Caring for Your New Lawn

Jay Nygaard, President and CEO of Great Outdoors Landscape, here to give you a few tips on caring for your newly place lawn.

The most important thing for caring for your new lawn is the amount of water it receives as it’s developing its root system. From a watering standpoint, spring and fall are the easiest times to put in the new lawn. You can however install the lawn during the heat of the summer but it may require that you water up to three times per day. Consistent water will need to be supplied for up to three weeks until the root system of the new side has grown to the point where you can cut back on the amount of water need. You will want to keep heavy traffic off the lawn for two to three weeks especially after you water. Traffic after heavy watering will cause divots and uneven spots throughout your lawn area.

Shortly after placement of your new lawn, you can apply a starter fertilizer which is designed to accelerate the root growth of your new side. It comes in a timer release granular form and slowly dissolves over several weeks. This fertilizer is designed to advance the root system of your new side and develop it more quickly than it otherwise would.

Because your new lawn was placed over a composted and tilled soil, there is no need for aeration for that first growing season. And the first time that you’ll mow your new lawn will be two to three weeks after it’s installed. It is my suggestion that you hold off on any chemical applications for at least three months to give you your lawn the opportunity of fully root in and to acclimate to your surroundings in your particular soil conditions. You will also want to watch for dry spots. As they develop, supplement your watering by hand in those areas until the root system has fully developed. And when that root system develops, chances are that your sprinkler system will be more than adequate to cover those areas.

Next up, do’s and don’ts for the care of your lawn.


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