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Look out of your window at your lawn and you’ll probably see that it has suddenly
taken off and is growing rapidly. This means that now is the perfect time to get to
grips with a bit of spring maintenance. True, your lawn will survive without it, but
if you want it to look a good deal better than average, then get your skates on!
In most areas temperatures should have evened up a little and the soil in beds,
borders and under your lawn should hopefully not be wet and soggy.
Grass needs regular mowing from now on; in
some areas this may mean once a week, so
make sure that the mower blades are good and
sharp. On so-called utility lawns you will need to
cut to about 2.5cm or 1”, while on higher grade
smart lawns cut to about 1-1.5cm.
Lawns benefit from a specially formulated
spring feed at this time of year to encourage
good strong growth and strengthen the
grasses up after any winter setbacks. If you
use a granular formulation, make sure that you
water it in well if you cannot time the job so
that the rain does this for you!
Give yourself a bit of a workout too and scarify
the lawn. This means using a spring-tined rake
to pull out any accumulated debris or thatch from
the base of the grasses. This allows for a better
flow of moisture and air, thus ensuring that the
grass grows stronger and more healthily.
If your lawn has developed a lot of moss
(especially likely if it has suffered compaction, is
shaded or has been particularly wet), then apply
a proprietary moss killer before scarifying. Use a
combined feed and moss killer to save yourself
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