• mowing.
• Trimming.
• Removing grass clippings from sidewalk and driveway.    
• FREE lawn edging ! Lawn edging will give your lawn a manicured finished look. (weekly customers only)
• Monthly billing for weekly and bi-weekly customers with the ability to pay online by credit card or online banking.
  

There is no contract.  Your service will continue from week to week unless you inform us you would like to cancel your service.

Mowing Fact Sheet

Mowing is one of the most important cultural practices performed in lawn maintenance. Regardless of whether the lawn is fertilized, irrigated or receives applications of control products, proper mowing practices are essential if a high quality lawn is to develop. Properly mowed lawns will have fewer weed populations, better moisture stress tolerance and generally better quality than lawns not properly mowed.

Clipping Return

Turf grass clippings contain measurable amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Research has shown that when clippings are removed, 20 to 25 percent more fertilizer was necessary to maintain comparable color and quality as areas where clippings were returned. Contrary to popular belief, turf grass clippings do not contribute to thatch accumulation if proper mowing practices are followed

Mowing Height

Mowing height is probably the most important parameter of mowing. Turf grasses, like other plants, must manufacture sugars through photosynthesis in the leaves if they are collectively to develop into a high quality lawn. Turf grasses mowed at low heights have limited leaf area to sustain photosynthesis rates necessary to maintain good plant vigor.

In addition to leaf area, a direct relationship exists between the height of the turf grass and the depth and total mass of the root system. Research with Kentucky bluegrass has shown that root growth was more than twice as great when the grass was mowed at a 2.5-3.0 inch height verses a 0.75 inch height. In general, a lawn mowed too short will have a shallow root system with little total root mass. The impact of shallow, weak root systems is most apparent during summer stress periods. When soil moisture becomes limiting, the closely mowed lawns usually exhibit stress first and the loss of turf grass plants is more likely. Higher mowing heights during the summer period will keep soil temperatures cooler, preserve soil moisture and help maintain turf grass quality.


Turf grass mowed at the recommended height will have deeper, stronger root systems

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