The most important thing that you can do to take care of your lawn during the hot summer months is to properly water it. The stress of the summer heat makes proper watering important.
Water your lawn early in the morning. During the day up to 30% of the water from a sprinkler can evaporate before even hitting the ground! Water ing in the early morning hours prevents the water being lost to evaporation and allows it to soak into the ground before the heat of the sun can evaporate it. Do not water at night. Night watering invites fungus to form in your yard.
During the summer months cut your grass higher then you normally do during the spring and fall months. I recommend setting your mower blade at least one inch higher during the summer months. I like to cut my grass at least 4 inches tall during the hot summer weather. The taller grass blades will help to shade your root zone and retain moisture.
Keep your mower blades sharp. The sharp blade cuts the grass blade straight across. A straight cut blade of grass will seal faster to retain water then a ragged edge grass blade from a dull lawn mower blade. Leave your lawn clippings on the ground to decompose and also help keep the moisture in the ground.
Always fertilize your lawn in the spring. Do not fertilize in the summer. The fertilizer will put your lawn into distress. The fertilizer application you made in the spring suffice. See our blog on using compost to fertilize your yard.
If you have areas of brown dead grass check to see if weather you can pull the grass up by its roots or not. Grass that is suffering from drought damage will not pull up by the roots. If the grass does pull up by the roots it you may have an infestation of bill bugs. Check with your local lawn and garden store for how to properly treat for bill bugs.
Remember that during June, July and August keeping the lawn sufficiently watered is the key to having a healthy lawn. With a great looking healthy lawn, garden accents from www.gardenaccentheaven.com will give your lawn that unique look that only you can give it to personalize your lawn.
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