Summary:
Fall pruning should begin after plants finish flowering, when most shrubs and perennials can be safely cut back without affecting next season’s growth. Evergreens can be pruned throughout the year, while flowering plants are best trimmed after blooming to avoid disrupting their natural cycle. Pruning helps control overgrowth, remove dead or diseased branches, improve plant health, and encourage stronger blooms while maintaining the overall shape and design of the landscape. Proper cuts should always be made just above a healthy bud at a slight angle to support clean healing and healthy regrowth.
This is the time of year where those yards you’ve worked hard to keep up start getting a little brown and crunchy.
With rain coming in pounding storms, groundwater runs off quickly, leaving poorly watered grass exposed to blistering high heat the next day.
Sometimes the grass just dies, and the area gets infiltrated by undesirable crabgrass, clover and sedges that can tolerate the harsher conditions.
Here’s what you can do to help your yard look good:
- Water it, preferably in the morning. Watering in the morning allows the ground to get saturated, reducing water loss through evaporation which occurs in the heat of the day. There are several high-efficiency irrigation systems on the market now that can do the job well and save water.
- Repair any pet spots. Those areas where the grass is dead need fresh soil and seeding to restore growth in the area. The soil is “overfertlized” and will not start to grow grass on its own anytime soon.
- Aeration. Aeration is the process of creation small perforations in the soil to allow air, water and nutrients to reach grass roots. As a results the roots grow more deeply and produce healthier, virgorous grass.
- Overseed/Reseed. For yards that are thin, overseeding can be a simple and very effective tool for new growth. Overseeding means adding seed to the existing lawn to fill in the gaps and prevent weeds from getting hold in these areas. Reseeding means the lawn is completely overtaken by an undesirable grass or weed and it should be resown from scratch.
If you’re lawn is struggling with brown areas, or is overtaken by weeds, we can help!
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