The Star: March 04, 2021
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> 4 <strong>2021</strong><br />
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GARDENING<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
GARDENING<br />
Today’s winning question came from<br />
Rachel Pharazyn. Congratulations!<br />
Q<br />
Each year we dismantle our frame<br />
pool and are left with a big circular,<br />
smelly patch where there was once<br />
a luscious lawn! What would you<br />
recommend we do to nurse our<br />
lawn back to full health as soon as possible?<br />
A<br />
It would be worth considering shifting<br />
the pool to a different part of the<br />
garden each year. This would allow<br />
the grass to recover over a longer<br />
period of time.<br />
<strong>March</strong> is an excellent month for renovating existing lawns as it is getting<br />
cooler and rainfall is more reliable. To repair your lawn, it is necessary to<br />
remove all the old rotting grass. Apply some quality, weed-free topsoil<br />
like Daltons Premium Lawn Soil, and cover the entire area to a<br />
depth of 50 millimetres. Compact the soil and then sow with fresh<br />
grass seed. Use a mixture of grass species as this will create a<br />
more durable, all-year-round lawn.<br />
After germination, over-sow areas where the seed has not taken,<br />
using the same lawn seed. Continue to irrigate the new lawn if<br />
rainfall, is insuffi cient.<br />
When the newly emerged grass has reached 80mm high the fi rst cut<br />
can be made. With successive cuts, you can lower the mowers setting<br />
to eventually reach the grass height you desire. We highly recommend<br />
reading our free How to Grow Lawns Guide which includes more advice on<br />
growing lawns from our experts: www.daltons.co.nz/how-to-guides.<br />
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into pots or in the garden with Daltons Premium Bulb Mix.<br />
Feed with Premium Bulb Fertiliser when green growth fi rst<br />
appears through the soil, then again just before fl owering.<br />
Each pack is valued at $85 and contains 2 x Daltons<br />
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PLUS a pair of comfortable, versatile Red Back gardening<br />
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Send us your gardening question<br />
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