How and When to Water, |
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Fertilize & Aerate |
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| The best method of watering a lawn | |
Most lawns are watered too often, |
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| applying about 1 inch of water. | |||
but with too little water. However |
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too much water can allow develop- |
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ment of diseases with your lawn. It is |
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best to water the lawn only when |
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necessary, and then to water it |
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slowly, evenly, and |
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ing a slow, soaking rain. |
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WHEN TO WATER YOUR LAWN |
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| should be applied in the spring so | |
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| that it will release into the lawn | ||
When the lawn begins to wilt, the |
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grass’s color dulls, or footprints stay compressed for |
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AERATING YOUR LAWN | |||||
more than a few seconds, the lawn is beginning to dry | |||||
Consider aerating your lawn in spring. Using an aerator | |||||
out, and needs additional moisture. The best time to | |||||
water is early morning to allow the water to soak deeply | to | emove cores of soil from the lawn increases the | |||
into the lawn and reduce the amount that evaporates in | speed of clipping dec mposition and encourages deeper | ||||
the hot afternoon sun. |
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| t grow h by pening up the soil and permitting greater | |
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How High To Mow the Grass |
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Cutting the grass too short causes weak, thin |
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grass plants, which are easily damaged by dry |
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periods and pests. |
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Letting grass grow a bit |
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is hot and | s |
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needed moisture and protects the grass from h | at |
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damage and other problems. |
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Cutting off too much at one time shocks the plant’s | area contributes to | ||
growth system and weakens the grass plants. A | thatch problems | ||
good rule of thumb is the 1/3 rule: to cut no |
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more than one third of the grass height, and |
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never more than 1 inch at a time. |
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Cut Here On | Cut |
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For extremely tall grass, set the cutting height at maximum for the first pass, and then reset it to the desired height and mow a second or third time.
Don’t cover the grass surface with a heavy layer of clippings.
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