Deciding your needs in a Lawn grass?
STEP 1 | STEP 2
| STEP 3 | STEP 4
| How much effort, time, and money do you
want to spend on your lawn?... Not just in the beginning, but for the rest of your lawns
life (maybe longer than yours?). Answering this question helps to determine which
grass you should plant. Secondly is what uses you will have for your lawn and perhaps most
important... just where will your lawn live? |
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Now lets walk through 3 more selection decisions toward choosing
the actual grass you will use for your lawn area.
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- Decision #1 |
What kind of lawn do you need and want?
You need to decide if it will be an "exhibit" lawn, an "average"
lawn or perhaps you just want "anything green" that covers the ground?
Keep in mind that the more perfect the lawn the higher the rate of maintenance inputs
required. Write down your choice.
In addition to the above --- write down the activity or purpose your lawn will
be used for. Select one of these purposes: Wear & traffic | Sports
| General Lawn | Lawn cover on wet soil | Lawn cover on dry soil
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- Decision #2 |
How much maintenance are you willing to
dedicate to your lawn? Every grass responds to more intense
maintenance with a better overall look. However all that requires inputs of both
money and time. Do you want a lawn that requires little in the way of maintenance or
lots? Choose and write down your preference: High Maintenance - Low
Maintenance or Medium Maintenance.
This is your lawn maintenance level.
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- Decision #3 |
On your particular site are there
factors that would limit the choice of grass to be planted? These factors
can be anything from the soil type and pH on your site to shade conditions, to even the
slope of the particular lawn area. View the various charts
to make sure that the grasses you have selected in Step #1are suitable for any particular
aspect or problem area of your lawn such as these below:
Mowing heights |
Hot temperature effects | Cold temperature effects
Drought | Traffic
tolerance | Fertilizer rates | Shade effects | Establishment Time
Insect Resistance | Disease Resistance | Salt Water Tolerance
Seeding Rates | Cost of Establishment | Soil pH
Write down any specific problem areas you may have in your lawn and
check off the best grasses for these areas that you recorded in your Step #1 Climate Zone activity.
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- BACK TO THE NEXT STEP |
NOW RETURN TO Step 3
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