When, How & Why to water your Grass

One should start watering the grass when the spring rains slow and the summer heat sets in. There should be atleast 1inch of rain a week on your lawn to keep it healthy, of course temps, soil condition can alter the amount of water required. 

- When watering a lawn it’s best to apply at least one inch of water to each area before moving your sprinkler to  another area.  This causes the roots to grow deeper iunstead of sitton on the top layer of soil.

- The ideal time to water your lawn is early in the morning just as the sun starts to rise or slightly before.  If you water when the sun is high in the sky you will lose a lot of water to evaporation before the water even has a chance to reach the grass & a chance of burning it

 - DO NOT water your lawn in the evening right before sunset. Pythium Blight is fungal disease that attacks lawn grasses. It’s found in both warm and cool climates and will attack  your lawn at night, during periods of high humidity.  Evening watering greatly increases your chance of inviting this disease into your lawn.In the morning this disease looks like cotton candy on your  lawn, and it turns the grass slimy and greasy and will kill  certain varieties of grass.It’s easily prevented by watering only in the morning.

This is a Lawn we do Full Service for. These pictures were taking at the worste of a droubt in the summer of 2015. Just look at the neighbors yards on both sides & both of them watered as well.  Its all about the right Fertilization schedule and Watering & your yard can look this good in droubts too with only 1 inch of water a week.


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