| If you've ever wanted to improve the look of you | | | | help with the levelling, via a tractor and box blade. A |
| lawn there are a few things you can do to maintain | | | | smooth clear surface is essential, with no holes, dips, |
| your lawn on a weekly basis without doing any major | | | | or drainage problems.Seed is best applied with a |
| work often required to recover a damaged | | | | rotary type spreader. Half the seed should be spread |
| lawn.Lawn Fertilizer- Lawns need their Spring feed | | | | in one direction, the remainder in the opposite |
| most of all, especially one containing nitrogen, backed | | | | direction. This gives good soil contact for the seed, |
| up with both phosphates and potash. One feed per | | | | and uniform germination. The type of grasses to be |
| annum is not enough, and a Summer feed, if the | | | | grown are dictated by climate, and are best planted |
| lawn is looking a little jaded should contain either a | | | | 30 days before real warmth or chill sets in. Only hot |
| proprietary lawn tonic, or nitrogen rich fertilize. An | | | | season grasses should be sown when the |
| autumn lawn care feed should concentrate more on | | | | temperature reaches 80 to 90 degrees. Hot season |
| phosphates and potash rather than nitrogen, possibly | | | | seed is very small and can be spread lightly, whereas |
| combined with a worm killer and disease | | | | cold climate seed is larger and requires heavier |
| preventive.Watering Your Lawn - Rainfall in the is | | | | coverage for good thick grass.There are various lawn |
| normally sufficient to keep the roots supplied with | | | | care machines that can be rented for a day or two |
| moisture, but dry spells do occur in late spring and | | | | to power seed a lawn. The seed is dropped into |
| summer months. The first sign of drought will be | | | | ready made grooves as the machine moves over the |
| colour change, from green to straw or even brown. | | | | ground. Again, a level surface is essential, and power |
| It is advisable to water at the coolest time of day, | | | | seeders are not recommended where it is rough or |
| early or late, and best with a rotary sprinkler. A good | | | | uneven.A further solution is to Hydroseed. Under this |
| watering once a week for optimum lawn care is | | | | process the seed is mixed with fertilizer and a lawn |
| preferable to over watering,unless it is extremely hot. | | | | care mulch plus water, and sprayed on to the lawn. |
| In this way deep root development will be | | | | This encourages quicker germination. The spray is |
| encouraged.Weed Control - This is really down to | | | | coloured blue or green for identifying the sprayed |
| good lawn care management. With an established | | | | area, and later turns white. The machine will usually |
| lawn, laid with good quality seed or turf, the rules for | | | | have to be hired rather than rented. A lawn can also |
| maintaining it include the following. Appropriate | | | | be renovated easily with a lawn care dethatcher, |
| mowing, at the correct height and little and often, | | | | which scarifys the surface, and aids germination of |
| and proper watering especially at the hint of a dry | | | | scattered seeds. This machine needs using with care |
| spell. Scarifying helps to control weeds and | | | | in respect of the lawn surface.Preparing the Seed |
| invigorates lawn growth, as does proper feeding. | | | | Bed.For New Lawn care - Rake and smooth, remove |
| Good fertility combats the growth of weeds and | | | | any debris. Renovating Established Lawns - Mow |
| builds the strength of the grass. Worm casts invite | | | | closely. To overseed or repair bare spots, rake to |
| weed seeds, worm control is necessary, and | | | | produce a viable surface, then check section on |
| prevention of disease in bare patches.Mowing Your | | | | 'fertilizing'. Kill off remaining seed with Finale. |
| Lawn - Mowing keeps the lawn looking attractive. It | | | | Vegetation will brown within 7-10 days. A good raking |
| should he done regularly, from March to October, | | | | will remove loosened thatch and expose soil for seed. |
| with sharp blades, set not too low. It is better to | | | | Bare spots can be chopped into small chunks to allow |
| mow when the grass is dry, to reduce mower | | | | use of the slit seeder in a grid formation. Slits should |
| clogging. The mower should be moved in a constant | | | | run in a horizontal fashion across slopes. Do not use a |
| direction at a steady pace, and not hoovered | | | | Rototill, which will expose and spread weed |
| backwards and forwards. When newly sown grass | | | | seeds.About this article: |
| reaches 2" or 3" inches high, the top 2" can be | | | | Quick and helpful lawn and lawn care tips and advice |
| mowed with care.Advice for new lawn | | | | Lawn Care |
| care.Establishment lawn care - Whether starting | | | | Information. Reproduction of this article is permitted |
| entirely from scratch, or renovating and old, tired | | | | so long as this resource box is included, it remains |
| lawn, the following is the best way to proceed. | | | | unchanged |
| Seeding - for a lawn to be created from a bare, | | | | and all links remain active and clickable. |
| grassless mud patch, it is easier to get professional | | | | |