Lawn Care

The main element of the infield, a kind of background for the landscape, is a beautiful and even lawn that can decorate it. While a bad kind of grass cover will spoil the impression even of the most expensive elements of landscape design.

Care of the lawn implies its regular haircut, top dressing from time to time with appropriate fertilizers, daily cleaning, etc.

The most careful and yet careful attitude requires a lawn in the winter months. Since grasses are stronger than other plants from the cold, at this time there is a danger of their freezing.

The most laborious care of the lawn happens in the first year of planting. It should be periodically watered, strictly control the growth of weeds and prevent diseases of grasses and flowers.

With the beginning of the first frost, the lawn enters the rest period, so at this time it should not experience any loads. Otherwise, in the spring may appear "bald spots" with brown spots, the disposal of which requires quite a long time.

Caring for lawn after winter is also important. Only when the snow starts to melt, you need to make sure that puddles do not form on the area. To do this, the soil must be pierced with pitchforks on wet areas. And in order to prevent spring overmoistening, drainage is necessary in the fall.

With the onset of warm months, caring for the lawn involves an integrated feeding. This is necessary to accelerate the growth of the grass cover and its recovery after winter. Fertilizers can be added later, after the March treatment.

Owners of lawns need to remember that at the very beginning of spring, herbaceous plants are particularly in need of phosphorus and nitrogen. Feeding promotes the enhanced development of the roots of grass, its thickening, as well as increasing resistance to disease and trampling.

Caring for the lawn also implies its regular cleansing - at least three times a season. For this purpose, special units are used, such as a vertex and a garden vacuum cleaner. Of course, if there is no such equipment at hand, then you can use the most common rake, twisted or fan. The main thing is how to remove the debris, remove all rotten and dry leaves, shoots.

In the care of the lawn is included, and such an event, as artificial air saturation of the soil, or aeration. Since the soil is prone to condensation after wet winter, and carbon dioxide accumulates in the turf, the roots of grasses have little to breathe, and as a result, the growth of grass is greatly slowed down, and sometimes even stops altogether. In addition, on such a compacted surface of the lawn, where the grass is already firmly woven with its roots, it is quite possible to spread moss, for which the remains of accumulating moisture are a fairly favorable environment.

In many ways care for the lawn depends on its kind. For example, at the end of summer, special attention should be paid to the flowering or Mauritanian herbal plantations, when many annual plants have already finished blossoming, and perennials have not yet begun. At this time, it is best to do the cutting of the grass (but not less than eight centimeters from the ground).

Caring for a lawn in the autumn practically does not differ from spring, unless the fact that at this time you do not need to get rid of tear holes or mulch. But this season is very relevant cleaning from falling leaves, which then in the garden can be used as compost.

The control of pests and weeds on the lawn is carried out as necessary. For today, the most malicious and dangerous enemies, which have to be dealt with only manually or using various chemicals, are dandelion, horse sorrel, plantain, buttercup, yarrow, bryozoans and others.