Sandy Soil – Among the types this one has the largest particles. If it contains a lot of organic materials thus, it would be easy to develop. Having this kind of soil in your yard needs a huge amount of water for your your plants to grow healthy. Sandy soil moistens and absorbs more nutrients. And it is good for plants since it permits water to flow into it than be left in the roots and decompose.

Silty Soil – the most fertile among the types. This has a lot of minerals as well such as quartz and other essential organic substance,for healthy growth of plants. Compared to sandy soil, this keeps more moisture and solid. Because of this, it is very much easy to work on with since it has a lot of moisture.

Clay Soil – A very compact type of soil that produces less space to absorb air. It would be very hard to deal with this soil since this could harm the roots within due to less air space and water within will clog.And this needs a huge amount of fertilizer for better growth.

Loamy Soil – This type of soil is perfect for cultivation. The combination of clay sand and silt, known to be the perfect type of soil. Its texture is full of particles and can easily absorb water.

Peaty Soil – This is formed through build ups of decayed organic matters. But the decay of organic matter in the soil is being barred by the presence of acid in the soil. this is formed during humidity. Also, this type of soil is passive to water logging so it should undergo proper fertilization and drainage for proper growth of plants within in it.

Chalky Soil – This soil is naturally alkaline and has huge number of stones. This is not recommended during the season of summer since it is subject to dryness. This requires a lot of water to moisten the soil for the roots to absorb as well as fertilization. Moreover, it hinders the absorption of nutrients for plants to grow.

Watering your lawn is considered one of the most essential factor for best lawn care. All of us is aiming to have a healthy, green, lush lawn and to attain this, we must learn proper way and the best time to water it.

Daybreak or just before dawn – The most recommended time to water your lawn since evaporation is minimal and sunrise will make your lawn dry quickly thus this will prevent your grass to moisten and prone to diseases.

Daytime – Also a best time to water your lawn but only kind amount and be sure it could soak down to its roots for good absorption. And make sure grass blades would dry fast to prevent diseases but one top disadvantage is it will take lots of water then evaporation will take away a portion of it before it can be absorbed by your grass roots.

Nighttime - For those busy career oriented people, we choose this time to water our lawn because we are busy during the day. But major disadvantage of this is that it could be prone to diseases since there will be no sunlight to make the grass blades dry so it will moisten all night,water will stay on its grass blade overnight that could attract disease.

Having a perfectly healthy lawn requires a lot of effort and time. These simple yet helpful tips could help you achieve your goal to attain a healthy, nourishing lawn that will help you feel relax:

1. Water your Lawn Early in the Morning – This is the best time to water your lawn so it could be absorbed by the grass thoroughly. Watering in the evening would make your grass stay wet that could be prone to diseases. In maintaining a healthy lawn, it only needs at least 1 inch of water in a week this is for cool and warm weather. 1-2 inch of water weekly for hot,windy or dry weather.

2. Regularly Mow and leave grass Clippings in your Lawn – Mowing your lawn is the next important thing to do to make it more healthy and to eliminate unhealthy growth or excess grass that grows in your yard. Always remember to leave grass clippings after you mow since it could be an additional food and dew to prevent weed invasion. Only an inch must be cut off from the grass and maintain the height of 2 ½ inches to 3 1/2 inches long. Then If it exceeds to 6 inches in length, rake up and combine it to compost.

3. Conduct Soil Test – Have your soil test for you to identify the best lawn care needed for you to attain a healthy one. Through the test, it will help you determine its type of soil and the right amount of fertilizer needed.

4. Fertilize Properly – After you conduct your soil test, you could already start to know how to properly fertilize and the right amount required depending on how wide your lawn is.

5. Distinguish Weeds – Learning to identify weeds in your lawn will also aid you to determine the health of your lawn.Thus, it is always important for you to know and be familiar with the weed so you will know how to treat or prevent them from destroying your lawn and the plants within it.

In this video, you will learn some important tips to make a green healthy lawn especially for the coming season of summer.

The season of Spring is here once again and for sure there would be a lot of things to patch up in your yard so, this is the best time for you to attend on your lawn care after a long winter. As spring is the most important season for you to start caring for your lawn since this is the season wherein your lawn becomes very delicate. Soil is mushy, and plants are soft with an unpredictable weather.

Here are major tips for Spring Lawn Care:

1. Raking is the first job for you to do in your lawn especially after winter season. But Raking is merely not just to rake leaves off your yard but also to control thatch, a half inch build up is already beyond its limit. Deep raking is recommended to remove thatch from your lawn. Also, Matted patches wherein grass blades are stuck on that could make your lawn suffer from a snow mold – a disease that could harm your lawn.

2. Lawn Aeration is the next thing should be done for your lawn in order to prevent it form soil compaction you can detect this when you’re starting to see some moss plants in your yard growing.

3. Liming your soil could help you avoid acidity aso your grass would have a neutral soil pH. This may be have a slower effect but its important for your lawn.

4. Dog Spots and high traffic in your lawn is one of the major problems you will be facing. You will need to put on grass seeds on those bare patches in your lawn this method is called Overseeding lawns. Slow release of nitrogen fertilizer when overseeding is needed at least for 5 weeks next to grass germination. However, this should be done during fall so new grass would not contest with crabgrass.

5. The organic fertilization through the use of mulching mowers and compost. Most experts recommend using lighter fertilizer this season of springespecially for cool-season grasses since too much fertilizer could harm your lawn’s health.

- Conduct Soil test to identify the amount and class of fertilizer to be used for your lawn.

- - Only at least 1 pound of nitrogen/1,000 sq. ft in one application.

- - When fertilizing, do it from early spring spring up to last season of summer.

- 1 inch of water is required for most lawns per week to be more healthy.

- Put only the required amount of fertilizer for your lawn according to its square footage.

- For an even application of fertilizer in the grass, a rotary spreader is recommended for fast, even application and to prevent striped pattern of fertilizer.

- For thorough application of fertilizer, disperse it in two directions.

- Spread on fertilizer to dry grass then water thoroughly according to its needed amount.

- Gather fertilizer that has been dropped down on paved areas and keep for the next application.

- Used up fertilizers should not be applied to trees, annuals, perennials or even on shrubs. Much content of nitrogen will not do good for plants since it could lower down fruits and flowers production and also could impel stem and leaf growth.

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