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Winter mowing can be the key to having a great looking lawn in the spring.
Ensure good winter maintenance on your mower is done. Sharpen the blades, check the oil, spark plug etc.
You want to slowly lower lawn cutting levels. The heavy weight from higher mow heights can allow frost to cling to blades of grass weigh them down. Disease then sets in and ruins your yard. Cut your lawn short, but don't scalp it. If you are on a hill, I recommend being very careful when lowering the lawn mower levels.
Keep toys and hoses off the yard!!!
Nothing damages a yard more than a hose being left out on it.
Your lawn will brown a little in the winter but it's ok.
In certain areas where winter is expected but takes a little longer, ensure you have sprinklers still set to water.
I often run into people who after the first rain of the fall, turn the sprinklers off, or lower times. Most good Sprinkler Timers should have rain detection built in. I will cover those in another blog.
If you have snow and need to walk on your yard to get to the door, walk in different routes. I know it sounds funny, grass can only take so much stress from snow and compacting it down.
Monitor your yard in the Winter just as you would in the Spring or Summer and reap the benefits.
I have often wondered what you did with your lawn during the winter. Now I know. As far as the sprinklers go, we have them on a timer and guess what? When it rained a few weeks ago, I turned them off for the winter. I thought that due to the frost and cold termperatures, that watering the lawn would damage it. So, I guess my question is what time of day is the best time to water your lawn during the winter, and should you water all winter long?
ReplyDeleteJenna, the best time to water is early morning. I would probably do it around 6am. During winter It's hard to say without a timer that has rain detection. Obviously you wanna conserve water, keep close attention to temperatures outside too. You don't want to water when temps get below 40 degrees. I would cut back how much time and frequency the grass gets watered. If you normally water 4 days a week, cut it to two. If you normally water for 15 minutes, cut it to 10 minutes. Rule of thumb is, less frequency and longer deeper watering times. Hope this helps.
ReplyDeleteThank you, that did help. You are awesome!!
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