Why Cutting Grass is Essential for Proper Growth & Health of your Lawn

The lush, dense green carpet at the house front square plot garden means a lot for that dwelling to be called beautiful and valuable. It speaks a lot about the asset's efficacy as well as the ownership and neighborhood. Apart from being a reflection of your status symbol, a good and healthy lawn is also known to appraise the sale value by as much as 11%. No matter the reason, if you own a lawn, you would want it to look beautiful.
But then maintaining a lawn that adds beauty and curb appeal to your home is not that easy, and often comes with a price. Apart from keeping the lawn soil nutrition-rich, aerated, and hydrated, regular mowing and grass-cutting is also an important part of lawn care and must be done routinely. While many might intimidate the face, but routine grass cutting is essential for proper growth and health of your lawn, and here are a few good reasons to do so:
 
Cutting Grass Makes Them Grow Stronger With Time
Not only does the tall grass possess a weaker leaf blade, but it also promotes pest inhibition and unhealthiness in the lawn. Using a lawnmower from time to time ensures that the grass stays strong, with even stronger stems along with enforced root system. The fresh growing leaf blades are thicker and stronger than the previous ones and also tend to be better and healthier.

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Cutting Grass Improves Soil Retention Capacity
Cutting the grass to its appropriate length also strengthens to root system of the grass.  Lawn mowing affects the grass in two subtle ways. Firstly, it makes them compromise with their size, and second, it makes them compromise with its food generation abilities. In such cases, grass mostly relies on the roots for its food reserves and nutrition supplement, which, in turn, strengthens the root system and provides enhanced soil retention capabilities.
 
Routine Mowing keeps the Lawn Pest-free and Healthy
Our urban & suburban environment is no stranger to the weird pests and creepy insects, and the thought of them breaching our houses is just an "unhealthy lawn" away.

Keeping tall grass or unmaintained lawn creates an invitation for pest growth, which if persisted for longer durations can result in creating a suitable ecosystem for pests and insects to grow and accept your lawn as their natural habitat. On the contrary, maintaining a low-length, routinely-mowed lawn prevents the above by enabling proper exposure of soil to proper sun-heat and aeration, thus inhibiting the survival of such organisms within the area.
 
Ensures a Dense & Thick Grass Texture
Regular mowing not only ensures a healthy lawn but it also helps in making the lawn grass grow thick & dense. However, the key to do so is by evenly spreading the grass clippings over the lawn. This spread acts as a rich source of nutrition and hydration while supporting the fresh-cut grass in multiplying and strengthening. This layer of clippings also prevents the sunlight from reaching the soil, thus inhibiting the random weed growth within the area.
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Provides Resistance Against Environmental Changes
Being exposed to the ire of the Mother Nature, the little shrubs & grass in our home lawn goes through a lot of weather changes and regular pest attacks. A bit of inconsistency in lawn care can highly impact the grass recovery after that sudden change.

One way to help this self-created system battle nature's wrath is by keeping it stronger for the fight. That's where you see the benefits of regular lawn mowing. As clear from the above factors, it is evident that hitting a lawn mower on a routine basis makes the grass, healthy, strong, thick, and dense. However, this also makes it more resistant towards any unwanted natural changes and also helps in a fast recovery.
 
On an additional note, cutting grass is as much beneficial for your mental and physical well-being as much it is for your lawn. The fragrance of fresh-cut grass when reaches our brain, helps in regulating a vital hormone that is responsible for controlling stress and anxiety, thus helping us go more stress-free and live longer life! While you are aware of the benefits that regular grass-cutting gives to your lawn, the above fact can also be helpful in taking that feel of "grin and bear it" while you go out to mow your lawn thinking "What's in it for me?"
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