The blistering summer sun doesn’t just make you hot — it also affects your lawn. And it also gets stressed every now and then.
We’ll talk about how to relieve lawn stress, and much more, on this week’s Today’s Homeowner Radio Show.
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Around the Yard
This time of the summer, things are getting pretty hot wherever you live. We often talk about protecting ourselves from the heat, and that’s important, but it’s also important to think about protecting your lawn from the heat.
Heat is one of the biggest stresses for a lawn, so do what you can to reduce the stress. Watering is a no-brainer. When it’s hot, you get thirsty, and so does your lawn.
If you walk across the grass and it sounds crunchy or stays bent down, it needs water. Water early in the morning to minimize evaporation.
Speaking of walking on the grass, that’s another thing that causes it stress. So, when it’s really hot and dry, limit foot traffic as much as possible.
While fertilizers help feed the lawn, that push to create new growth also causes stress, so hold off on that until the weather cools a little.
Finally, when you cut the lawn, be sure you only remove the top third of the grass blades. You guessed it — removing more causes stress.
Plus, taller grass plants develop deeper roots, and that makes them more drought-tolerant during the hot, dry summer.
This Around the Yard segment brought to you by Pavestone.
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