The Bad Effects Of Not Practicing Proper Lawn Care
The trees that bring shade over the summer can wreck your lawn come fall. It’s a time when rakes come out, and the hissing of leaf blowers can be heard, at full blast. This task prevents diseases like snow mould and fungus growth on your lawn. There are those that prefer manual and traditional ways such as raking to take care of their lawns, while others want the job done quickly without a lot of manual labor; thus prefer an electric or a leaf blower, while others still use a power mower.
The leaves will lay a carpet on your lawn and might seem harmless for some time, but be warned they can kill your grass. There are leaves that take time to decompose and eventually will destroy the lawn. Leaves such as oak leaves and beech take a longer time to decompose than birch and ash.
Snow mould becomes evident when snow starts to melt in early spring. It is either gray or pink. The colors are important because they determine which one is more damaging. Pink mold damages the crown of the plant while gray mold attacks the plant’s tissues.
When the leaves are unattended to during winter, the grass will not have enough air to supplement it. The grass below will be drowned in excessive water or have none at all. This then damages the roots of your lawn. The bushes and shrubs will be at risk as well.
The leaves are not all bad as you can reuse them. This can be done by composting your leaves. They can actually bring some advantages to your garden. The mulching lawn mower will be a useful item in this situation. The mower chops up the leaves and allows them to get into the soil faster. This way they greatly improve the health of the lawn.
If the leaves are out long they become inhabited with mice. There will be insects such as ticks and fleas. Ticks usually live on low lying vegetation and can transmit Lyme diseases in humans.
Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease that so happens to appear during late spring, summer and early fall. It is found in areas such as Northeast, Minnesota, Wisconsin and on the Pacific coast. The symptoms of Lyme disease are similar to flu symptoms. The infected could even get a bulls-eye rash. The people with Lyme disease should have a monitoring period of 30 days.
The ticks are small and cannot be seen easily.