encourages healthy, green growth.
It is also important that you understand the appropriate way to water the grass. If you do not have a professionally installed sprinkler system, you must pay close attention to the amount and even distribution of water. Water until your lawn has been covered with about 2.5 cm of water. This is easy to measure placing a rain gauge or other small container on the lawn while watering. Once you reach 2.5 cm you no longer need to water.
Continuing to water the lawn may result in over watering, which is just as harmful to the grass as not getting enough water. To ensure water is absorbed by the soil and roots and not evaporated by the sun, water very early in the morning. Early morning watering also seems to help keep your grass healthy and green.
