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The Basics Of Organic Lawn Care

Organic Lawn
Herbicides are a two edged sword. They are design to kill unwanted plants in your yard. They do this with very little effort and they allow people to have beautiful lawns even if their lawn is unhealthy. The other side of the swords is that the low-level expose to these killers may effect your health and the health of your family.

Maintaining an herbicide-free lawn requires a little extra effort to keep your lawn healthy and help the good plants win out over the bad plants. The payback will be generations of healthy kids and adults playing in your grass. The basics of an organic lawn are: 1. Mow (mulch) the lawn from 3 to 4 inches high 2. Deep water your lawn 3. Aerate your lawn to keep the soil loose 4. Fertilize your lawn in the fall and spring to give it the nutrients is need to grow strong.

Mow Your Lawn From 3 To 4 Inches High

Your grass is competing against weeds for lawn domination. Your grass and unwanted weeds are competing for 2 things: sun and nutrition. Many weed can survive with less moist, healthy soil than grass so you really need to give the sun advantage to your grass. By cutting your lawn at a higher level, you allow the grass to better shade the ground. The shade of tall, dense grass turf will prevent essential light from reaching the ground and most weeds. This will aid in the destruction of new baby weed seedlings (such as the notorious dandelion).

The second great thing about mowing at this level is that it help reduce water consumption by reducing evaporation. Taller grass helps give a thicker layer of protection that will help trap moisture. This will reduce the amount of water you need to maintain a healthy lawn and will save you money.

Another way to help keep your grass healthy is to use a mulching mower. Every time you mow, you remove healthy blades for grass that are full of nutrients. If you compost your grass clippings, you will find that they will make great soil but why take away that great soil from your lawn. Over time the soil under your grass will turn into a concrete like dirt that can only support the growth of weeds. If you don?t bag your grass clippings, you are feeding your lawn every time you mow. Leaving the clipping on your lawn adds organic matter and nutrients back into the soil and keeps your lawn healthy.

The key here is cut your lawn frequently and cut is when it is dry to allow you to cut it long and not have any ?clumping?. Clumping or un-even cutting should only occur when you don?t mow often enough, mow too short or mow when it is too wet.

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