During the summer months you will hopefully have enjoyed your lawn
having barbeques and football games between the rain showers but as it
now gets towards autumn you need to start thinking about looking after
your lawn to prepare it for next year. It can be extremely frustrating
trying to find good advice on autumn maintenance so here is some tips
to help you achieve your dream lawn and become the envy of your
neighbours.

Mowing has been a nightmare this summer, frequent rain showers have
meant that the grass is often too wet to get the mower out and for
those of us who haven’t got a grass collector on the mower, great
clods of clippings have been sat on the lawn creating yellow patches
before the dogs bring them indoors on their feet and tread them into
the carpet. However, on a brighter note, it is better to leave the
lawn a bit longer during summer months. The more leaf growth there
is, the more the roots grow and develop so provided that the rain
hasn’t washed all the nutrients out of your soil, your grass should be
in pretty good condition.

Do try if you can, to get the grass down to about 2.5 or 3cm long
though before about the end of September. Over-lush growth in the
autumn will provide the perfect conditions for fungal diseases such as
fusarium patch to develop. Fusarium won’t kill the lawn, but it
doesn’t look pretty and it will weaken it the sward allowing weeds to
move in.

If you lawn has been looking particularly sickly or yellow then it’s
definitely time to check your drainage, aerate if necessary (by
pushing a garden fork as far as you can into the lawn to make lots of
little holes) and to feed the grass. If you don’t carry out any other
lawn maintenance in autumn make sure you fertilise. You may not think
your lawn does much during the winter time but believe me, the plants
are busy gearing themselves up for spring. Feeding your lawn will
stimulate root growth, encourage winter hardiness and help disease
resistance….it’s just like people taking vitamins and minerals to help
themselves stay healthy.
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During the summer months you will hopefully have enjoyed your lawn
having barbeques and football games between the rain showers but as it
now gets towards autumn you need to start thinking about looking after
your lawn to prepare it for next year. It can be extremely frustrating
trying to find good advice on autumn maintenance so here is some tips
to help you achieve your dream lawn and become the envy of your
neighbours.

Mowing has been a nightmare this summer, frequent rain showers have
meant that the grass is often too wet to get the mower out and for
those of us who haven’t got a grass collector on the mower, great
clods of clippings have been sat on the lawn creating yellow patches
before the dogs bring them indoors on their feet and tread them into
the carpet. However, on a brighter note, it is better to leave the
lawn a bit longer during summer months. The more leaf growth there
is, the more the roots grow and develop so provided that the rain
hasn’t washed all the nutrients out of your soil, your grass should be
in pretty good condition.

Do try if you can, to get the grass down to about 2.5 or 3cm long
though before about the end of September. Over-lush growth in the
autumn will provide the perfect conditions for fungal diseases such as
fusarium patch to develop. Fusarium won’t kill the lawn, but it
doesn’t look pretty and it will weaken it the sward allowing weeds to
move in.

If you lawn has been looking particularly sickly or yellow then it’s
definitely time to check your drainage, aerate if necessary (by
pushing a garden fork as far as you can into the lawn to make lots of
little holes) and to feed the grass. If you don’t carry out any other
lawn maintenance in autumn make sure you fertilise. You may not think
your lawn does much during the winter time but believe me, the plants
are busy gearing themselves up for spring. Feeding your lawn will
stimulate root growth, encourage winter hardiness and help disease
resistance….it’s just like people taking vitamins and minerals to help
themselves stay healthy.
CONTINUES -
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