Mowing Tips
Most lawns in Kansas are a mix of Kentucky bluegrass and fine leaved-fescue. You should mow this type of lawn at least three inches above the soil line to shade the soil, and help keep weeds from establishing themselves. This shade also keeps the soil temperature cooler during times of drought. Try not to remove more than one-third of the grass blade at each mowing and keep your mower blades sharp at all times.

Mowing Too Short
Mowing can be a time consuming activity. This makes it tempting to take the grass down a little shorter. But grass is not like hair. You can shave your head and your hair will still grow back just fine. Try buzzing your grass down too short and it will leave your lawn in a world of trouble. A stressed lawn will struggle to regrow as it attempts to recover from being cut too short. While this is happening, weeds will move in.

 
Watering Tips 
The key to your watering schedule is to water your lawn deeply and infrequently. Watering every day may appear that your lawn is getting the best care, but it is not. Frequent watering only wets the soil surface and creates a shallow-rooted lawn. This lawn type does not have the resources to survive stressful periods and the constant moisture around the blades only increases thatch and lawn disease. You should be watering two or three times a week, applying at least a ½ inch of water each time. This will moisten the lawns entire root zone from the soil surface to 6-8 inches deep and will ensure that the roots grow deeply and that they always have a ready water supply.  We recommend to water your lawn every 3 days during the hot summer.  If you have a sprinkler system then set the system to 25 minutes per zone in the large areas of the lawn and then 10 minutes on the small areas which is typically the sides of the house.