Last Updated on February 4, 2025 by Brian Beck
This year is a good year to get ahead with your lawn. You know that thing you love to hate but should be a joy and thrill to own? Why does it has to be like that? Well that is a function of three major things: very poor soils that are abused by modern man-made chemicals, poor watering habits on a dysfunctional soil that cannot hold the water and a decades-long outdated system of managing the growth. We want to help you change that. The biggest reason is because I have seen far too many people waste too much money on a system of management that will leave them in a bittersweet position of having a lawn that might look good but at an extraordinary cost. After several years of scrutinizing these problems, I have come to the conclusion that about half of what people spend on their lawns is completely wasted on needless practices and techniques that are subsidizing a failing system. Have you ever heard about the guy in your neighborhood that was bragging about how easy his lawn became? Yea neither did I, unless that is you live next to someone that is embracing the Trinity method. What is the trinity method? It is a modern system of efficiency that leaves you with a lawn that greens up a month before any of your neighbors, a lawn that has hardly any weeds, a lawn that can withstand not being watered for ten days with little or no stress, a lawn that never needs to be aerated or power raked that also as a freshly cut lawn every day of the week. ere are some of the areas that can be improved upon and why they are failing:
Synthetic fertilizers destroy soil while hiding problems. They contain inorganic salts that cause things like overgrown thatch, compacted soils, nutrient imbalance and inaccessibility, poor water uptake and evaporation, increased weed, disease and insect pressure, just to name the big ones. Using synthetic products is costing you big time and making your life miserable.
Solution: Get a biological soil test and quit using synthetic fertilizers and go biological.
Haphazard utilization of an outdated irrigation system will result in massive water waste that never gets in the plant. Having an irrigation system is a must but using it in a passive manner without keeping in in good working order is an excellent way to throw away money. This can be compounded by misconceptions on what an irrigation system (and water) is for. Most people are wasting vast amounts of water and don’t realize it. Being “wet” somehow is accepted as being effective.
Solution: Get an irrigation tune up by a company that knows how to manage turf and not just irrigation systems. I cannot tell you how many irrigation techs I have run into that have no idea how to water a lawn. It sounds silly but it is like taking your electric car to a transmission repair shop. They are not mechanically declined, they just don’t know anything about electrical motors. Once you get the heads working effectively, make sure you water deep and contemplate using a Weather Bender to prevent pre & post season dehydration and research using a soil moisture control module (not available just yet) These improvements combined will cut your water bill in half and your lawn will actually look better!
Reluctance to adopt automated robotic mowing. Not adopting robotic mowing has very little to do with your work ethic. It has to do more with efficiency, time leveraging and horticultural value. The sad reality is that human beings with a gas powered lawn mower, or even an electric push mower cannot compete with the productivity, freedom or the amount of increased health that comes with automation.
Solution: Research robotic mowing, before you decide to buy one, use this criteria to make sure you don’t get the wrong one. Size- ( a mower that is too big or too small will not do well, especially one that is underpowered). Slope- not all mowers were designed to climb steep slopes, some are designed for flat surfaces with minor inclines. Visibility- most quality mowers will have RTK (GPS) and vision, an improvement for the weaknesses of RTK. If you get the right mower it will be a formidable asset, just like having your own lawn guy that camps out in your back yard without being weird.
Once you implement these changes your lawn struggle will be greatly diminished. Your efficiency and quality will be greatly improved and your lawn will be the best one on the block. For more about this be sure to read about our Trinity program.
https://www.springslawns.com/the-trinity-system-a-new-way-to-manage-the-lawn/