Drought Defense: Defend Your Lawn Against Drought

Defend Your Lawn Against Drought: RYAN’s New Drought Defense Program

Wichita summers bring brutal conditions for your lawn. Between scorching heat, unpredictable rainfall and water restrictions, your yard can quickly look faded and dry. Moreover, these drought conditions do not just dry out the grass, they also stress your lawn and increase its risk of disease and long term damage. Therefore, strengthening your lawn’s drought defense is one of the most effective ways to keep it healthy and resilient all season long.

At Ryan Lawn & Tree, we understand how challenging Wichita’s drought conditions are. That’s why we created Drought Defense, a program that helps your lawn stay healthy during extreme conditions—even with limited water.

What Is Drought Defense?

Drought Defense is a simple, four-step treatment program specifically geared towards providing a solution to the extreme drought conditions in the Wichita area. The treatment is applied to lawns to strengthen grass roots and improve moisture retention. 

In fact, these applications support your grass in two key ways. They build drought defense and reduce the need for constant watering. This is especially important in Wichita, where many lawns can only be watered once a week due to restrictions.

How Does This Work?

Drought Defense starts in early spring and continues through late summer. This means your lawn receives proper care before, during and after the hottest months of the year.

• Step 1: Root Booster (Spring) – Typically applied in April or May, the Root Booster enhances your lawn’s natural focus on root development during spring. Stronger roots allow your grass to absorb water more efficiently. Therefore, strengthening roots is the crucial first step in preparing your lawn for extreme drought conditions.

• Steps 2 to 4: Moisture Manager Applications (Summer) – Applied from May to August, the Moisture Manager helps the soil retain water more effectively during the stressful summer months. As a result, your lawn is less likely to dry out. Additionally, follow-up treatments throughout the summer ensure ongoing moisture retention during these dry months.

Through this multi faceted approach, your lawn becomes significantly stronger against extreme drought by preparing it beforehand and supporting it throughout the summer.

Why Drought Defense Is Important for Wichita Lawns

Drought conditions don’t just make your lawn unsightly, brown, and ugly. They are also detrimental to your lawn’s overall health. A hot summer with minimal water will make it harder for your lawn to recover, even when conditions improve. Supporting your lawn during dry conditions helps keep it healthy long term.

Drew Wilson, Wichita Branch Manager at Ryan Lawn & Tree, explains it best: “Drought conditions don’t just impact water supply—they put serious stress on landscapes, making lawns, trees, and shrubs more vulnerable to disease, thinning, and long-term damage. With Drought Defense, we can offer support to Wichita homeowners who want to protect their lawns to mitigate these adverse effects caused by these extremely hot and dry conditions.” Request a consultation today. 

Additional Lawn Care for Hot & Dry Wichita Summers

Besides building drought defense, you can take other actions to keep your lawn healthy during the dry summer months ahead. At Ryan Lawn & Tree, we believe smart, preventative care helps landscapes thrive—even in dry conditions. Proper mowing and SMART irrigation offer the best ways to maintain your lawn.

While not a complete list, these tips give you additional steps to protect your lawn from extreme dryness.

Lawn Care Tips — Protect your lawn with these actions:

• Mow High and Less Frequently: Keep your grass at 3 to 4 inches by mowing less often. This shades the roots and reduces water loss. Also, avoid mowing during peak heat.

• Deep Watering on Your Allowed Day: When you water, make it count! Water early in the morning on your designated day and apply about ½ to 1 inch to encourage deeper roots. Avoid overwatering.

• Aerate and Overseed: Aeration reduces soil compaction so roots can absorb moisture better. Overseed strategically, with your lawn manager’s advice, to fill in weak areas if needed.

Watering Tips — Make the most of your limited watering options with these steps to improve your irrigation system’s efficiency:

• Use Drip Irrigation: These irrigation heads deliver water directly to the root zone, reducing evaporation and runoff. This helps you maximize every drop of water.

• Choose High-Efficiency Sprinkler Heads: These sprinkler heads distribute water evenly and slowly, preventing waste and improving absorption.

• Inspect Your Irrigation System: Leaks can reduce the amount of water your lawn receives and increase your water bill. Have a professional inspect your system to detect leaks, damage, or misaligned heads. Fixing these issues saves water and money by ensuring your system runs efficiently.

Along with RYAN’s Drought Defense, these actions help support your lawn during dry Wichita summers.

Get Started

Both new and existing customers enrolled in RYAN’s Signature Lawn Care program can access Drought Defense. If you want to protect your lawn from drought stress and minimize your watering needs, start now.

Sign up today and let’s make sure your lawn stays strong, green, and beautiful—no matter what the weather brings!

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