Lawn Care - Lawn Watering For Healthy Expansion and Water Conservation

This Universal Lawn Care Tip covers correct watering systems and how watering correctly is a crucial element to the health of our lawn, we'll look at watering to gain the best benefit and see how getting it wrong can cause an infestation of disease.

Methods and watering times change depending on lawn varieties climates and regions, so particular we are going to stay with our universal lawn care truths that are appropriate to all lawn varieties and in all regions of the world. Luckily, there are many set truths that apply to all gardens that just need minor adjustments relying on circumstances.

1 ) Water infrequently and awfully - the key here is to plug a deep root system that can withstand hot weather, and has water typically available to the roots below the evaporation level in the soil. Generally two times a week for 20-30 mins is satisfactory in hotter weather for warm season varieties such as Bermuda ( couch ) and St.

Whenever lawns are watered at night, a large amount of that water is drained away deep into to the soil and water table and wasted, the lawn now needs more water to remain healthy, and we've just wasted one of our most valuable resources.

Night time watering also promotes fungal diseases on lawns when water is left sitting on the turf leaf overnight, the difficulty is compounded in hotter regions when hotter nights make a warm wet environment on the turf which promote fungal growth and disease.

3) Never water daily - daily watering and over-watering promote a shallow root system which can easily kill a lawn in warmer weather, and a lawn which is water logged from lack of oxygen in the soil.

4 ) Adjust watering as required - Keep an eye on watering times and adjust as necessary depending on temperature and rainfall.

5 ) Wetting Agents - these are a superb addition to every lawn and garden around the world today. Wetting Agents break down the waxy coating on grains of soil like dishwashing liquid breaks down grease from a frying pan, the result's a more even distribution of water throughout the soil profile, reduction in dry patches that may occasionally happen in lawns, and most importantly is the ability of the grass to hang of water for longer amounts of time, which permits for much more water being available to the grass, providing proofing against heat stress and a reduction in the quantity of water required for a healthy lawn.

Our next Universal Lawn Care Tip discusses Lawn Fertilizers, which discusses why we want to use manure, how we should use them and the way to choose the right one for our lawn and our region.