Late August to November
This is an ideal time to use the last months of the growing season to prepare your lawn for the stresses of winter. This preparation should improve the health of your lawn right through winter, into the following spring and beyond ensuring your lawn stays healthy over the winter and is in good condition ready for the spring.
Treatments may include the following:
Aeration
Commonly refers to the process of using mechanised equipment to either puncture the soil with spikes (spike aeration) or remove cores of soil from the ground (core aeration).
Spike aeration involves the use of an aeration machine with spikes up 3 inches in length. Spike aeration is sometimes used to address surface drainage issues in areas with turf.
Core aeration is done on turf areas as a means of reducing turf compaction, reducing thatch build-up, improving the infiltration of water and nutrients, and creating an environment where grass seed can have direct contact with the soil.
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Broadleaf weed treatment
Application of safe but effective herbicide to control weeds and clovers.
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Disease control
Identifying and applying relevant products to control turf disease.
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Moss control
Removing the conditions that encourage moss to develop will reduce the possibility of moss returning. However if you have a heavy soil and or shaded areas in your garden then you will always have to be vigilant.
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Overseeding
Sowing seeds onto a lawn to improve grass density. By planting more seeds than usual germination will occur more rapidly and your growing grass will become thicker. Overseeding must be done at the right time of the year and in the right way if it’s to be successful.
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Scarifying
Scarifying is vigorous and more effective than raking or using an electric lawn rake which tend to just take our some of the thatch. Scarifying pulls the dead moss and thatch out of the lawn.
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Top dressing
Soil mixes added to the turf surface and brushed or raked in to produce a smooth surface. Enhances thatch decomposition and improves top soil condition.
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Worms and their casts
Worm casts are soil and plant remains that are excreted by earthworms and deposited on the turf surface. They are unsightly and can smear.
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