Summer Lawn Care in Bradenton

Lawn care in Bradenton summers requires expertise, consistency, and above all else, persistence.

The rains have come at last—and with them, a lot of work for you and your lawnmower. Landscaping and lawn care in Bradenton this time of year is not for the weak. Not only are you contending with high temps and monster humidity, but your yard also seems to grow inches at a time, every single day.

For people who’ve been maintaining their own lawns through the winter and spring, summer can be a harsh wake-up. Lawns that only needed to be mowed every other week are suddenly out of control if they go unmowed for more than seven days.

This is when a professional landscaping and lawn care company in Bradenton can be essential. Leave the wet, hot lawn care to us.

Mowing is Good for Grass…

Just like many other plants, grass gets stronger with regular pruning. When mowed regularly and correctly, grass grows deeper, stronger roots (things that will benefit your yard in the dryer months) and also grows thicker and healthier on the surface, too.

…When It’s Done Right

So what does “mowing correctly” mean? Believe it or not, there’s a wrong way to mow.

First of all, your mower blades need to be sharp. Otherwise, you run the risk of damaging the grass instead of making a clean cut. (Damage can also happen if you mow when the grass is wet.) This is why Bradenton lawn care benefits from a professional landscaper: We maintain our equipment.

Secondly, you can’t cut too low (sometimes called “scalping the grass”). Different turf species have different preferred heights—that is, the height at which they’re healthiest. This can also depend on the amount of water the grass is getting.

That being said, if the grass has been allowed to grow too tall, it’s damaging to chop it all down at once. Sometimes achieving the proper height has to be done incrementally.

Regular Bradenton Lawn Care Saves Yards

The first major benefit of a Bradenton lawn care company, especially this time of year, is that we show up, consistently and on time, so that you don’t have to schedule your weekly calendar around mowing your yard.

But our professionalism goes beyond reliability. We understand turf species and what they need, and we go about our business with mowers and other tools that we maintain on a daily basis.

If you want your yard to stay lush, healthy, and beautiful this summer, give Big South a call.

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