Preventative Lawn Care Maintenance
Carrying out preventative health care for your lawn, just as you would for your body, will build it into a healthy lawn that can fend off attacks from most weeds and pests. Here are 3 simple preventative lawn care tips from a lawn maintenance service provider.
Water Your Lawn Slowly, Deeply, and Less Frequently
Proper watering will allow your grass to grow deeper roots making it less vulnerable to drought. Water early in the morning to avoid moisture loss through evaporation. Water deeply and infrequently to establish deep roots and a healthier lawn that can resist weeds and disease. No established lawn should require daily watering.
Avoid or Cautiously Use Pesticides to Treat Your Lawn
Pesticides include insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides. Before using any pesticides, it’s important to understand that all pesticides are toxic to some degree and can harm your children, wildlife, and your pets. Pesticides can also kill beneficial organisms including worms, disrupting the ecological balance in your yard. Pests may be due to any underlying problem in your yard, so make sure you understand the problem before applying a synthetic product. Consider your options carefully; biological controls such as ladybugs to control aphids may be a good solution. If you feel pesticides are necessary, use spot treatment instead of blanket application to the entire yard. Avoiding or limiting pesticides is an important part of preventative lawn care
Be Realistic About Weeds
Even a healthy lawn will have some weeds. If you kill off every single weed, you are also killing off beneficial insects and organisms that work to keep your lawn healthy. A lawn with 15% weeds can look practically weed-free to the average observer.
If you need a lawn maintenance service in Council Bluffs, IA, turn to L&S Lawn Services. For more information, call us at (712) 206-4692 today and book an appointment with one of our services!