While the Florida summer heat may be great for a day at the beach, it can be highly detrimental to the health of your lawn. A beautiful green yard is essential for barbecues, games, and summer entertaining, but scorching temperatures and unpredictable rainfall can easily threaten it. Proper summer lawn care is crucial in maintaining lush green grass and preventing wilting.
Here are some tips from our yard maintenance professionals to help your yard beat the heat this season. Keep reading!
Mulching lawn clippings back into your yard helps supply extra nutrients to the soil and imparts coverage for the roots, helping maintain moisture in the hot summer heat.
Lawn care service professionals in Florida recommend you adjust mower blades to around three to four inches in the summer months. Keeping your grass longer will make it stronger as roots are allowed to extend more deeply.
Tall grass serves another vital purpose: it protects the soil, keeping it cooler. This natural shade reduces the rate of evaporation, meaning you'll need to water your lawn less frequently. So, letting your grass grow taller also helps conserve water during the hot summer months, allows for more insulation, and helps prevent weeds from popping up, which compete for limited water supplies.
When it comes to lawn mowing, it’s crucial to keep the mower blades sharpened. Dull blades tear and shred grass rather than provide a clean cut, affecting the aesthetic appeal of your lawn and making the grass more vulnerable to moisture loss. Grass cut from dull blades typically frays, which makes it more prone to browning in arid weather.
Consistently watering your yard isn’t enough to keep your grass from turning crispy and brown. The time when you water your lawn is equally as important! Lawn maintenance professionals recommend watering your yard early in the morning, from around 5 to 9 a.m. This tactic allows your grass time to get water to the roots before midday heat evaporates moisture away. Watering at night is even more dangerous as it creates the perfect environment for disease.
A well-maintained irrigation system is necessary to ensure proper lawn watering.
Fertilizing your lawn is crucial for providing essential nutrients that support healthy growth, especially during the early summer when the grass is actively growing. However, over-fertilizing in hot weather might burn your lawn.
Given that grass is already under stress during this season, opt for fertilizers designed explicitly for summer to feed your yard gradually over time, promoting steady growth and minimizing the risk of burn.
During the summer, insects and other lawn pests can pose a threat to your lawn: many will feed on grass, leading to bare patches. If left unchecked, they may even lay eggs and spread throughout your lawn. That is why investing in pest control is an essential element of summer lawn care.
Lawn weeds, in turn, compete with grass species for nutrients, water, and space. Investing in lawn weed control before they disperse seeds prevents their spread and minimizes future weed growth.
Does taking care of your lawn during the summer sound too complicated or labor-intensive? Then, hire someone to do the grunt work for you. Our quality lawn maintenance professionals at RLC have all the tools and knowledge to keep yards looking their best!
RLC Landscaping’s professional irrigation services are efficient and proactive in keeping your yard in perfect condition. We offer several irrigation services to fit your lawn’s specific needs. They include irrigation system maintenance and repairs, water resource planning and management, monthly inspections, and more.
RLC has served the Central Florida community for 50 years, so we know Florida heat! We offer various residential yard services, from routine grounds maintenance to irrigation, lawn design, and more. Stop worrying about your lawn and enjoy spending time with family and friends this summer.
If you’re looking for a quality landscaping partner you can trust, call us today at 407-366-5629 or click here to request a quote.