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Do you drive by houses every day and admire their green lawns? And, you think that your lawn will never look like this? It might just be because you have the wrong lawn in your yard.

There are some people that are claiming that clover lawns are much better options than the normal lawns that people have in their yard.

Some are saying that you should have a mix between the normal lawn and the clover lawn. What is the truth? With these pros and cons, you will know if having clover lawns is something that you want to have or not.

Pros

1. The Flowers of the Clover Lawn Are Great Nectar Source for Bees

If you have a love for insects, this is a great benefit of having the clover lawn in your yard. The white flowers that the clover lawn has, is great for bees. This is a great nectar source for bees to make honey.

This is one of the most common reasons why so many homeowners are planting the clover lawn. This is to make sure that bees have enough nectar for the summer. Not many people know this but bees are starting to go extinct. And, without bees, we will not have flowers and fruit. This is why this is the top benefit of having a clover lawn in your backyard.

And, without bees, we will not have flowers and fruit. This is why this is the top benefit of having a clover lawn in your backyard.

2. It Improves the Health and Fertility of the Ground

This is an important benefit, especially if you plant flowers or vegetables in your garden. The moment that you are planting the clover lawn, you are going to have healthy and fertilized soil.

This is a great benefit that not many people are aware of. That clover is ensuring that all the ground around it are healthier and fertilize it. Making your soil great for planting anything. And, you don’t need to add fertilizer to the ground to assist the clover with growing. Making it easier to have a green lawn without the troubles.

3. Your Lawn Remains Green, Until the First Frost. Even During the Hot Summer Days, It Will Stay Green

This is the main reason why your neighbor’s lawn is much greener than your own lawn. The lawn will remain greener for a lot longer. It will only start to fade when it frosts or snow for the first time. And, even in the hottest days, the color of the grass won’t fade like normal grass.

This is the reason why most people are switching to clover lawn. Because it is going to keep your yard looking beautiful for a lot longer.

Cons

1. You Will Need to Reseed It Every Two to Three Years

Those who have normal grass lawns don’t ever have to worry about planting new seed again. You only need to plant the seed once. Then, you can enjoy your green lawn for years.

However, this isn’t the case when you are planting clover as your lawn. This is something that has a short lifespan. Meaning that you need to reseed your lawn every two to three years. This means that it is hard work to keep your clover lawn green, year after year. Not something that many people want to do.

2. The Clover Grass Stains a Lot Easier Than Other Grass Types

If you have children that are going to play on the grass, this is something that you should consider before you can start planting the clover lawn.

Clover is staining a lot easier than normal grass. Meaning that if you have children playing and rolling in the grass, there are going to be a lot of greener stains to clean. And, we all know how hard it can be to clean green or grass stains. This can become a problem in the long term. You might not want your children to play outside anymore. With small children a normal lawn might be the best option, to keep clothing clean.

3. You Need to Plant the Clover Just Perfectly, to Have Green Looking Lawns

One thing that you should consider before you just start planting the seeds for a clover lawn. You need to plant the clover just perfect. Planting too much seed at one place is going to look patchy. And, if you don’t have planted enough seeds, your grass will not have the end result you have hoping for.

This is why it is recommended that you hire a professional for planting the clover seeds for you if you want to have the perfect looking lawn. If you are going to plant it yourself, for the first time, you might regret changing to clover lawn.

With these pros and cons of having a clover lawn, it will be a lot easier for you to decide if this is something that you want to consider. For most, this is the best decision that they ever have made.

However, this doesn’t mean that just because your neighbor is happy with this clover lawn, that you will be as well.

You thought that you have a beautiful and healthy lawn. Until one day. Then, you realize that your grass is dying and it doesn’t look that good anymore. There are many reasons why this can happen, but the most common reason is because of the sod webworm.

These worms can damage your lawn in no time. And, it is important to make sure that you are knowing as much as possible about these worms. This is the only way that you can be sure to prevent these worms and to get rid of them.

With this info, you won’t have a problem with sod webworms anymore.

How Does a Sod Webworm Look Like?

There are so many different worms that you can find in your garden. How do you know what a sod Webworm looks like? It is important to know how this worm looks like because you don’t want to kill all type of worms and risk your soil to become unfertilized.

The sod webworm is about 1 inch long and is the caterpillar stage of the small white and brown moth. Because these worms aren’t that large, it is hard to spot them in the lawn. You can identify areas where they might be situated, by brown, and dead grass on your lawn. With moving the soil around in that area, you might find these worms hiding away.

Why Should You Get Rid of Sod Webworms in Your Garden?

The question that you might ask now, is why should you get rid of sod webworms in your garden and from your lawn. Many people are saying that killing webworms isn’t necessary, because they don’t damage anything in your garden.

However, this isn’t the truth. A moth doesn’t harm anything in the garden, but the webworm is living off the green grass or the roots of the grass. Meaning that you will have places in your lawn that will be brown and grass starting to die. 

The longer you are leaving the worms in your lawn, the more problems you will have to get your lawn healthy again. There are some species of the sod webworm that is eating plants as well. Leaving your plants to die and to lose their leaves.

Do These Worms Like Any Type of Grass?

Will you find the sod webworm in any type of lawn? Or are there a type of lawn that will be worm-free? Yes, there are some grass types that will be more likely to have sod webworms than other grass.

This is why some people are struggling more with these worms than other people. It depends on the type of grass that you have as your lawn. These are the grass types that will be more likely to have problems with webworms.

• Kentucky Bluegrass
• Perennial Ryegrass
• Fine Fescue

If you don’t want to struggle with webworms, then you should stay away from these mentioned grass-types.

Preventing Them From Occurring in the First Place

There are some things that you can do to prevent sod webworm infestations in the first place. But, then you need to start with these prevention methods as soon as spring starts. Otherwise, the prevention won’t work, and you will need to use other methods to get rid of these worms.

• Plant resistant type of grass that won’t attract moths from laying eggs.
• Watering your lawn and keeping it wet. Those people that are watering their lawn, once or twice a day won’t have a problem with sod webworms. Even, if they have the wrong type of grass planted. Worms will drown in the wet grass.
• Maintain your grass on a regular basis. Lawn it when the grass is getting long, and make sure that you fertilize it regularly.

Getting Rid of These Sod Webworms

You already have signs that your lawn is invested with sod webworms. How do you get rid of these worms, without damaging your lawn, or cause problems to your pets? These are a couple of things that you can do to get rid of these worms.

• Treat the area with Insecticidal Soap. This soap will kill all webworms and will be safe for children and pets to play on the lawn.
• Another option is to treat the infected area with Neem oil solution. It will make sure that the worms stay away for up to 6 weeks.
• Start watering your lawn on a regular basis. In the beginning, up to three times a day is recommended. This will drown the worms.

Sod webworms are something that many homeowners are struggling with. Especially in their lawns.

With the right methods, you will be able to prevent these worms from living in your lawn. And, getting rid of it isn’t as hard as what you might have thought.

The more you know about these worms, the better and easier it will be to get rid of them.