Mowing Maintenance Tips in Santa Barbara

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Lawn Mowing Tips For Healthier Lawns
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Mowing lawns can seem like a rather simple task,
and in essence this is of course true. For the
lawn care professional though, there is so much
more involved in mowing lawns correctly, not just
to achieve a beautiful looking carpet of green
once the mowing is completed, but in knowing that
how a lawn is regularly mowed also plays a large
factor in the overall health of the turf itself.
Yes, mowing practices do have a direct health
result to the lawn when either done correctly or
incorrectly.
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When we think about what we can do and alter with
lawn mowing practices, there really are only two
factors that come into play. The first is how
long we keep the leaf of the turf when mowing,
and the second is the frequency of the lawn
mowing service. And it is from these two
practices that we can greatly alter the health of
our lawns for the better or for the worse.
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Keeping Lawns With a Long Leaf
Photosynthesis is the process of lawns and plants
which takes direct sunlight and uses that energy
to create food for the lawn or plant out of the
available nutrients in the soil. The longer the
leaf of the lawn, directly increases the amount
of food the turf can then produce for itself to
stay healthy and strong. While a lawn which is
mowed at very low heights can produce much less
food, and thus these lawns will require far
greater attention to their overall health, or
otherwise risk becoming sick or even at risk of
possible death of the lawn.
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With this knowledge, we can then easily see that
lawns which are subject to partial shaded
conditions will need to have their leaf kept
longer than a lawn which is being grown in full
sun. The partial shaded turf requires a longer
leaf to power more photosynthesis with less
direct sunlight. Whereas a lawn in full sun can
easily have its leaf length kept much shorter and
still maintain the same level of photosynthesis
and food production.
Therefore, this lawn mowing tip is a rather
simple one to understand and adjust to, and is
something which can have a major impact on the
health of our turf, just in the simple fact of
how long we keep the lawn leaf under different
direct sunlight or shade conditions.
Frequency of Lawn Mowning
While lawn mowing can be a chore for many busy
people, and something which we are all guilty of
putting off for too long sometimes, regular lawn
mowing is also important for overall lawn health.
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The first reason for maintaining regular lawn
mowing is that if we leave lawns to become too
long between mowings, then the thatch layer will
increase in the lawn, and the crowns of the turf
will raise higher... which when eventually mowed,
can easily cause lawn scalping or having the lawn
dying off in areas where the crowns of the lawn
have been removed when mowing. Leaving lawns too
long between mowing is always a high risk of
causing lawn damage when the turf is finally
mowed. While the above example is a worst case
scenario of leaving lawns for far too long in
between mowing, even regular mowing should be
given careful consideration as to
frequency. While regular maintenance ensures that
not too much leaf material is removed at any
single service, which then keeps the lawn looking
greener and without even mild scalping, there is
one more factor to consider as to the timing of
cutting our lawns... which is mulch mowing.
Mulch mowing is when we put a plug into the rear
of a specially designed lawn mower, which instead
of collecting the grass clippings, sends those
same clippings through the blades of the mower
several times to finely chop them into very small
pieces, before depositing those same clippings
back into the lawn.
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Mulch mowing is a wonderful way to feed the lawn
with its own supply of nutrients, as well as
insulating the lawn soil from excessive moisture
loss in warmer weather. Mowing more regularly
will ensure these grass clippings will be cut up
even finer and will be in less quantity, which
then allows this natural mulch to break down into
the lawn soil much more quickly. So the overall
mulching process is greatly more efficient when
the lawn is being mowed more often.
Conclusion
While there are many factors involved in keeping
any lawn green and healthy, one of the least
thought of considerations of this process is the
humble lawn mower, which we hardly ever think of
as a lawn care tool that can improve lawn health
on its own. However we can see clearly how just
two small changes to how we mow our lawns can
have tremendous benefits on our lawn health.
Keep these maintenance tips in mind for a
better-looking lawn all year long. For some of
our tips you can lean onLandscaping and Lawn Care
Maintenance Tips.
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