Treating your lawn in spring
Spring is a time of bloom and festivity! The perfect gateway for your plants to grow and surge with beauty, right!? Well, the bigger picture goes beyond that! No matter what the season is, treating your lawn is an obligation without which you can forget the possibility of a perfect and pristine landscape.
Fineworkz Landscape knows just how valuable your lawn is for you. There are sentiments too dear to your heart, with punctuations of pride and pleasure. We respect that, and here is our blog on your approach towards your lawn mowing treatment in Spring.
The optimal time to approach
Starting prematurely or too late can be detrimental to the overall health and beauty of your lawn. You need to get hands-on at a time when the soil and the plants are open-handed towards any tailoring and tuning.
Universally, this is about the time when the grass is dominantly green. Only then can you tie your boots, pick the tools and start mowing, raking, and aerating.
Spring lawn care tips that matter!
We have formulated a set of tips that will yield you the most fruitful and beneficial results. While helping you comprehend the different techniques that may be implemented in correspondence to the conditions, these will make all your dreams of a gorgeous landscape come true.
Raking
One of the most recurring sights we have seen is that of thatch building up with masses of dried grass, blocking essentials like sunlight, moisture, and air from penetrating the soil. This is hugely detrimental for the covered-up grass as it can dry out and die in the lack of water and other essentials.
Therefore, it’s always recommended to let the grass or ground dry out and then run through strokes of raking. This will sweep all the thatches, debris, and other unnecessary leaves. As a result, the turf will be blessed by a new life as sunlight, moisture, and air will seek out and let it grow with strength and power.
Aerate
Done with raking? Now, let’s get to the step of aeration. Any aerator will ease the soil by removing those stagnant plugs, letting water, nutrients, and air reach down the lower grass layers. This is perfect for lawns near high-traffic areas, where it gets tedious for the new grass to grow.
The significance of aeration can be portrayed by the fact that it must be done every 3-4 years, depending on the amount of thatch and the measure of soil compaction.
Test soil
Identifying the pH of the soil can go on to save you from massive trouble and hassle. You can do it by using a testing kit that will give you the result in no time.
When it comes to pH, you may want it to be at the seven-digit mark, meaning Neutral. Below seven is acidic and beyond seven is alkaline. Every grass type and plant needs or can sustain different pH levels; therefore, it is always you who needs to see what works the best. However, generally acidic soil facilitates the growth of weeds and moss.
Fertilization
Understanding the right amount and time to use fertilizers is critical in spring. When the shoots are just popping up, you don’t want to overwhelm the soil with nutrients, as it will merely exhaust it. While you can also not afford to be careless and letting go of the best time.
Therefore, you must fertilize when the grass looks primarily green. And even then, you must be extra considerate in the amount you use. A nitrogen fertilizer with slow-release will minimize the chance of turf burn and fungus while keeping the growth at the optimal levels.
Control weeds
Pre-emergent weed control must be applied using a spreader. The chemicals used will merge with water and kill the weeds. As a result, you will attain grass free from attack with well-rounded growth regulation.
Reseed
Reseeding is crucial for bare areas on your lawn. Once you are done with all of the steps mentioned above, you need to seed with a broadcast spreader and hands. This ensures that all of your area is equally reseeded and ready for bloom.
Fineworkz Landscape takes care of all your spring lawn treatment measures with promising results and effective techniques.
