Weekly, no exceptions
In rainy season, St. Augustine can grow an inch every few days. Skip a week and the next mow removes half the blade, which stresses the grass and leaves brown tips. Weekly mowing keeps every cut small.
Mow when it is dry enough
Wet grass clumps, clogs the mower, and leaves ruts. Wait until the blades are dry to the touch, usually late morning after a night rain. If the yard is soggy, a day of delay is better than tire ruts that last a season.
Raise the deck
Rain plus heat is when the lawn needs its shade most. Mow at 4 inches through the summer. Lower cuts invite dollarweed, which loves wet soil.
Watch the sprinklers
If it rained an inch, turn the irrigation off for a few days. Overwatered lawns get fungus: in summer that is usually gray leaf spot on St. Augustine, and the brown rings called large patch show up once the nights cool off in fall. A rain sensor on the timer handles this automatically. Your watering day and hours are set by the county: see Hernando County watering days.
Let us keep the schedule
Supreme Landscape does lawn mowing in Spring Hill, Weeki Wachee, and Brooksville every week in season and moves your day when storms hit, with a text first. Call or text 727-809-8150 for a free quote.
