Additional steps for maintaining a great lawn.

Mowing

• Keep mower blades sharp through the season.
• Do not cut during the heat of the day.
• Never cut more than 1/3 of a blade at a time.
• Cutting too much at once puts the plant into stress mode.
• Use mulching mower.
• Leave grass clippings on the lawn. This is an excellent free source of nitrogen and organic matter.

Watering

• Overwatering actually fosters many turf diseases.
• Watering 1-2” should be satisfactory for lawns in established organic programs.
• Do not water late in the day or at night.
• Water thoroughly and deeply, light watering causes problems.
• Established organic lawns are drought-tolerant – let nature do the watering.

It’s all about the soil!

• If soil is poor or has little food or other resources or has been damaged by a chemical application, all organisms can’t survive.
• 95% of the activity in the soil is in the organic matter portion of the soil.
• Turf grass roots don’t grow in the soil – they grow in the air spaces between soil particles.