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Practical
Tips For The Perfect Lawn
Treating
a Sun Scorched, Brown Lawn
Try as hard as you might to avoid it, your
lawn may end up sun scorched for one reason or another. Though
you can try to prevent scorching through proper maintenance
and drainage, there are also some simple ways to cure this
problem once it occurs.
Scorching
occurs when your grass turns brown due to the sun and heat. During dry and drought periods during the summer,
grass is more likely to be damaged. Reductions or restrictions
on water usage can also make it more likely that your grass
will be scorched. New sod can be particularly prone to damage.
This is a particular problem if you are not watering the new
sod as often as it needs. Watering often will help establish
its root system underground. Your lawn can also be burned by
the use or overuse of some pesticides or improperly applied
fertilizers.
To
avoid scorching, consistent watering is important. Water
can also be the best cure for the sun-scorched lawn. If your
grass is scorched and not dead, then water alone might be able
to revive it back to its former state. When you water, you
want to make sure that you water deeply, letting the water
soak in at least six inches deep. If you are only doing shallow
watering the roots come much closer to the surface and are
more prone to damage by extreme heat and cold because they
are much more exposed.
You may also consider adding
sugar to your grass. Silly as
this might sound it will benefit the organism and microbes
and help enrich your soil. You should spread one pound of sugar
for every three hundred square feet on your lawn. What you
want to avoid is using a lot of fertilizer or weed killer.
These kill the microbes that are beneficial to your grass and
which you’ll need to get it back to the green color you love.
Adding sugar will free those microbes and keep them alive.
If the sun scorching has killed areas of your grass, then
you can fill or plug those bare spots with sod. This will be
less expensive than replanting your entire lawn. You can remove
the dead sections and then add new sod to those sections or
depending on the season when doing this; you can start to re-grow
your grass with grass seed. Be warned though – grass seed can
be tricky at the best of times and you may end up with a very
patchy looking lawn. New sod may be expensive, but if you are
only using little patches of it to fill in dead spots on your
lawn, it won’t set you back too much.
In a worst-case scenario, you will have to re-sod
or re-seed your entire lawn. As daunting as this might sound, it is sometimes
the only solution, particularly if the damage is extensive.
If you do need to do this, then you need to make sure that
you look after your newly planted grass in the manner required
to prevent the damage from reoccurring. The last thing you
want is to start an unending cycle of seeding, scorching and
re-seeding.
The sun can do a great deal of damage to your lawn, but so
can fertilizers and weed killers that have been improperly
applied. When looking at applying fertilizer, you must read
the directions carefully and only apply it at the right time
of the year. Using certain products in the summer will burn
your lawn, even though they may be fine to use at other times.
The best solution (again) is watering, but you might also consider
applying activated charcoal to your grass. This can detoxify
your grass and reverse the effects of improperly applied weed
and feed. If the damage is too extensive then your only option
will be to re-sod or seed to bring the grass back to what it
once was.
When dealing with a sun-scorched or burned lawn, the most
important thing is to give your lawn the love and care it needs.
A little TLC will help prevent sun scorching and it will also
help cure it. If your lawn is sun-scorched then water is really
your best friend and will really help in returning your lawn
to it former green glory. # # # # #
SolveYourProblem.com : 2007
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