June 7th Sunday’s Boston Globe had an article blaming water overuse to lawn watering. The most egregious offense mentioned in the article was “You can be out in a downpour and the sprinklers are on – it’s frustrating,” . While I agree that lawns and automatic sprinkler systems can be at the root of the overuse problem it is not for the reasons outlined.
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Water Usage
Friday, June 26th, 2009Take a Rest
Friday, June 5th, 2009Most high school athletic programs are winding down or have wound down for those that did not make the post season tournaments. Now is the time to afford your athletic fields a time to rest and recuperate.
How do you do that? Take some time off from mowing. Give yourself some rest, too! Allow your athletic fields that you have been mowing at 2 ½ inches to grow longer. Raise your mower heights to
3 ½ – 4 inches. Keep them at this height until August.
This will allow the grass on your athletic fields to carry on more photosynthesis and put down deeper roots. This will make the turf on your athletic fields more wear resistant come the fall when the heavy hitters get out there; football, soccer and field hockey.
Take a rest, your fields will thank you.