The solutions would be: – decrease pesticide use; – increase organic farming; The decreasing of the pesticides and chemical agents in the agriculture is vital for the long term production and well-being of the environment.

Biodiversity is defined and measured as an attribute that has two components — richness and evenness. Richness = The number of groups of genetically or functionally related individuals. In most vegetation surveys, richness is expressed as the number of species and is usually called species richness.

logging non-native species oil spills overfishing soil runoff weathering. Elements that threaten our marine ecosystem: non-native species, oil spills, overfishing.

Decreasing waste and toxic chemicals helps protect our fresh water, on the other hand. The correct answers are: improve waste management systems, increase conservation, and reduce depends on fertilizers and pesticides.

Phosphorus loss via surface runoff and erosion may be reduced by conservation tillage and crop residue management, buffer strips, riparian zones, terracing, contour tillage, cover crops, and impoundments (e.g., settling basins).

1. Improved nitrogen management.
2. Winter cover crops.
3. Controlled Drainage.
4. Bioreactors.
5. Constructed wetlands.
6. Perennials in the cropping system.
7. Reduced drainage intensity.
8. Drainage water recycling.

Can I apply fertilizer to a wet lawn? Most Scotts® fertilizers can be applied to either a wet or dry lawn. If you’re applying a weed-and-feed product like Scotts® Turf Builder® Weed & Feed, though, you may need to apply to wet grass to help the particles adhere to the weeds for best results.

Will heavy rain wash away fertilizer? Yes, heavy and prolonged rain can wash away recently applied fertilizer.

Fog and dew that form in the evening and early morning provide enough moisture to combine with the salt in the fertilizer, allowing your grass to absorb it through its blades. In most cases your lawn will need 1 inch of irrigation water or rainfall every week to prevent dehydration.

As long as it isn’t going to monsoon soon after application you’ll be fine. You should wait until your grass has already begun to green up before applying any fertilizer. The lawn doesn’t need to be wet and it doesn’t really matter if it rains soon after as morning dew will begin to slowly dissolve the fertilizer.

QUESTION: Do I need to water my lawn after I fertilize? Answer: Yes, it’s always a good idea to water after you fertilize for two reasons – to wash fertilizer off of the grass leaves into the soil zone and to activate slow release fertilizers.

Watering-In Weed Killer Fertilizer Typically, you should water the grass just before applying these fertilizers, or apply them in the morning when the grass is still wet with dew. The moisture helps the fertilizer granules stick to the weed leaves.

“Keeping grass a little longer in the heat of summer helps,” explains Williams. “The roots extend deeper into the earth, keeping weeds from coming up and competing for water. And because the turf is denser, it requires less water.” Williams recommends a blade height of about 4 inches during the summer months.

How to Grow Healthy, Green Grass

1. Healthy Lawn Step 1: Identify Your Grass Type & Mowing Tips.
2. Healthy Lawn Step 2: Mow the Lawn Properly for Different Grass Types.
3. Healthy Lawn Step 3: Aerate Your Lawn.
4. Healthy Lawn Step 4: Fertilizing.
5. Healthy Lawn Step 5: Seeding Bare Spots in Lawn.
6. Healthy Lawn Step 6: Watering the Grass.

AVOID MOWING DURING EXTREME HEAT When your lawn is particularly stressed from heat or drought, it can be limited in its ability to recover from mowing and can be damaged even more. Also, keep your mower blades sharp – a quick, clean cut does less damage to grass blades and allows them to recover more quickly.

10 Ways To Care For Your Lawn In Extreme Heat

1. Don’t Cut Too Short. Cutting your grass too short limits your plants’ ability to produce energy for growth.
2. Stick To The 1/3 Rule.
3. Limit Watering.
4. Don’t Mow In A Drought.
5. Sharpen Mower Blades.
6. Don’t Bag Clippings.
7. Avoid Fertilizer.
8. Minimize Traffic.

Grass needs a temperature of at least 6 Celsius to grow, and will grow at varying speeds depending on the temperature. During extremely hot or cold periods grass growth will be slowed. During the winter and periods of extreme heat you should avoid cutting the grass where possible.

Extremely high temperatures at crown level can kill the turfgrass. When mowing the lawn, never remove more than one-third of the total leaf area at any one time. Accordingly, a lawn being mowed at a height of 3 inches should be cut when it reaches a height of 4.5 inches.

If you wait until the grass is long to mow your lawn, the extra long grass clippings will clump up over the turf, blocking the sunlight and stunting growth. If left without raking, the clumped clippings could actually kill the grass.

Mowing actually helps make your grass grow thicker because the tip of each blade contains hormones that suppress horizontal growth. When you cut the lawn, you remove these tips allowing the grass to spread and grow thicker near the roots.

If your lawn is Kentucky bluegrass or Bermuda grass — two of the most common in the northern and southern U.S., respectively — you may be in luck: The grass should spread to fill bare spots, Churchill says. Those grasses have runners, meaning vine-like stolons above ground and stem-like rhizomes below ground.

Nitrogen

After turf grass selection, fertilization is the most important factor in growing a dark-green lawn. To encourage green growth, choose a lawn fertilizer with a high percentage of nitrogen and a low percentage of phosphorous.

Grass Seed

1. Test Your Soil. Roots depend on healthy, nutritious soil to grow green and lush grass.
2. Fertilize Your Lawn. A big part of knowing how to make your lawn greener is choosing the right fertilizer.
3. Kill Weeds and Unwanted Insects.
4. Use Grass Seed.
5. Water Your Lawn.
6. Aerate Your Lawn.
7. Replace Lawn Mower Blades.

Kentucky bluegrass

Spread a nitrogen-rich fertilizer on your lawn and water after applying. Nitrogen gives a powerful growing boost, making the grass grow quickly and become a deeper green.

If you’re watering your grass properly, but it’s pale green or yellow instead of dark green, your turf is most likely nutrient deficient. Chlorophyll fails to be produced when there is a lack of iron in the turf. With mild iron deficiences, lawns will yellow, but with severe iron chlorosis, turfgrass can die.