Don’t Over-Water Your Lawn

1. Over-watering drowns the plant’s root. When it rains, water fills the pore spaces pushing out air. Daily watering keeps the pore spaces filled with water instead of oxygen. This will suffocate the roots, as plants need carbon dioxide (CO2) to live as well as water. If you have dead roots, you have dead plants!

2. Over-watering contributes to groundwater pollution. Too much water ends up washing away fertilizer that will end up becoming a pollutant.

3. Shallow rooted plants are easily stressed, which makes them more susceptible to disease and damage by insects. Minor disease and insect problems often become major lawn disasters because the lawn is shallow-rooted.

Developing Heathy Soil for your Cary, Durham, or Raleigh Lawn Soil is the key ingredient to a healthy lawn, and having a good knowledge of what kind of soil you are working with in your lawn tends to make any garden projects go a lot smoother. The ideal soil needs a loamy texture, meaning a good balance of clay, dirt, and mud.
The pH level should be between 6.5-7.0, this can be reached by adding lime or sulfur to reduce/increase acidity respectively. Lastly, your North Carolina lawn care regimen needs to have a constant influx of nutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. These nutrients are part of your lawn care by way fertilizer. Lawn fertilization is very important to keep a healthy lawn going, year round! Most people understand these basic ideas for their lawns, but it is always nice to have a deeper understanding of why we need to fertilize, or why some plants grow better in certain climates. Knowing your soil is half the battle to keeping your lawn healthy! Bright Green is a company focused on providing a high level of service and quality or workmanship to jobs of all sizes.
We specialize in your specific needs and will take the time to understand what’s important to you. If you need lawn fertilization or lawn aeration, we are here to help! Contact us today and schedule a free estimate for your residential and/or commercial lawn care and landscaping service needs.