Texas Lawn Mowing Service
Everything seems bigger in Texas – including the lawns! That’s why Lawn Love offers an array of services to help you care for your lawn, such as:
- Lawn Mowing
- Gardening
- Lawn Fertilization
- Lawn Aeration
- Weed Control
- Lawn Seeding
- Yard Clean Up
- Leaf Removal
- Gutter Cleaning
- Snow Removal
- Christmas light installation
And we offer our services across the Lonestar State. You can find us in:
- Austin, TX
- Round Rock
- Cedar Park
- Georgetown
- Leander
- Pflugerville
- Hutto
- Jollyville
- Manor
- Wells Branch
- Windemere
- Buda
- Dallas, TX
- Mesquite
- Garland
- Plano
- Richardson
- Forney
- Lewisville
- Irving
- Grapevine
- Grand Prairie
- Mansfield
- Rowlett
- Allen
- DeSoto
- Coppell
- Duncanville
- Glenn Heights
- Heartland
- Murphy
- Red Oak
- Rockwall
- Sachse
- Frisco
- McKinney
- The Colony
- Wylie
- Carrollton
- Farmer's Branch
- Lancaster
- Cedar Hill
- El Paso, TX
- Fort Worth, TX
- Keller
- Arlington
- Flower Mound
- Bedford
- Benbrook
- Colleyville
- Euless
- Forest Hill
- Haltom City
- Haslet
- Hurst
- North Richland Hills
- River Oaks
- Roanoke
- Watauga
- White Settlement
- Saginaw
- Southlake
- Burleson
- Crowley
- Lakeside
- Houston, TX
- Spring
- Pearland
- Cypress
- Sugar Land
- Aldine
- Atascocita
- Bellaire
- Humble
- Mission Bend
- Missouri City
- Pasadena
- Stafford
- The Woodlands
- Tomball
- League City
- Friendswood
- Katy
- Richmond
- San Antonio, TX
Mowing your Texas lawn is one of the most straightforward aspects of caring for it. It also happens to be one of the most important. Whether you plan on tackling the lawn yourself or hiring someone else to do it for you, it pays to understand the basics behind lawn mowing – and to understand a little bit more about your lawn too! Here are our lawn mowing tips to help get you started!
What’s Growing in Your Lawn?
To really understand how to mow your lawn, you first must understand what you’re mowing! The type of grass growing in your lawn dictates how you care for it. In Texas, you’re likely to find these grasses:
- St. Augustinegrass
- Zoysiagrass
- Bermudagrass
- Buffalograss
- Centipedegrass
- Bentgrass
These grasses tolerate heat and drought well – which is why they do best in your Texas lawn! You may have one of these or a mixture, which this tool can help you to identify.
Ideal Mowing Height
Perhaps the most valuable information that comes from knowing what type of grass you’re growing is the mowing height. Each type of grass has a height at which it will do best to resist environmental stressors such as heat, drought, pests, weeds, and disease. The ideal mowing height for your Texas grass is:
- St. Augustinegrass – 2.5 to 4.0 inches
- Zoysiagrass – 1.5 to 2.5 inches
- Bermudagrass – 1.0 to 2.0 inches
- Buffalograss – 2.0 to 3.0 inches
- Centipedegrass – 1.5 to 2.0 inches
- Bentgrass – 0.50 to 1.0 inches
Mowing your grass to its ideal height will make your lawn healthier. Just make sure not to mow too infrequently, since cutting off more than one-third of the grass blade at a time is frowned upon. Let your lawn be your guide and mow it when it needs it. It won’t hurt to raise the mowing height to the top of the range in the summer since it helps to make the grass more tolerant to heat and stress. It’ll keep weeds from germinating as well.
A Few More Mowing Tips
When you mow your grass you may think it’s necessary to pick up the clippings. In actuality, leaving the clippings on the lawn is good for it. When you’re mowing as frequently as you should, the clippings return valuable nutrients to the soil and decompose very quickly. It won’t add to thatch and it won’t kill the grass underneath, either.
You should also try to change up the direction and pattern in which you mow. This helps to ensure a more even cut to the lawn and keeps the wheels from compacting the soil. Plus, it helps to give you a little variety each time you mow.
It’s a good idea to have two sets of mowing blades for your mower. That way you can keep one sharpened and ready to go at all times. It’s crucial to the health of your lawn to keep your mower blades sharp because it will cut the grass cleanly. Dull blades tear the grass, causing water loss and discoloration, ultimately leading to a lawn that’s more susceptible to environmental stressors.
Keeping up with the demands of your Texas lawn can be a challenge, but It’s one that Lawn Love is here to help you with!
