How to cut lawn in the summer

How to cut lawn in the summer

Owners of owner-occupied dwellings seek to create on the sites equal bright green lawns with silk grass. To receive really qualitative covering, it is necessary to look after it: to feed up, water, cut, to remove dry grass and garbage. The most busy season for work with lawn - summer.

Do not cut in the summer lawn too often, in this case plants will weaken and will look sluggish and ugly. Moreover, the hairstyle promotes the termination of metabolism and dehydration. Therefore lawn it is necessary to water and apply good fertilizer as often as possible. The grass for lawn is adapted for severe conditions therefore the frequent hairstyle does not threaten life of plants, but worsens their exterior.

Bushy grades of lawn grass very beautifully look and completely hide the earth. At regular mowing at plants buds will not grow therefore all forces will be concentrated on growth of foliage, but not on flowers and insemination.

In droughty and hot summer try to cut lawn as seldom as possible. Cut off plants in their most upper part. The grass will remain rather high and will close itself the earth that will help to avoid its drying. Never cut plants more than on one third. Reduce mowing level slowly and gradually. The below there is cut, the more qualitatively there has to be fertilizer. On hills and slopes it is necessary to shear lawn grass obliquely. It is undesirable to mow damp plants, at this moment they are damaged stronger than normal. In rainy and cool summer it is necessary to cut the grass often, but it is accurate that it has got and kept the necessary height. Then the lawn will flush set that will make it dense and fluffy. During temperate climate it is desirable to cut lawn grass two times a week. If to mow more often, plants strongly weaken, there will be bald spots in which weeds, moss and lichen will be got. Level of cut should not be too low, otherwise the grass will turn yellow. In advance define the direction of hairstyle that the lawn has turned out uniform. Do not water lawn at noon, otherwise the grass will get solar burn and will become covered by spots. Ideal time for this purpose – morning and evening. If the lawn takes a lot of place, separate the site into sectors and water every day the new sector.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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