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Burn Baby Burn: How to Treat Your Sun
Scorched Lawn
No
matter how you try to avoid it, your lawn may end up
sun scorched for one reason or another. Even if you try to
prevent scorching through proper maintenance and drainage,
there are also some simple ways to cure this problem once it
occurs.
Scorching occurs when your grass turns brown
due to the heat of the sun. Grass is more likely to be damaged
during the dry and drought periods of summer. Reductions or
restrictions on water usage often make it more likely that
your grass will get scorched.
New sod can be
particularly prone to damage, especially if you're not
watering the new sod as often as it requires.
Watering often helps to establish its root system underground.
Your lawn can also be burned by the use or overuse of some
pesticides or improperly applied fertilizers.
To avoid scorching,
consistent watering is obviously important. If your grass is
scorched and not dead, then water alone might be able to
revive it back to its former state. When watering, make sure
you water deeply, letting it soak in at least six inches deep.
If you're only doing shallow watering, the roots come much
closer to the surface and are more prone to damage by extreme
heat and cold because they are exposed more.
You may also consider
adding sugar to your grass. Really, no kidding. Silly
as this may sound, it'll benefit the organism and microbes and
help enrich your soil. You should spread one pound of sugar
for every three hundred square feet on your lawn. What you
should try to avoid is using a lot of fertilizer or weed
killer as these kill the microbes that are beneficial to your
grass and which you'll need to get back to the green color you
probably love. Adding sugar will free those microbes and keep
them alive, believe it or not.
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If sun scorching has killed
areas of your grass, you can fill or plug those bare spots
with sod, which is less expensive than replanting your entire
lawn. You can remove the dead sections and then add new sod to
those sections or, depending on the season, you can start to
re-grow your grass with fresh grass seed. However, be
aware that grass seed can be tricky at the best of times and
you could end up with a very patchy looking lawn. New
sod may be expensive, but if you're only using small patches
to fill in dead spots, it won't break the bank.
 In a worst-case scenario, you'll have to
re-sod or re-seed your entire lawn. As daunting as
this may sound, it's sometimes the only solution, particularly
if the damage is extensive. If you have to do this, then you
should make sure you look after your newly planted grass in
order to prevent the damage from reoccurring. The last
thing you want is to start an unending cycle of seeding,
scorching and re-seeding.
The sun is not the
only thing that can do a great deal of damage to your lawn. So
can fertilizers and weed killers that have been improperly
applied. When applying fertilizer, read the
directions carefully and only use it at the right time of the
year. Certain products, if used in the summer, will
burn your lawn, even though they may be fine to use during
other seasons. The best solution (again) is watering, but also
consider applying activated charcoal to your grass. This can
detoxify it and reverse the effects of improperly applied weed
and feed. If the damage is too extensive, then your only
option will be to re-sod or seed to bring the grass back to
what it once was.
So, when dealing with a
sun-scorched or burned lawn, the most important thing you can
do is to give your lawn the love and care it needs. A little
TLC will help prevent sun scorching and it will also help cure
it. If your lawn is sun-scorched then water is obviously your
best friend as it will help return your lawn to it former
green glory.
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