This video shows you tips on how to fertilize your lawn properly, and the things to be aware of when fertilizing.

Now is the best time to think of great things to do to get your lawn ready for the coming season of summer. We only want what’s best for our lawns so as early as now, we should get a list of important things to prepare to lift up the look of our lawns. Here are 5 great things to do:

1. Raking and Thatch Removal – The first job to do while in the season of spring. Since Raking is not just all about eliminating the leaves and mess from your yard but also it helps remove thatch. That is why raking is considered one of the most important thing to do for your summer lawn growth.

Making a deep and thorough raking especially when a thatch is already at its half inch. Thatch could also help in holding some excess moisture from your lawn provided it should not reach half an inch as it could also hold excess moisture that would leave mold to your lawn prey. Also, spring season is the best time to have deep raking of your lawn to help it recover from a winter break.

2. Aeration – For the soil to be aerated it is always essential to remove on your lawn all the thick layers of thatch, unless it has been on a high traffic place for a long period of time where thatching could be inadequate already. Lawns on high traffic could slope down caused by soil compaction that is where the soil is already out of air for this, it could make a poor root bed for new grass you want to plant. As a tip, using your spiked shoes, you can walk over your lawn in this way it could create holes in the soil for aeration but this won’t work for excessively compacted soil you’ll need a machine for deep aeration for a healthy Summer Lawn.

3. Overseeding - This method is for the patches you can see on your lawn such as dog spots. This is usually a common problem among homes that has pets. This is where overseeding comes in that includes planting seeds over those patches with the release of a nitrogen fertilizer to promote growth for your lawn. This is usually done on fall for best results but if it is really necessary to overseed, you can always do it earlier.

4. Weed Control – For lawns suffering from a yearly weed problem, You have to fertilize your lawn with pre-emergent herbicides to control weeds to hinder the seeds from germinating so the weeds could not emerge all through your lawn.

5. Spring Fertilization – for your lawn’s new growth, a slow discharge of fertilizer would be best to promote new growth and avoid rushing your grass to grow since its always best to see its growth gradually, most especially on spring weather. Have a retest of soil on a regular basis to ensure that you are using the right kind of fertilizer for the type of your soil. In applying fertilizer always check that you are applying the exact amount of it and those grasses in shaded area need a half that is normally from the sun.

Lawn insect pests – On the season of summer, this is one of the major problems that lawns do suffer. We can see those caterpillar that destroys the lawn that is known as the “Lawn army worm”. Where they usually attack the front part of the lawn like an army. They consume destructively the grass leaves thus, leaving a big brown patch on night time because during the day, they tend to hide under those falling leaves or any shed that could protect them from the sun.
Tip: You can trap them by putting a damp cardboard on the edge of the portion where they usually invade on night.

Black beetles – When you see a big dead patches of lawn and see birds grasping at the soil, this is the sign that the lawn is being attacked by an adult black beetles, their favorite food to munch is your grass leaves. Also, on their early stage,where they are called curl grubs, they have the habit of chewing the roots that will destroy your lawn and treating this kind of beetle is very hard.
Tip: Baythroid could be effective to prevent those beetles from your lawn. Another is pour a tub of water with soap into the lawn to flush out pests in the area.

Lawn Diseases – Tracing or distinguishing lawn diseases is very hard but having a round patch on your lawn is a sure sign of a disease being suffered by the lawn most of the fungal diseases could be usually determine in the morning. Also, avoid cutting your lawn very short during summer season.
Tip: You can treat this with a Mancozeb and feed it with a high nitrogen fertilizer. Water your lawn in the morning so it could dry fast.

Before the season of summer comes, we should start to think of the best things to do to bring back our lawn to life. Having a green, healthy lawn could help us feel good , relax and enjoy more the summer days. In this goal, here are important tips to ponder for summer lawn care:

1. Raise the mowing height. - During summer making a raise of your mowing height will do good for your lawn. For this, scalping would be lesser because scalping your lawn, will help control weeds on your lawn thus, it will be harder for them to invade in your lawn. This could help your lawn grow more healthy and this could promote in showing more leaf blades from your lawn that will help show a greener lawn and will give chance for the roots to grow deeper, for the lawn to survive during the period of dry weather.

2. Work on High traffic areas. - You know where these high traffic area be located in your yard. If you see a low energy grass on the front walk off the patio or in the area of high traffic, think of something to do to lift those grasses up. You can give them an ample amount of fertilizer they needed to recover and a little of nitrogen could be the best remedy for this. Then, try to put some crumb rubber in the area. Crumb Rubber is taken from used tires. For it to soak up the traffic instead of soil in the specific area but should as well be absorbent enough for the water to go through and most important, for the lawn to grow more healthy.

3. Summer Broadleaf weed control. - The products that has carfentrozone. Summer broadleaf weeds are recommended to vanish that contains same herbicides that could control weeds on the season of spring and fall. Carfentrozone will flame up the top-growth of the broadleaf weeds such as oxalis, purslane and speedwell with no untoward effect on grass. Likewise with the crabgrass that has quinclorac that is under the registered name Drive that will work on matured crabgrass plants on its period of growth.

