2 Mistakes To Avoid When Caring For Your Lawn

Taking care of your lawn and keeping it green can be very hard for some people. Even though they think they are doing the correct things to care for it, their lawn never quite looks the way that it should. This is why it is important that you educate yourself about what you can do to keep your lawn looking green and luscious. Here are some common mistakes homeowners make and how to avoid them.

1. Watering Your Lawn At The Wrong Time

One of the biggest mistakes that people make is watering their yard at the wrong time of day. The ideal time to water your yard is in the morning. The reason for this is that if you water your lawn in the middle of the day when it is the hottest, you will find that some of the water evaporates before the lawn can soak it up. It will probably dry up and become brittle from not enough watering. If you water the lawn in the evening you run the risk of the water not being evaporated enough. If there is any excess water, the sun won't pick it up, instead, it will sit on the grass and flood the roots all through the night. This can cause the lawn to have more problems with pests, and diseases since the moisture encourages growth from things other than just grass.

Watering your lawn in the morning is ideal because it will allow you to fully get the lawn wet so that the roots can soak up as much as they need. But once the roots have sufficient water, the rest will be soaked up with the sun. In all of these cases you can run your sprinklers for 20 minutes, but depending on what time you run them will determine how healthy your yard is.

2. Not Accounting For Pests

Another problem that many homeowners have is not accounting for pests. Just like bugs that get into the house, your yard is full of bugs. Some of these bugs will be good for your yard, like worms, but there are other bugs that are very dangerous. They feed off your grass and will cause there to be yellow patches of grass throughout the lawn. This doesn't mean that those patches don't have enough water, it actually means that you have bugs that need to be treated. Have the yard sprayed often for pests to avoid this.

These are just a couple things you need to know about caring for your lawn. To learn more, contact a lawn care company like A Greener Season Landscaping.