There are three fundamental factors that must be present and working together, if you want a healthy lawn with few weeds. They are fertility, water, and mowing. When all three are done in the proper way, the turf can compete with most existing weeds, and resist further weed germination.

Well, how does a great lawn compete with weeds? Quite simply, the thicker the lawn, the more difficult it is for weeds to grow and establish. The perfect example is our local, high quality golf courses. Golf course superintendents need to spend little in the way of weed controls on their greens, tees, and fairways. Even though those fairways are cut very short (which we do not recommend for the average homeowners lawn) for the purpose of golf, a strict regiment of mowing frequency, water, and fertility keeps them looking sensational, without the need for weed sprays.

So, how often should you mow your own lawn to really thicken it up? Every 5 days, or twice a week, will do wonders for its thickness. More frequently during the spring fast growing period.

Keep the cutting high, at 2.5 to 3.0 inches, which will keep it looking greener and healthier.

Proper watering is a function of supplementing what Mother Nature gives us with the hose and sprinkler. Weeds can grow in very dry conditions. Give your grass the ability to compete by watering every 5 to 7 days, and more frequently during hot and dry periods. .

Certainly, the "quiet pillar" of a healthy lawn is fertility. Weeds can grow without fertility. Grass needs balanced nutrition for growth and the vitality to compete. Without fertility, grasses thin out, and weeds will invariably begin to take hold quickly, to the point of dominating the space for light, soil, and water, over the turf.

Nutri-Lawn has been focussing on fertility as the cornerstone of its lawn care programs for the past fifteen year. It has thoroughly proven, that you can keep weeds under control and discourage their entry by a program of proper feeding and Integrated Pest Management. A beautiful, lush, and thick lawn is the best answer for pesticide reduction.