What is a homeowner’s responsibility in ensuring that his or her lawn looks its best?
Lush green grass makes any home more beautiful, but it is not without work. Tips for a homeowners are: 1. Make sure that you are not mowing your lawn too short. 3″ is recommended. A taller lawn shades the grass roots better requiring less water and thus less “burn-out.” 2. Make sure that your mower blades are sharp. Dull mower blades will shred your grass blades making the lawn more susceptible to insects and fungus. 3. If possible, water your lawn in early morning so that the grass does not sit damp all night encouraging fungus. Non-electric water timers that turn off automatically are great. Simply attach it to your hose, set the time as you leave for work. (These are available at Gumpf’s Garden center.) 4. Water regularly to a depth of 3″ or not at all. (See below “Irrigation Systems” a. Deep watering once or twice a week will encourage roots to grow deeper and thus, be able to gather water from a larger area b. Short spells of watering are more prone to evaporation (waste!) and do
Lush green grass makes any home more beautiful, but it is not without work. Tips for a homeowners are: 1. Make sure that you are not mowing your lawn too short. 3″ is recommended. A taller lawn shades the grass roots better requiring less water and thus less “burn-out.” 2. Make sure that your mower blades are sharp. Dull mower blades will shred your grass blades making the lawn more susceptible to insects and fungus. 3. If possible, water your lawn in early morning so that the grass does not sit damp all night encouraging fungus. Non-electric water timers that turn off automatically are great. Simply attach it to your hose, set the time as you leave for work. (These are available at Gumpf’s Garden center.) 4. Water regularly to a depth of 3″ or not at all. (See below “Irrigation Systems” a.
