How to Maintain a Healthy Lawn as the Weather Warms Up

Maintaining a healthy green lawn is part of the American dream for most homeowners, from having a barbecue with your neighbors to a bowling pins game with your family. Often, you’ll find that harsh weather conditions threaten your lawns, and you lack the skills or understanding to maintain the color of your yard.

Maintaining a healthy lawn can be challenging, especially during summer, but it’s not impossible. With a few watering strategies and using the proper tools, you can maintain a healthy lawn from spring to fall. We’ve highlighted a few tips to ensure your lawn remains healthy and green. Read on for more insight:

1.    Fertilize Your Lawn

Fertilizing your lawn from early summer can protect your grass from heat and drought and boost its growth, making it thicker and healthier. Also, note that applying excess fertilizer is not healthy; you should use the right amount to avoid burning the grass.

In addition, there are fertilizers designed explicitly for summer; you should utilize them and follow the instructions indicated on the packaging or booklet step by step.

N/B: Don’t fertilize cool-season grass in summer. The ideal time to do so would be during early spring or fall.

2.    Control Weeds

Controlling weeds fast before they can blossom and spread on your entire lawn helps reduce their presence in summer and the following seasons. You can apply a specific post-emergent herbicide to kill weeds and ensure your lawn stays healthy and unharmed to prevent the weeds.

Be wary that these chemicals can harm your lawn, so apply scarcely, but if you can pull the weeds with your hands, we suggest you take that route instead.

3.    Water Frequently and Wisely

You’ll have to water regularly if your grass is short, but it doesn’t mean you should overlook long grass. Long grass only means less watering. With that said, summer is still a season that experiences dry spells, so ensure you water deeply and regularly.

If you water regularly but not deep enough, it will still affect your lawn in times of drought. So, to avoid it, your lawn should at least consume an inch of water every week. It’s also best to water your lawn in the morning, preferably between 6:00 – 10:00 am, before the sun rises and dries out the moisture.

Bottom Line

Just like any plant, your lawn also reacts differently between seasons. It would help if you took it upon yourself to understand your lawn and learn how to maintain it and blossom with each season.

But if you’re still worried that you can’t do it all by yourself, hiring an expert lawn and weed control company like Abracadabra can be beneficial. We are specialized in the field with over 14 years of experience and can turn any dry lawn into a magical green land.

For more information, you can visit our website.