Have you ever wanted a really thick, healthy, green lawn? With the right advice and lawn service you can be on your way to having that perfect lawn you’ve always wanted. Keeping grass looking good year round can be simple with a lot of planning, learning, and patience.
Why Is Lawn Care Important?
Do you know why lawn care is so important? It isn’t just about having thick, green grass. It’s about our health, our surroundings, and our environment. For example.
- Grass cools surrounding areas, eliminating up to 50% of heat through transpiration and acts as a sort of miniature air conditioner for your turf.
- Turf grass also acts as a water filter, helping to clean up our urban environment.
- A 2,500-square-foot lawn produces enough oxygen for a family of four for one year.
- A healthy root system prevents invasive pests, weeds and stress due to heat, cold or drought.
- A healthy lawn also prevents water run-off and encourages the growth of beneficial organisms.
- Lawns are natural air filters, collecting dust and dirt, and trapping 12 million tons annually in the U.S.
- Healthy lawns pull in greenhouse gases as they grow and reduce carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels.
Science In Lawn Care
There’s a lot more to lawn care then just throwing down seed and fertilizer. Below are following lawn care tips to help you out.
Consistent fertilization
Following a consistent plan with nutrient-rich fertilizers is directly related to important lawn care factors such as grass color, turfgrass density, rapid growth, quick recovery from stresses and disease, and the lawn’s ability to withstand stressful conditions.
Preventive insect control
It’s important that lawn care includes not just treatment for infested lawns, but preventive measures for lawns located in regions that are susceptible to lawn damaging insects such as white grubs, armyworms and fire ants. It’s also crucial to know not just what kind of treatment to use, but also when to treat the lawn.
Effective weed control
Understanding the most difficult weeds to control and how to properly and systematically get rid of them for good is an important aspect of science-based lawn care solutions that work not just immediately, but over time as well.
Turf disease treatment
Lawns affected by various types of fungi or disease will regain health and lushness only with the right kind of treatment. But without understanding the science behind the disease, will you be able to treat your lawn effectively? For instance, brown patch is caused by a soil-borne microorganism, which makes treatment difficult. Without knowing that, you would not know what level of treatment to use.
Aeration and over seeding
These services are designed to not only improve the appearance of your lawn over time, but they also help the ground absorb nutrients and moisture while encouraging deeper root growth. This will help improve your lawn’s density and increase its ability to fight off pests and disease.