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How a Commercial Lawn Service Green's Your Lawn After a Drought

Posted by Sabrina Ayala on Mar 24, 2017 9:16:00 AM

 

Commercial_Landscape_Maintenance_in_San_Jose_408.275.1200.jpgHow a Commercial Lawn Service Green's Your Lawn After a Drought

The drought has had a damaging effect on many lawns throughout the bay area and permanently damaged many lawns . More often than not, even after a drought with a record breaking rainfall, water regulations may still go into effect. So a commercial lawn maintenance service  should spend time and focus on good maintenance practices which might include: lawn aeration, seeding, fertilization, combined with best water management practices, will all help mitigate the damage.

Areas that do not respond to watering and fertilizer may require a partial lawn renovation by a commercial landscape maintenance contractor which might include: seeding, sodding. In drastic cases, a complete turf replacement or renovation might be necessary.

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Mowing: Raise the mowing deck of the lawn mowing equipment to shade the roots. This helps reduce the soil temperature by shading the lawns roots, reducing the need for additional watering.

Aerification: Weak turf can be improved with lawn aerification. Cores of soil are extracted from the top 1.5”-2” depth allowing oxygen and water to move into the root zone. When lawns are aerified, turf retains more water than a compacted surface.

Spot seeding: Sparse or thin areas can be renovated by spot seeding. Smaller areas of lawn can be done by hand. Scarify soil prior to seeding to provide ample soil-seed contact. If seeded areas are sparse, cover them with a thin layer of organic compost to help retain adequate soil moisture for proper seed germination.

Irrigation Management Services: Most lawn grasses prefer frequent watering, if they are watered deep. To avoid runoff and water being wasted, irrigation needs to be applied slowly or over multiple cycles that allow water to infiltrate slowly into the top 2”-4” layer of the root zone.

Commercial Sprinkler System Repair/ Maintenance: Most properties require frequent repairs and adjustments helping to reduce water waste, Maintenance would include: Checking and adjusting heads, replace outdated equipment, upgrading to smart watering technology.

Fertilization: Proper timing of slow release fertilizer can help the turf with stand a drought. Over fertilization, especially with fast-release nitrogen, can burn and damage the turf.

Lawn Renovation: As in spot seeding, good soil-seed contact is essential for proper germination and establishment of seedlings. For large turf areas, use a slit-seeder - a modern machine that slices grooves into the soil surface and inserts seeds into the grooves.

Drought Management: For a newly renovated lawn area, it is essential and should receive frequent watering for the first two- three weeks to initiate seed germination. Pesticides should not be used until the lawn is fully germinated.

Challenged after The Drought ? Leave it up to a Landscape Contractor!

Regardless if you own or manage a Home Owners Association, or have a single Hotel Building, FloraTerra is very experienced in the area of commercial landscape maintenance, let us help you with your landscape challenges.

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FloraTerra  is a Leading Landscape Maintenance Company, we design, install and maintain bay friendly landscaping , providing a complete range of drought tolerant landscaping services, including landscape installation, landscape maintenance for your business and designs for Residential Estate Landscaping, Retail Shopping Centers, Mixed Use Development, Apartments and Multi-Residential Communities, Home Owners Associations, Condominiums and Commercial Landscaping Services.

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