Sod Solutions Share Quick Tips for the Best Lawn of Your Life

Florida is known as the Sunshine State for a reason: its glorious weather and radiant sunbeams. It is paradise when you are on the expansive beaches or enjoying a day out on the golf course, but that same sunshine can be stressful for your lawn.

Do you ever wonder how to get your own grass looking as lush and green as your neighbors and those golf courses you love so much?

Creating and maintaining a magnificent Florida lawn can be a challenge, particularly during periods of extreme heat and drought, but there are certain basic practices to implement and alternative measures to take in order to ensure your front lawn, backyard, and yes – your gardens - are living THEIR best lives.

There are seven main elements of a golf course like lawn. Irrigation, mowing, soil maintenance, controls for insects, weeds, and disease, and working with best-in-class grass and landscaping professionals.

Irrigation
Drinking 8 glasses of water or more on a daily basis is what is recommended for healthy living, and your lawn is no different. It is important to understand your lawn’s water needs and monitor your lawn’s water consumption. The heat from the Florida sun makes smart irrigation a key factor in sod success.

Mowing
Cutting your hair not only shortens its length but it also promotes healthy growth. Mowing your lawn is equivalent to your regular trip to the barber shop or hair salon and just as healthy for your grass. Mowing your lawn regularly not only fosters vertical growth, but lateral density making it look lusher and thicker. Again, knowing what is best for your lawn type is paramount as not all grass should be mowed at the same height.

Maintenance
Lawns are like sponges, drinking and absorbing their nutrients, so opting for a fertilizer that is easily applied instantly taken up by the grass is important. Lawnifi.com has a hose-end liquid fertilizer that uses nano-sized particles for instant absorption into the plant. Sod like Empire Turf The Proven Zoysia Grass is a popular choice for residential, commercial and golf properties in the South as it requires less maintenance in the heat and during periods of drought. Information online at Sod University can help diy’ers gain a thorough understanding of the soil pH, testing techniques and methods needed to keep your lawn impeccable.

Variable Controls: Disease, Insects & Weeds
Alongside best practices for mowing, watering, and fertilization, it is equally important to prevent disease or fungi, manage insects, and stop weeds, weeds, weeds!

Don’t get Bugged Out
Keeping your lawn well-manicured helps keep away pesky insect invaders, removing their breeding grounds. Consider adding bio-friendly alternatives like thermacells and fragrant mint and rosemary plants in your landscape area to help keep buzzing buddies away! Lawn damaging insects like grubs, chinch bugs, mole crickets and webworms can be managed with various controls.

Weeds, Weeds & More Weeds
With every rose, there are thorns and with every lawn and garden comes the thorn in everyone’s side: weeds, a plant growing where it’s not supposed to. Knowing your grass type (zoysia, bermudagrass, and St. Augustine are the most popular), can help immensely in knowing how to target weeds correctly.

Pros-in-Turf
Finally, working with the best grass developers, installation professionals, and landscapers in the business is essential to getting your lawn where it should be: the envy of everyone on the block. You might choose not to work with a professional and do it yourself using Sod Solutions’ cutting-edge technology and farm-to-door delivery service to lay your own sod. Just make sure you do your homework and research about the industry’s innovative growth methods, and revolutionary and proprietary grasses for both consumers AND businesses (stadiums, golf-courses, race tracks) to guarantee your lawn a spot in the winner’s circle.

Sod Solutions has been delivering quality products for the turfgrass industry for more than 25 years. Our team of turfgrass and technology experts deliver innovative solutions for homeowners and professionals through improved turfgrass brands, software for sod farms and distributors, and cutting edge fertilizer technology. We take pride in delivering value to our customers and helping them achieve great looking, sustainable lawns.