May to July
Summer gives the perfect opportunity to maintain your healthy lawn. Ensure it has plenty of water during the dryer days and do not over-mow your lawn in hot weather.
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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Fertiliser
The Nutritional essentials of turf care are very much the same whatever feed is used. Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium combined with a range of various trace elements such as Magnesium and Sulphur are all required to give your lawn the balanced range of nutrients it requires. Moisture, acidity, alkalinity etc. are also critical.
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Growth regulators
These are products that are used for lawn growth control. They reduce the frequency of the lawn needing to be mowed.
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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Wetting agents
Wetting agents are applied to the lawn to encourage the maximum usage and absorption of moisture by the soil and help treat areas of grass affected by dry patch.
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Worm control
Worms in general are to be encouraged as their burrowing helps to aerate the soil. Worms feed on and recycle decaying vegetable matter. A few species deposit their muddy waste on the soil surface where in wet weather it can smear when in contact with your foot or mower.
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