Category: artificial turf

 Upgrading from natural grass to artificial grass will make a big impact on your 2020 and many years to come. Listed below are seven popular new year’s resolutions that an artificial grass lawn can help you achieve. Spend More Time Outdoors A hypoallergenic artificial lawn with the most natural look and feel will make spending…

 Artificial Grass Garden Myths There are many common misconceptions about an artificial grass garden. For example, you might think installing artificial grass limits your landscape design options. However, that is far from the truth. You can still add all the elements you would have used in a living lawn into your artificial grass lawn. This…

 Choosing artificial grass over natural turf is often based on circumstance and personal choice. You may live in a community with severe water restrictions, so installing natural grass that requires regular watering is not an option. Natural grass and all of its maintenance requirements are not a good fit if you travel regularly or are…

 Artificial or synthetic grass, made from high-quality plastic, has been a mainstay feature of indoor sporting arenas and stadiums for more than 50 years. Colourful and long-lasting, it has made a not-so-subtle transition from large-scale commercial applications to ones the average consumer would more easily recognize. Today, you will find fake grass installed in your…

 Did you know that artificial grass was first conceptualized in the 1950s? Or that it was first manufactured in the early 1960s by Monsanto? The revolutionary plastic “carpet” was named AstroTurf after the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, home of the Major League baseball team The Houston Astros. Synthetic grass, now blissfully manufactured by companies around…

 While a little bit of thatch is good for your lawn, you’ll need to get rid of it if it becomes too thick. You could do it yourself – you can rent the tools you need if you want to dethatch your lawn DIY. However, it takes quite a bit of time and effort to…

 Dethatching is the best way to get rid of thatch in your lawn. It involves tearing through your lawn to remove the thatch layer beneath with a dethatching tool, like a dethatching rake, power rake, or verticutter (vertical mower). Here’s a short step-by-step guide on dethatching a lawn: Water your lawn two days before dethatching.…

 When should you dethatch a lawn? You should dethatch during your turf’s growing season, just before its annual growth spurt. For warm-season grasses, this means you should dethatch in the late spring or early summer. Cool-season grasses should be dethatched from late summer to early fall. Can you dethatch a stressed lawn? Never dethatch a…

 Are you worried about having a thatch problem? Checking the thickness of your lawn’s thatch layer is quite easy; all you need is a trowel and a ruler (if you want to be precise). Here’s how to check for thatch: Cut out a small plug of grass about 2 inches deep with a trowel or another…

 The water “crisis” in California has been a favorite subject for the past years. The population growth, drought caused by El Nino, and “historical over-drafting of the water resources” has resulted in the basic problem of demand for water exceeding supply. California, particularly San Diego is essentially a desert. Summer months have been extended and…