| Summer Turf Tips | | | | - November through February: Usually no irrigation is |
| - Check your sprinkler system for proper coverage. | | | | needed unless weather is extremely dry for 2 to 3 |
| - Follow the on and off watering tips here in our | | | | weeks at a time. |
| information. Remember that your soil will only absorb a | | | | - Every lawn is different and you may have to modify |
| limited amount of water at a time. On and off watering | | | | the above to meet your individual needs. The key thing |
| at least 3 times on your watering day will promote | | | | to remember is to keep the root area moist during the |
| deep roots and a healthier lawn. | | | | crucial rooting period. |
| - As summer temperatures increase, raise the mowing | | | | - Mow as needed, maintaining a mowing height of 2 to |
| height to 2 to 3 inches. | | | | 3 inches. Remove no more than 1/3 of the leaf blade |
| - Fertilize every 4 to 8 weeks but cut back 25% to | | | | per mowing. |
| 50% of the recommended rate. | | | | - Fertilize every 4 to 6 weeks during the growing |
| - If dry spots appear check your sprinkler coverage. | | | | season. We recommend a granular, well-balanced |
| Water these dry spots by hand -- please do not | | | | fertilizer without weed control. The best way to find |
| increase your irrigation timing to compensate for a few | | | | out how often your lawn needs to be fed is to mark |
| dry spots! | | | | your calendar when you make a fertilizer application. |
| - Be sure and keep your mower blade(s) sharp -- a | | | | When you notice the color begin to fade, you will know |
| dull blade will injure the grass and encourage disease. | | | | you should have fertilized a week earlier. Check your |
| Spring Turf Tips | | | | calendar and this will give you the interval for |
| - Mow your lawn as low as possible. This will remove | | | | fertilization. |
| old, dead winter kill and thatch. This allows sunlight to | | | | - Brown spots: Most lawns will get brown spots from |
| get to the soil and warm it up -- this is key to early | | | | time to time. Check your sprinklers for coverage. |
| green up. Then fertilize with a 16-6-8 fertilizer and your | | | | Windy days and high temperatures will result in varying |
| lawn will be on it's way. | | | | patterns. Water these trouble spots by hand. Do not |
| Winter Turf Tips | | | | increase the water to the entire area to eliminate |
| - Putting your sod to bed: after your last regular | | | | isolated brown areas. |
| mowing, fertilize with a 6-20-20; water appropriately, | | | | - Runoff: A lawn is one of natures best filters for |
| then winterize your sprinkler system. Keep in mind you | | | | airborne pollutants, applied fertilizers and chemicals. |
| may have to hand water your lawn if the weather | | | | Runoff from any landscape area, though, can pollute |
| warms up, which is typical with our Utah weather. | | | | our waterways and create treatment plant problems. |
| General tips | | | | - Contrary to what some may want you to believe, |
| - For your new Utah lawn: check with your landscape | | | | lawns do not waste water, man does. Lawns are of |
| professional to make sure the system is set for 3 to 4 | | | | increasing importance to our urban environment since |
| times a day 10 to 15 minutes each cycle for the first 2 | | | | we are removing vast amounts of natural vegetation |
| weeks. At the end of 2 weeks, continue the same | | | | and agricultural land from the ecosystem, replacing |
| watering pattern but cut back to every other day for | | | | them with asphalt concrete and buildings. Scientific |
| 2 weeks, then cut back to every third day. If water | | | | studies have found that many of the shrubs and trees |
| runs off, cut back on the number of minutes. New sod | | | | we use in our landscapes may, in fact, consume more |
| is exempt from watering regulations for 6 weeks. | | | | water than a lawn of equal area. The point is not so |
| After the first 6 weeks, follow the watering schedule | | | | much what to plant or use in your landscape to |
| below: | | | | achieve your desired effect, but to efficiently manage |
| - March, April, September and October: Water as | | | | the irrigation and maintenance of your landscape. |
| needed to keep root area moist. On those days water | | | | - Utah sod is like people: it needs air, food and water to |
| 3 times, 5 to 10 minutes at 2 hour intervals. | | | | survive. When you properly maintain your lawn with |
| - May through August: Water on the days and hours | | | | good water management, proper fertilization and |
| according to local ordinances Water 3 to 4 times on | | | | mowing schedules, you will have a healthy beautiful |
| these days starting early morning. Water for 5 to 10 | | | | lawn for many years. |
| minutes each time at 2 hour intervals. | | | | |