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Autumn Lawn Care
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 - http://www.gardenandgreen.co.uk/#/au...are/4530850387 |
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Autumn Lawn Care
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wrote in message ... 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 - http://www.gardenandgreen.co.uk/#/au...are/4530850387 |
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