Keep your lawn 'thick and healthy green' — avoid 'single biggest mistake people make'

Lawn care needn't be complicated — but more than just watering the grass in hot weather is needed to prevent it from turning patchy, discolouring or becoming infested with pests. This piece of advice comes from a gardening expert known as the Garden Lawncare Guy, also called Matt, who insists that there are common pitfalls that lawn owners need to know about to achieve "a thick and healthy green" lawn this summer, reports the Express . He stated: "With warmer weather comes the chance to spend more time outside, but it also means that there's a higher risk of making common lawn care mistakes.

Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to lawn care, it's easy to fall into the trap of making simple mistakes that can harm your lawn." The biggest lawn mistakes to avoid this summer Mowing the grass too short: The key to a healthy lawn is mowing, but gardeners must resist scalping the lawn, which only increases the stress on the grass during periods of heat. Matt cautioned: "The single biggest mistake people make is leaving the grass to grow long, bringing the mower out and hacking it right back down to the roots.

This creates a cycle of poor quality looks, huge amounts of stress on the plant and ultimately a poorly looking lawn." It is crucial to only trim back the grass by a third of its overall length when mowing, and it's often more beneficial to mow the grass regularly, removing small amounts rather than too much at once. Weed control is essential: No one relishes spending a beauti.