Grass Maintenance 10 best tips
A guide to get the best green grass in Spring.
– Now is the time that you should be thinking about doing some grass maintenance starting with lawn aeration. Your lawn has basically laid dormant during South East Queensland’s winter months and as it begins to heat up, it needs a breath of fresh air. Aerating your lawn will allow nutrients and most importantly oxygen and water to penetrate the compacted top layer, promoting a deeper root system and ultimately healthier turf/grass.
– Top dressing will kick start your grass maintenance into summer with a fresh boost of nutrients, it also increases the visual appearance and helps level out undulations. Course river sand is well received by our most common turf species Couch.
– For our commercial clients, and those of you that have a larger lawn, or just have that problem area that just will not grow grass, it might be a great time to do a soil test. This test takes the guess work out of lawn care, and scientifically helps you choose the correct rectification for your lawn. At all Grass Solutions Australia, we can design a Turf Management to suit your budget and timeframe.
– Scarifying or dethatching can also assist in growing a thicker and deeper root system, in turn that will creat a green lawn for you. By removing the thatch or built up layer of dead matting, it will reduce harmful bacteria and its associated diseases.
– Don’t mow your lawn to short particularly if it is already struggling from the winter months. It may save you an extra Sunday here and there but it may cost you your lawns health. Cutting your lawn too short will leave it open for weeds to take hold. As a general rule always leave at lease 2/3 of your grass blades behind and mow frequently.
– Feeding your lawn should be a regular in your grass maintenance, it works hard for you so why not reward it with a good fertiliser to boost your lawns health. Liquid and granular options are available.
– General Lawn Maintenance throughout the year is essential, keep on top of the weeds that pop up especially the broad leaf ones and keep your mower blades sharp as blunt blades can bruise your grass, and encourage disease.
– Water your lawn, the best time to water your lawn is in the morning and give it a good soak, one that will wet the soil at least 3 to 6 cm down. A good soak less often is better than small amounts of water frequently.
– Now is the time to use a pre-emergent herbicide on your lawn before all those pesky weeds take hold. By getting the jump on them now you will save a lot of heart ache and hard work later down the track.
– If you have an area of your lawn that the grass is not growing on, now is the time to think about re-seeding or over seeding your sparse areas of lawn. To prepare the area before seeding it is recommended that you Lawn Core or Aerate the area before hand to break up the soil to make it easier for the seeds to take hold. During this time it is also advisable to top dress the area and fertilise to give you the best opportunity for lovely green grass. All Grass Solutions is here to help, just ask! Check out this web site for helpful hints to your lawn www.thelawnguide.com.au
