November to February
The rigours of winter can potentially have a detrimental affect on your lawn. Try to rest the lawn as much as possible during this time, particularly avoiding it when wet or frosty. Ensure leaves and debris are removed regularly.
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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Disease control
Identifying and applying relevant products to control turf disease.
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Fertiliser – Winter feed application
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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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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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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