Keeping your lawn looking good can be a time-consuming headache - reviewed can help.
A lush, green lawn is one of the great pleasures of having a yard, but keeping your lawn looking good can be a time-consuming headache. That means less time to spend actually enjoying the barbecues and al fresco dinners that come with it. Stop working so hard and start relaxing by avoiding these common lawn care mistakes.
Using sprinklers? Test your sprinkler's output by putting six cat-food cans across the lawn and running the sprinkler for 30 minutes. Measure the amount of water in each can with a ruler in inches, take the average, and multiply the average inches by two. You'll get the number of inches of water per hour that your sprinkler is putting out. Adjust your timing to get that 1 inch per watering session.
Fast-release fertilizer will make your grass get green fast, but it's easy to apply it unevenly, resulting in patchy, clumpy growth. It can also “burn” the grass and damage it if you apply too much, and a lot of fertilizer can disappear in rain runoff. 6. You're using too much fertilizer. If you're just dumping a bag of fertilizer on your lawn when your grass turns brown, you're probably doing more harm than good. Excess fertilizer will get washed away in the rain, wasting your money and polluting local ponds and streams. And if your grass is turning brown, it's not growing much, so it isn't taking up the fertilizer anyway.
You can buy a home soil test kit to test your soil’s nitrogen/phosphorous/potassium levels . For a more complete rundown of your soil's needs, contact your local agricultural extension. Soil tests from extensions typically give NPK levels, and often include extras like levels of lead and heavy metals in your soil, organic matter, and recommendations for fertilizer amounts for lawns, vegetables, and flower beds.
The best choice for your lawn depends on where you live and how much money you want to spend on watering in the summer. If you're commonly cutting your grass back more than one-third at a time, consider using a mulching mower to make smaller clippings, or compost your clippings . You can also use grass clippings as mulch.
12. You're trying to get rid of weeds the wrong way. If you're walking around your lawn with a spray-bottle of weed killer, you're doing it wrong. It's easier to prevent weeds than to try to get rid of them after they appear. The best way to get rid of weeds is to make sure your lawn is mowed high and healthy, with the right amount of fertilizer/compost, soil organic matter, water, and grass seed mix.
Broad-leaved weeds like dandelions can be killed by pulling or spraying. If you choose to spray, don't broadcast the spray over a wide area; opt for spot-treatment of individual plants, and follow directions carefully. It's easy to misapply weed killers and accidentally poison other nearby plants, pets, and wildlife, especially foraging bees.
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