https://coronalawns.com/services-3-2/Beautiful lawns look great, cool our environment, and create useable space to walk and play. Keeping your lawn healthy and happy is the first step toward having a great-looking yard.

Lawns need food, water, and proper maintenance. Below are several variables that can impact your lawn . . .

Fortunately, grass is forgiving. Small positive steps will go a long way towards the results you are looking for. Grass does not need a perfect growing environment, but it does need “good enough.”

The basic needs of a lawn are irrigation, fertilization & lawn mowing. Irrigation covers the water needs of a lawn. Fertilization, combined with sunlight, allows the grass to produce food. Lawn mowing helps manicure and promote good growth in the lawn.

What does lawn mowing do for my grass?
Un-mowed grass is just… grass. Mowing transforms grass into a lawn. Mowing does much more than just cut the grass short; it promotes the growth and creation of “turf”.  Turf is thickly grown grass — so thick that it holds the soil in place, chokes out non-grass plant life, and can stand up to abuse and wear and tear. When the grass is cut, it does two important things: it limits the plant’s vertical growth, and it allows sunlight to reach the entire lawn evenly. Plants only grow when they have light, and tall grass will shade out and restrict growth closer to the soil.  Cut short, the grass will fill in and form a dense turf.

A sharp mower blade reduces the amount of damage caused while mowing and can drastically reduce the stress on the lawn from mowing. At Corona Lawns, we sharpen our high-quality steel blades weekly. Our blades, combined with our professional equipment, take normal grass clippings, something considered a waste product, and turn them into fertilizer for your lawn. Grass clippings are high in nitrogen, but they can take time to break down. A sharp mulching blade shreds the grass clipping into ridiculously small particles that will quickly break down and add nutrients back to the lawn. Keep those nutrients in the lawn and mulch the grass clippings.

What is lawn edging?
Edging a lawn is simply trimming the horizontal grass growth at the edges of the lawn. This includes grass that grows along the edges of driveways or sidewalks where the edging is mostly to make the lawn look clean and sharp. It also includes edging around planting beds.

Edging around the planting beds will also help stop grass from growing into areas where you do not want grass. Centipede, St. Augustine and Bermuda can spread quickly into bed spaces if the lawn is not edged because they spread by sending runners out over the top of the soil. A quick trim with an edger is often enough to keep the lawn and beds separate and clean. Zoysia spreads under the ground and needs a good barrier to stop its spread, but the edging keeps the Zoysia looking sharp.

What if I’m mowing right and my lawn still looks bad?
Once you have the mowing down pat, if your lawn is still struggling, you may need to address some other factors impacting the health of your lawn. Make sure your irrigation and fertilization are sufficient first. If you have a good, functional irrigation system, and you are fertilizing with the correct fertilizer for your grass regularly but not overfertilizing, consider:
✓ Aeration
✓ Top Dressing with compost – improve that soil!
✓ Changing out your lawn – add a sod type better suited to the environment/micro-climate
✓ Remove trees or obstacles blocking sunlight 
✓ Soil test / Check for insects & fungus

LAWN MAINTENANCE – BASIC CARE PACKAGE
INCLUDES:
✓ Professional mowing of the front, sides and back lawn at the correct height and direction
✓ Edging the sidewalks and the driveway
✓ String trimming around the obstacles on the lawn with a trimmer
✓ Blowing off the front porch, back porch, front driveway, and the sidewalk

DOES NOT INCLUDE:
Basic lawn service does not include trimming shrubs, plant bed weed control or blowing leaves out of the plant beds.  

How often do you mow my lawn?
During the growing season, we offer weekly or bi-weekly service options. During the off-season, we offer weekly, bi-weekly or *every four week service options. To achieve the healthiest and thickest growth, cutting your yard on a weekly routine during the growing season is recommended if you fertilize regularly.

*Please note that if your yard has a significant amount of leaves and you request every four weeks services during the off season, you will be charged a leaf cleanup fee separate from basic services on each visit. The cleanup fee is determined by the condition of the yard upon our arrival. This option is typically more expensive than continuing with bi-weekly services if you have a lot of leaves.

Why is weekly mowing better?
Weekly lawn mowing helps reduce stress on your lawn. Every time your grass is cut it will suffer some form of stress. Physically cutting off a portion of the lawn is damaging the lawn. The damages are proportional to the amount of grass removed. When the lawn is mowed weekly, only a small portion of the lawn is removed, and stress is minimal. Every other week mowing cuts off a larger portion of the lawn and causes more stress. Mowing less often can cause even more stress. Long mow intervals are only appropriate for non-turf grasses, like the wild grasses that grow in unlandscaped areas.

When is the growing season & off-season in this area?
Several factors can affect this per yard, such as: health of the yard, type of grass, maintenance of the yard, weather, etc.; however, the typical growing season is from March – October. The off season is usually November – February.

Green and healthy lawns are not created overnight. Proper height cutting, mow frequency and soil nurturing over time is important to achieve desired results. When you choose Corona Lawns, you are hiring a dedicated service provider that builds relationships with clients. The steady growth over the years has resulted from customer referrals and the company’s determined belief that clients continue to be the most valuable asset.

We will work with you to develop a lawn maintenance schedule or plan that suits your needs. If you don’t have time and energy to invest in maintaining your lawn, please contact us. Our estimates are free!