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Success tips in mowing for a more beautiful and healthier lawn

Your mowing techniques can make a world of difference in maintaining a beautiful and healthy lawn. These practices far outweigh the impact of watering and fertilizing. Without much effort, you can drastically improve your lawns appearance with the methods we recommend.

Author: Dan Ezell

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Mowing too short is the number one cause for damaged and weed infested lawns. Just like with trees, the height of the grass blade relates to the depth of its roots. Grass with deep roots have a better chance to survive a drought and it also keeps the soil shady, preventing moisture loss and drying of the sun, which in turn, compacts the soil. A taller grass blade also blocks weed seeds from resting in the soil which prevents germination.

When you mow you are preventing the grass from producing seeds. This makes the grass frantically try to reproduce by sprouting shoots from its roots. This makes for a thicker lawn.

Keep in mind; the more blade surface the grass has, the more light it absorbs thus making for a good rate of metabolism. A healthier turf can fight off aggressive weeds.

Pick a blade of grass and inspect it. As a rule of "green" thumb, cutting more than a third of the blade is too much. And yes, it depends on the type of grass you have as well as the time of year. Mowing too low to reduce the frequency of the job can be very harmful to the grass. It allows weeds to invade the lawn and causes the grass to be stressed making it more susceptible to diseases.

You will have greater success, with a lot less time and effort, for a more beautiful and healthier lawn when you follow good mowing techniques and recommended mowing heights.

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About Author

Dan Ezell is a long time lawn and garden enthusiast. He has 28 years experience in lawn and garden care from regions of South Florida to Northeast Ohio. His knowledge and unquenchable thirst for information will be displayed and constantly updated throughout the pages of The Little Green Apple dot com.

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Success tips in mowing for a more beautiful and healthier lawn