How to care for the lawn

Each site has its own appearance and care. Whether it’s a tiny garden or large home gardens with a lawn that is used to cover the surface of the soil between flower beds, borders, alpine slides, trees and ponds.

Everyone wants to have a lawn to be proud of. The appearance of the lawn largely depends on what herbs it is sown with and on proper care. The main principle of lawn care is the regular performance of certain simple works. Then the herb will remain fresh, beautiful and resistant to diseases.

The lawn must be properly and constantly cared for comprehensively.

Він включає в себе проведення таких робіт:

regular haircut and watering
Fertilization and fertilization
timely weeding
earthing (dusting the surface of the lawn with soil with organic fertilizers)
Lawn combing
Lawn rolling
piercing (aeration of the turf)
Seed sowing
Treatment and replacement of turf (if necessary)
Garbage collection

Good lawn quality can only be achieved with regular and correct implementation of all of the above activities during several growing seasons.

Monthly lawn care includes four stages: mowing, watering, fertilizing and weeding.

When to water the lawn?

The purpose of irrigation is to replenish the water reserves in the soil. The first sign of a lack of water is the loss of elasticity of the grass. It is at this time that it is time to water the lawn. Before watering, inspect the surface of the soil. If a dry crust has formed on it, it is better to pierce the lawn first to facilitate the penetration of water. In hot and dry weather, watering should be done in the morning or evening. If it is necessary to feed the lawn with mineral fertilizer, then this is combined with watering.

Excess moisture can lead to problems: the appearance of mosses on the site, the development of infectious and non-communicable diseases. As a result of diseases, areas of weakened or dead grass appear, on which weeds or moss may appear. In case of extensive moss damage, it must be dealt with with specialized chemicals that can significantly speed up the removal of moss. If there are dead areas on the lawn, they must be re-sown or the turf must be changed before the weeds begin to multiply.

Mowing the lawn

Thanks to regular cutting, the turf cover looks neat, the formation of new shoots and leaves increases, and a strong turf is formed. With systematic haircut, the number of weeds decreases. Mowing lawns is recommended to be carried out at a height of 3-4 cm when the grasses reach a height of 8-10 cm. During the period of active grass growth (May-June), lawns are mowed 1 time per week. The last mowing is carried out in September. Mowed grass must be removed, as lumps form that spoil the appearance of the lawn. When mowing grass with a lawn mower, it is advisable to change the direction of its movement each time. Constant mowing in one direction results in a combed surface of the lawn.

Lawn fertilization

Of great importance for good grass growth is early spring feeding of the lawn with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. It is carried out immediately after the snow melts on the ice crust at the rate of 20-30 g of complex fertilizer per 1 sq. m. The second feeding of lawn grasses is carried out during the period of active growth (in the second half of May) with chlorine-free nitrogen fertilizer (20-25 g per 1 sq. m.). If the weather is dry after feeding, then the lawn must be watered to avoid plant burns. At the end of the season (on the eve of the last wave of grass growth), phosphorus-potassium fertilizers are given.

Lawn earthing

Once every 5 years, it is necessary to carry out earthing – dusting the surface of the lawn with a mixture of well-rotted organic fertilizers, sand, peat compost. Earthing can be done both in spring and autumn. The consumption rate of the organic mixture is 8-10 kg per 1 sq. m. Thanks to earthing, the bushiness of grasses improves, the lawn becomes thicker.

Lawn combing

An important care technique is combing the lawn with a rake (it is better to use a fan rake). It is carried out in spring and autumn. As a result, air access to the roots of plants improves, and various debris is removed.

Rolling

Rolling the lawn is carried out in the spring, starting from the second year of the lawn’s life (on heavy loams, it is carried out only on a dry surface after spring frosts). This procedure is performed by the roller as soon as the soil moisture decreases. Rolling allows you to eliminate gaps between layers of turf, restores capillary connection between soil layers, as a result of which excess spring moisture evaporates faster.

English experts recommend rolling the lawn with a roller after mowing.

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Piercing the turf

Piercing of the turf (with a pitchfork or a special roller) is carried out in order to improve the air regime and the access of nutrients and moisture to the roots of plants. It is enough to do this once every 1-2 years, after a fairly dense turf is formed.

Seasonal lawn care

Весна

remove last year’s grass
comb the lawn with a fan rake
remove garbage accumulated over the winter
roll the lawn (starting from the second year of life)
they are fed with complex fertilizer, and during the period of active growth – with nitrogen fertilizer (there are special fertilizers for the lawn that do not contain chlorine)
On clay soils, sand is applied in mixtures with peat (in equal parts)
remove weeds
If necessary, repair the lawn by overseeding or laying ready-made turf

Літо

The grass is cut weekly, except for the dry hot period
as needed, feed with complex fertilizers for the lawn
watered regularly during drought periods
areas with weed vegetation are treated with herbicides

Осінь

repair damaged turf
pierce the turf (with a pitchfork or a special roller)
apply phosphate and potash fertilizers during the last grass regrowth
The last haircut is carried out in September (when the average daily temperature is set at +10 degrees)
Before the snow should fall (winter is coming), the lawn is cleared of leaves and other debris