How to Care for Your Lawn

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Taking care of your lawn is as important as taking care of your house, but it can be a frustrating endeavor if done incorrectly - here are a few tips to help you get started.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • A Lawn

Step1
Keep mower blades sharp. Dull blades don’t cut the lawn as crisply and can damage the grass and make it vulnerable to diseases.
Step2
Fertilize correctly. The goal of fertilization is to compensate for nutrient deficiencies in the soil and provide those nutrients that are needed by grass plants to sustain healthy growth and remain competitive against diseases, insects, and weed invasion. Healthy lawns need nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (though nitrogen is needed the most).
Step3
Water correctly. This means to water deeply but not too often. In general, watering should moisten the soil to a depth of 4 to 6 inches. This requires an application of a half inch of water on coarse, sandy soil, and 1 inch on heavy or fine-textured soil. Too much water can cause water quality and grass problems, increasing the chance of fungus, or runoff and leaching of nutrients. And, it’s a waste of our precious water resources.

Watering in the early morning or late evening when temperatures and wind speeds are the lowest will reduce water loss through evaporation.
Step4
Mow your grass to the right height. The higher the grass, the more extensive the root system becomes. Grass with deeper roots is more drought-resistant. If the grass is mowed very short, it will put most of its energy into growing new leaf blades, and less energy into growing a root system (root system will be shallow). So don't mow your lawn too short.

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Georgee said

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on 4/30/2007 What a need to do in spring to have a nice lawn for the summer, Please summit detail step by step. I will really apresurate

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