Lawn Diseases and Harmfukl Insects

Mowing To Trim Disease
The way you mow also affects your lawns ability to resist diseases.
· Mow Higher.
Most grass should be cut at the highest recommended setting during the summer, to protect the stem from heavy sunlight. The shorter you trim your grass, the smaller the root system will be.
· Mow More Often.
Mowing higher means doing it more often. Make sure you don't remove more than 1/3 of the grass blade in one mowing. Scalping, or cutting your grass extremely short, leaves it wide open to disease.
· Don't Use A Dull Blade Because This Shreds The Tops Of The Grass, And Exposes The Turf's Tissue For Disease Spores To Easily Enter. Mowing with a dull blade is shown to increase disease activity by 20% or more. And it even uses 20% more fuel than mowing with a sharp blade. To avoid this, have your blades sharpened several times a season.
· Keep Grass Clippings On Your Lawn, Which Returns About 25% Of The Nutrients Back To The Soil.
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