{"id":7837,"date":"2024-02-02T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aipflorida.com\/?p=7837"},"modified":"2024-02-04T18:56:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T00:56:38","slug":"vacant-home-lawn-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aipflorida.com\/es\/blog\/vacant-home-lawn-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacant Home Lawn Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Go ahead and treat yourself\u2014these tips can help you return to a healthy lawn.<\/p>\n<p>When summer arrives, you may feel it&#8217;s time to pack up and get out of Dodge for a week or two. Too bad you can&#8217;t push pause on your lawn while you&#8217;re gone. It just keeps on growing, and if you don&#8217;t set it up right, you&#8217;ll come home to a yard full of overgrown grass (and possibly, some new weeds).<\/p>\n<p>Which actions you take depends on how long you&#8217;ll be gone. Here are some useful tips to help your lawn get through your summer vacation, whether you&#8217;re away for a few days, a week, or longer (lucky you!).<\/p>\n<h2>If You&#8217;re Away for 1 Week (or Less)<\/h2>\n<p>Headed to the beach for a week? Heck, your lawn won&#8217;t even miss you. Grass grows more slowly in the heat of summer, so some simple tasks will take care of it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mow your lawn at the regular height for your grass type and water it deeply the day before you leave.<\/li>\n<li>Set the timer for your sprinklers to come on 4 days later.<\/li>\n<li>Once you&#8217;re back home, apply\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scotts.com\/en-us\/shop\/fertilizers\/scotts-green-max-lawn-food\/scotts-green-max-lawn-food.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotts\u00ae Green Max\u2122 Lawn Food<\/a>\u2014it&#8217;ll give it a nutritious boost that can help green up the yard in just 3 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>If You&#8217;re Away for 2 Weeks<\/h2>\n<p>Longer stints away from home require a bit more planning\u2014or the ability to keep an eye on things while you&#8217;re gone (this is when a smart home comes in handy). Here&#8217;s what to do.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take your mower deck down a notch and mow the day before you leave. When you get back, raise your mower 2 notches before you cut your lawn. Try not to take off more than one-third of the grass height at a time.<\/li>\n<li>Your lawn needs 1 to 1.5 inches of water per week to stay green. If your sprinklers are on a timer and it ends up raining that week, you may come home to a soggy lawn, but it&#8217;ll bounce back. Instead, if you can, invest in a smart sprinkler controller. It&#8217;ll make sure your lawn is watered in line with the weather that week. (Here are even\u00a0more tips for watering your lawn.)<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re the type that plans ahead (cheers!), apply\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scotts.com\/en-us\/shop\/fertilizers\/scotts-turf-builder-ultrafeed\/scotts-turf-builder-ultrafeed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotts\u00ae Turf Builder\u00ae UltraFeed\u2122<\/a>\u00a0in late spring; the slow-release formula lets go of nutrients when your lawn needs them for up to 6 months. Otherwise, wait to put down your regular summer fertilizer until after your vacation, so you&#8217;re not encouraging new growth while you&#8217;re away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>If You&#8217;re Away for a While<\/h2>\n<p>Some holidays just call for taking more time. If you&#8217;re gone longer than 2 weeks, you&#8217;ve got 2 options: Invest in keeping your lawn active or let it go dormant.<\/p>\n<h3>Keep your lawn growing strong.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The best way about this is to use a smart watering system. The device senses rainfall, so your grass only gets H2O if it needs it.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget to hire a lawn service or a neighbor to cut the grass, keeping it around 3 inches. With this plan in place, you can fertilize it as you usually would.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Let your lawn go dormant.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mow your lawn at the usual height the day before you go. Always mulch your grass clippings instead of bagging, as they&#8217;ll decompose and enrich your lawn while you&#8217;re gone.<\/li>\n<li>Then, don&#8217;t worry about watering it and let your lawn go dormant. It&#8217;s a healthy coping mechanism for grass. You can water it deeply as soon as you get back and, once it&#8217;s actively growing again, give it your favorite lawn food.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With these tips you can go on vacation and truly\u00a0<em>be<\/em>\u00a0on vacation. So, hit the trails for a few days of camping, spend a week by the ocean, or pack up the family car for a long road-trip to Walley World. Your yard is going to be just fine without you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/scotts.com\/en-us\/lawn-care-101\/how-to-take-care-of-your-lawn-while-on-vacation.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go ahead and treat yourself\u2014these tips can help you return to a healthy lawn. 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