Tips on Keeping a Healthy and Green Lawn Year Round

Have you ever had problems maintaining your lawn? Have you ever had brown spots or dry patches? Can't keep it green? We have all had these problems once or twice when caring for our lawns. A healthy green lawn can be the envy and talk of the neighborhood while A brown dingy lawn can completely change the look of your property for the worse.

Here are some helpful tips to keep your lawn healthy and green year round.

Do you fertilize a lot? Well this could be your first mistake! Over fertilization can lead to the grass growing at an overly rapid pace causing it to be more likely infected with disease or invaded by bugs! So stop over fertilizing. Once in the fall is plenty.

Ensure you mow at the tallest setting on your mower. The taller your grass the healthier it is. Taller grass locks in moisture and keeps the soil moist and cool. This promotes deeper root penetration which can benefit your lawn in a drought.

If your grass is healthy you won't need any chemical pesticides or fungicides. Not all fungus and insects are bad so when you apply these products it takes out the good with the bad which in the long run can be non beneficial to your lawn.

Ensure when you fertilize you use an organic fertilizer. These products are much better than the synthetic kind because they are slower to break down and can soak down into the soil more efficiently. The main ingredients in fertilizers are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium so when you see the numbers on the bags that is what they are referring to. So when you see the numbers 10-4-8 that's what they're talking about.

Never exceed 10 percent nitrogen for your lawn, the other two numbers don't matter as much. The reason why you shouldn't exceed 10 percent nitrogen is because nitrogen makes plants grow and grow and grow. Too much nitrogen can cause the rapid growth and greening of your lawn which in the long run will lead to its rapid browning and death as well. You want to gradually grow and green your lawn not rush it.

Some lawns require Lime depending on the climate (ie: the East and Midwest) but for the most part you won't need it.

Follow these simple tips and keep a happy healthy green and clean lawn all year round!