Lawn Care

Watering
Watering your lawn is best done preferably in the cooler morning hours. Two good 1 inch soakings per week is better than several short shallow waterings a week. This deep soaking will allow the water to penetrate deeper into the root system promoting deeper root growth that will help in the hot summer months.

Mulching or Bagging
Though many people still bag their grass studies have shown it is much healthier to mulch your grass deep into your lawn. Mulching forms a fine layer of thatch, shading grass roots from the hot sun and holding the moisture in the root system. To avoid too much of a build up of thatch many of our customers will aerate in the fall to control the thatch.

Seeding
Working up the ground approximately ¼ to ½ inch deep, planting the grass seed and raking over the top lightly to cover the seed. After seeding your bare spots apply a light coverage of straw over the top to protect the seed from washing away and shading if from the heat during the afternoon. This will also keep the moisture in the soil for the grass seed to germinate. Water twice daily for the first 7-10 days keeping the soil moist. Depending on what kind of seed you buy some grasses germinate faster than others. You should see growth in 10-14 days… keep watering. Watering may be shortened to once a day after about 2 weeks of germination. No heavy foot traffic until grass has established itself in 30 to 45 days. You may mow your new grass after 30-45 days or the grass has gotten taller than you would normally mow, (3 inches). Watering can be slowed but keep up the deep soakings as previously discussed.

Fertilizer
Apply a slow release Fertilizer after it has been 45 days from seeding. Follow applications directions on the bag or allow us to do it for you. Do not apply any weed killer to your new areas until you have mowed it at least 3 times, approximately 4 weeks.