5 SMART TECHNIQUES TO MINIMIZE YOUR LAWN MAINTENANCE COST! BY
Water your Lawn Wisely • Many people believe that the more you water your lawns the more essential it is for its health. This is a wrong perception completely, majority of lawns only need approximately 1 inch of water every week including precipitation. Don’t overwater your lawns! • To water your plants use sprinkler, it sprays huge large drops and can easily help you maintain 1 inch of moisture level per week. Install rain gauge to measure rainfall your lawn must have received during the week. If you have an established lawn, then the ideal time to water it is between 5 to 10 am in morning, because if you will water during afternoon, the water will evaporate due to the heat of the day.
Mow the Grass till the Right Length • When you mow the grass of your lawn, remember not to shorten them up less than 2 to 3 inches. This ideal length helps your grass to retain moisture up to 50% and hence, minimizes the need to water them repeatedly. Also, tall grass shades their soil and roots and thus, somehow eliminates the cost of water, reseeding and fertilizer that ultimately lowers your lawn maintenance cost.
Don’t Over fertilize your Lawn • We usually over fertilize our lawns with the market fertilizers, however, with self-mulching lawn mower and grass clippings, lawn can be naturally fertilized. When you leave the grass clippings they naturally decompose and the lawn receives enough nitrogen that keeps it healthy. Hence, it saves you from spending a significant amount on fertilizer.
Kill Weeds Wisely • If you have a small to medium sized lawn, you can then prepare a mixture of vinegar and foodsafe dish soap at home yourself and fill them up in spray bottle and directly sprinkle on the weeds. This will minimize your lawn maintenance cost, as you shall be saved from buying expensive insecticides and pesticides. • However, if you have a huge lawn, then you should take assistance from licensed lawn care service providers, who are qualified to work with toxics. If there services are good enough, then signing an annual lawn care contract will not cost you much.
Reconsider your Lawn Mower • You can significantly minimize your lawn maintenance cost by choosing a manual push mower over a gas-powered mower for your lawn. Manual push mower is affordable and requires little maintenance, in contrast to the gaspowered one.
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