Everyone enjoys a nice residential
lawn, it’s not hard to have a beautiful lawn, just follow a few simple
landscape maintenance guidelines. This is the first of a series of ‘landscape
tips’ to be provided on Unique’s blog, please check back often:
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Your lawn is a garden of grass
plants, not a rug, and it needs nutrients to grow. Grass clippings that are
properly mulched and left on the lawn will eventually decompose and recycle
nutrients back into the soil. Mulching the grass clippings and letting them naturally
decompose on the lawn for a whole year is equal to about one annual fertilizer
application. In addition, leaving the grass clippings on the lawn also helps
shade the soil, keeping the roots cooler and reducing moisture loss.
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Mowing heights are different for
Fescue and your warm season grasses like Bermuda and Zoysia. Keep mowing height
high-3 inches or more, especially in hot, dry weather is important on your
fescue lawns. Bermuda and Zoysia can be slowly brought up in mowing height when
we get to the hot time of year. Low mowing heights stresses out grass and
requires more water for it to properly grow and survive in temperatures at
or above 95°.
Tips on
watering properly:
- Lawns need a total of one inch of water per week- this includes rainfall. Set out an empty tuna fish or cat food can to gauge. When the can is full, this is one inch of rain water. If temperatures stay in the 90° F for more than three days, lawns need 2 inches of water per week. Apply a half inch every other day.
- For best results, water early in the morning- before 9 a.m., watering in the midday may cause up to a 30% loss due to evaporation.
- Follow drought-watering guidelines if restrictions are in effect.
Tips
for the landscape and the hot dry weather:
