Is the grass starting to look a little greener on the other side? It probably does if you have not shown your lawn much TLC all year.
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It’s that time of the year for repair and renewal. Here are some nifty tips and tricks that revitalise your lawn’s dead patches.
Bare patches appear when your grass doesn’t get enough sun because of shade, especially in winter when the sun is low in the sky.
Or there may be too much thatching, which is the build-up on the lawn of cut grass blades. This results in insufficient water penetration to the roots.
Bare patches are an open invitation to weeds, which generally have a very short life cycle and are prolific seed producers. Your party invitation will soon become a gatecrash.
Solutions
- Dethatch the lawn with a vigorous raking and put the pile of blades in your compost or green bin.
- Feed your lawn three times a year – in spring, early summer and autumn – with a fertiliser high in nitrogen. Nitrogen not only promotes growth, it also helps break down the remaining thatch, which has lost its nitrogen and is now mostly carbon. Be sure to follow instructions or you may burn your turf. Also, remember to wear gloves if applying fertiliser by hand, as it may burn your skin. Finally, ensure you water in your fertiliser after you apply it.
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