| There are top tips to care for your lawn. Just as | | | | 4. Watering and fertilizing at the wrong time and |
| important as lawn care tips are the lawn care | | | | schedule. A watering schedule is recommended for |
| mistakes that we should know how to avoid. Lawn | | | | homeowners who would like to maintain a healthy |
| care and maintenance takes more than just the usual | | | | lawn. Watering amounts will depend on the seasonal |
| cutting and watering. | | | | changes, the weather and climate, and the area. |
| Here are the top ten lawn care mistakes that many | | | | Generally, the best time to water your lawn would |
| people make. Some are so common that we think it's | | | | be early in the morning, when you will have the least |
| just normal, when in fact it is actually damaging to | | | | amount of evaporation. Timing and scheduling also |
| your lawn. | | | | applies to fertilizing you lawn. Depending on your |
| 1. Cutting the lawn too short. Many of us would like | | | | location, fertilization of the lawn varies. |
| to save time in mowing our lawns so we opt to cut | | | | 5. Ignoring the importance of mulch. Mulch is |
| them too short. This will give us a longer break | | | | important for lawn care and maintenance because of |
| between mows, but this does not bode well for your | | | | its various uses. Mulching can help add or retain |
| lawn. The idea here is that removing more than a | | | | nutrients in your soil, repel insects, control weeds, and |
| third of a grass blade will weaken its root system. | | | | can reduce fertilizer needs by a third. |
| This will gradually result to future lawn problems. | | | | 6. Mistaking when to use seed and sod. Most |
| 2. No or very little preparation on the planting | | | | homeowners choose one or the other based on the |
| strategy and methods. Keep in mind that plants grow | | | | amount of time to build a lawn. The truth is, you |
| better when they are planted at the appropriate | | | | should choose between seeding or sodding by the its |
| depth and spacing. Naturally, this would require some | | | | most advantageous purpose in lawn care. Sodding |
| research about the plant and its most favorable | | | | helps against soil erosion and is the most effective in |
| conditions and some preparations to take better care | | | | building a new lawn. Seeding is better in filling gaps |
| of it. Conducting soil tests is particularly relevant | | | | and bare parts of a lawn. |
| because the pH balance can help determine which | | | | 7. Using powder products and “green” |
| type of grass is best to grow on your lawn. | | | | products. Power products may be cheaper but they |
| 3. Disregarding the difference between mature plants | | | | can get blown away before it can get into the soil. |
| and the young ones. It may not seem like a big thing, | | | | Using organic products, or “green” products, |
| but noting which plants are new and which are | | | | can be time-consuming since it takes longer to work |
| mature is important. This concern involves the water | | | | and a lot of applications are needed to get results. |
| intake of the plants. The water needs of the new | | | | We can see that these are all normal mistakes. But |
| and young plants tend to be bigger. They need more | | | | we can also see how each of these lawn care |
| water and they may need to be in a sun condition | | | | mistakes can hinder us from making a great and |
| different from that of the mature and established | | | | healthy lawn. |
| plants. | | | | |