A+ Professional Lawn Maintenance

Saturday, January 28, 2012

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Superior Quality & Reliable Service

A+ Professional Lawn Maintenance is your full service lawn company here in Pinellas County Florida, we are based in Largo, Florida.

Whether it is for your residential or commercial lawn care needs, A+ Professional Lawn Maintenance provides professional service at very reasonable rates.

Some Services we provide : (Basic Service) Mowing, Edge Weed, Blow (Additional Services) Aeration Repair, Yard cleaning, Landscaping, Spring/Fall Cleanup, Debris Removal, Gutter Cleaning and Tree Services.

We Don't Just Cut your Grass, We Manicure your Lawn. Your Lawn Is Our Business!

Licensed & Insured.

How to water my lawn.

How Much Water Should You Apply For Great Looking Turf? As a guideline of how much water to apply and develop a strong healthy deep root system apply 3/4" to 1" inch each irrigation application. Each irrigation system is unique. It is not possible to determine the amount of time required to put down 3/4" – 1" of water. If you don’t have a rain gauge you can spread some cans around the zones, turn on the sprinklers and measure the depth of the water after 30 minutes. Calculate how much time is needed to put down 3/4" of an inch of water in that zone. Make sure you do check and measure all of the watering zones. Keep in mind that different sprinklers heads will put out different quantities of water. When lawns are watered to often it helps to promote sedge and dollarweed. Not watering the yard enough and grass will have brown or dead areas and weeds.

Grass Cuttings

Save Grass Cuttings Do not throw away grass clippings. Leave the cut grass on the lawn after mowing. The cut grass will decompose into the soil and feed the existing grass. Instead of cutting the grass short, raise the level of the mower to a level three or four inches or as high as possible to prevent shock to the grass. The best height for grass will depend on the type of grass you are growing, but letting the grass grow to at least 4 inches will prevent shock to any grass type. Cutting the grass short causes the lawn to lose moisture at a faster rate. Additionally, grass that is left tall will germinate and make the turf thicker when cut.

Read more: Tips on Lawn Fertilizers | eHow.com

Fertilizer low in phosphorus

Chemical Fertilizers Choose a lawn fertilizer that is very low in phosphorus. Lawn fertilizers list the three main ingredients on the package and the amount of each. The most important number is the middle number, which represents phosphorus. Keep this number at zero, or as close to zero as possible. The first number is nitrogen. Nitrogen should be a slow-release compound so it is not washed away in the runoff from rain, which can cause it to contaminate water supplies. The third ingredient is potassium. Do not purchase fertilizer where the number for this compound is more than 15. The best fertilizer for a lawn is 10-0-15. Fertilize twice only, in May and again in September. (FL) Do not fertilize before a rainstorm. Rain will wash away the fertilizer if it rains too hard. Read more: Tips on Lawn Fertilizers | eHow.com