Maintenance Guide for Keeping a Lawn Healthy

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Our lawns can yield an impression to the people who pass through or visit your residence. It can also give you a light vibe when you look at it when you wake up in the morning or going back home from work. That is why keeping it looking nice and beautiful is an essential thing to do.


Lawns need to take a lot of care to keep them pleasing to the eye. If you do not maintain your lawn, it will not take long for it to be a mess, full of moss and weeds. However, some residents may have a hard time figuring out how to do maintenance on their lawn in a good state.


Fortunately, there are easy how-tos you can follow to maintain your lawn. Take your cue from the following:


Feed Your Lawn Soil


Many residents tend to forget to nourish their lawn soil. They also may not be aware that fertilizers are not effective in feeding their soil. To effectively nourish your lawn soil, you should use organic matter since it produces food for the microorganisms present in the ground.


One example of organic matter you can use is manure. Animal manure is known to be a natural fertilizer that enriches the soil with so many nutrients that will, later on, be passed to the plants there. You may consider nitrogen-rich manure for your lawn soil since it bolsters green growth.


The manure can also put the grass on the lawn in good condition. This is due to the high concentration of nitrogen and phosphate. With that, the soil will become more porous, allowing the soil to drain the water much quicker when it rains or when watering.


Get Rid of the Troublesome Plants


Weeds, mosses, and thatches are probably the most annoying things homeowners deal with in their lawns. They just seem to appear and grow every time you clean your lawn and never stop to pop up from nowhere. You must get rid of them as soon as possible since they compete on the nutrients for the grass and block the air from reaching the soil.


For weeds such as creeping charlie, they can actually grow everywhere and become invasive. One of the famous weeds is the creeping charlie. There are guides that teach the best ways to kill creeping charlie and other weeds on your lawn. But the most common is to pull out the whole plant with its roots.


Meanwhile, mosses grow on wet and shady areas of your lawn, and they can badly affect the growth of the grass. They tend to start appearing when there is poor drainage of water on your lawn. That is why drainage is vital. To remove them, you should find their primary source. Once done, feed or scarify your lawn regularly.


Thatches are different stuff. They are organic layers of living and dead leaves, stems, or roots accumulated underneath the soil. You can feel it when you feel dense, thick, and spongy on a particular area of your lawn. The best thing to do is to scarify the ground.


Mow Your Grass


Mowing your grass is actually healthy for your lawn. You are not letting your lawn be stressed over getting the grass so tall. It will also make your lawn even thicker since the suppressing hormones for growth on the tip of the grass blades have been removed.


There are mowing practices you can do to keep your lawn healthy. You may maintain the height of the grass around three inches; going lower can bring stress to your lawn and increase the chance of germination. Make sure also to leave some clippings after mowing to improve soil quality as a fertilizer.


It is recommended to mow your grass in the fall, around before November. This time, you are preventing the grass from acquiring diseases before the winter occurs. Vole activities will be avoided as well during the cold season.


Aerate Your Lawn


Aeration is a process involving scooping or “coring” holes into the lawn. Through this, the water, oxygen, and nutrients will penetrate deeper into the soil. It can also break down the compacted soil, hardened by heavy summer use.


Clay soil tends to get much more easily compacted. If you use this type of soil, you may aerate your lawn more frequently. You have to do this process as well when the lawn turns brown during hot weather or climate or when the rainwater runs off without soaking in.


It is best to aerate your lawn every August to October for cool-season grass and April to June for warm-season grass using an aerator. You can either buy or rent one to ensure the quality of aeration.


Water Your Lawn


While light sprinklings can wet the grass and the soil top, deep watering might be helpful too. This promotes the development of the deep roots by stimulating them. The water may come from Mother Nature or you, depending on the condition and type of the soil you use on your lawn.


Final Thoughts


This brief maintenance guide can help your lawn become healthy inside and out. Make sure to follow the things mentioned here, do them regularly, and be consistent to maximize the desirable results for your lawn.


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