4. Making a Green up effect on your lawn for special occasions. - Since summer is the best season for big and special occassions it is always an asset for homes to have a green lawn. One best technique to green up your lawn in summer is the light dose of urea. This is affordable and could bring a green looking effect for your lawn in a span of 2-3 days. As long as it has an ample amount of water. This could be done in the middle of your regular application of fertilizer to regenerate your lawn.

5. Control beetle grubs from lawn. - If you are in the area where there are bettle grubs this could destroy your summer lawn the best precautions is to apply Imidacloprid (Merit or Grub-Ex) on the first week of july to control them. This kind of insecticide is very kind to almost all of the good insects in the yard.

Lawn Aeration deals with taking out from your lawn those tiny soil plugs. Through aeration, you can have a healthy lawn that simply means that it has been provided with proper lawn care and maintenance. Thus, lawn aeration is very important to your lawn’s health. When aerating your lawn, you are giving your lawn best care that air could move freely into the soil. Usually, lawn aeration is done with a machine that has hollow tines or spoons mounted on a disk or drum.

There are a lot of factors that could promote a healthy lawn and one of them is that it can block compaction of soil that helps lessen the pore space within the soil that is closing the way of air in it. so soil could not have the air needed for the lawn to grow in good condition. Since Oxygen is the most important requirement for the grass roots to absorb more nutrients,water and it could hinder the growth of its roots. With proper aeration, it could lead a lot of excellent benefits for your lawn. The activity of your soil micro-organisms that decompose thatch will increase as well as the water,nutrients and oxygen in the soil will greatly improve. That is how essential the role of lawn aeration to your lawn care. Moreover, its rooting will grow more healthy and could trip off all pesticides and other lawn problems that could ruin the growth of your lawn.

Aiming for a beautiful healthy lawn needs a lot of effort and strategy. Any kind of lawn care could be possible as long as you are doing the right thing for your lawn’s good health. Here are 5 easy steps for your lawn care guide that will help you yield good results:

1. Mow efficiently – This does not only require cutting of your grass to its required height but also depends on mowing at the right time of the year. In mowing your lawn, it should not be less than one-third of its height for the efficient absorption of the sun. This should consume the right amount of light from the sun that is needed by the grass to develop a healthy plant. After mowing, your mowed grass should be left on the lawn to decompose as fertilizer that would be best for your lawn.

2. Use a sharp blade – It is important for your lawn to use sharp blade when cutting grass so it will not tear grass that would make your grass unhealthy easy to catch diseases and difficult to fight off pests. Few days after mowing, check on your grass very well especially the tip of it. If you can see brown lines on its tips, then you should make a move to get rid of those unhealthy signs.

3. Regulate water supply – The right irrigation system could help you prevent lawn problems especially the growth of pests on your lawn. Too much water would not do good for your lawn. On the average,grasses only need weekly water supply of 1-1.5 inches. that would just be enough for the clay to moistened, 4-6 inches below the surface and 8-10 inches for sandy soil. Rain Guage is the most advised in determining water supply during rain also to regulate the proper amount.

4. Keep fertilizers and pesticides at normal levels – Overfeeding your lawn with chemicals is very harmful. Be always prepared most especially during seasons of spring, summer, early fall & after the first fall be sure to provide it with balanced amount of fertilizer.. then on drought, you can skip summer feeding but not fall feeding.

5. Prevent, rather than cure – In Lawn care, you can also apply the statement that says prevention is better than cure. Regular feeding of your lawn could save its life from bugs and pests as well as diseases this could also help repair bare spots and you can use right herbicides to help you control and manage growth of weeds.

Maintaining proper care for your lawn is this easy but it also requires your proper attention for you to make things right in whatever strategy for the best of your lawn care.

Weeds are also plants that just grow in wrong places like that you see growing with your lawn if not properly monitored or maintained. They are called the native plants since they could well adopt in the environment that they grow. For longer years, their seeds could lie dormant in the soil although sometime they could also be medicinal or decorative. Thus, this must be controlled to have a healthy green lawn you longed for.

Below are the 5 tips on how to reduce weeds in your lawn

1. Correct Mowing – Maintaining an appropriate height for your lawn could help you brush away the weeds that grow in your lawn.
2. Mowing Frequency – Mowing regularly could remove flowing seed parts of weeds growing to make it harder for them to grow on the next crop and will help you achieve your go encourage al for for a healthy lawn.
3. Soils play a factor in weed control – soils that are wet, dry and compacted, these mostly the growth of weeds since the grass struggles on these kind of soil.
4. Soil Fertility is a factor – Soils that are poor and unfertilized are more prone to weeds growth. Turfgrasses do require some nutrients for best growth.
5. Practicing good lawn maintenance – this is the most recommended method for weed control for your lawn care.