Spring Lawn Care
Of course everyone knows that lawn is made up of individual grass plants which spread out to form turf. But happens every winter when the lawn turns brown and “dies?”
Like any grass or perennial plant lawn does not really die. Just the tops does. The root goes dormant until the spring. However, there is still the matter of the dead grass. Because lying on top of the new grass trying to get it does pose a problem.
De-thatching and aerating help alleviate this problem by both ridding the lawn of the choking dead grass and getting oxygen to the roots of the turf. The de-thatching machine basically rakes the lawn and lets the sun shine in on newly-forming grass plant strengthening the root system, allowing fertilizer and water to get to the plant.
It is also important to put on a mulching blade on your lawn mower or, if you have a push mower, cut you lawn twice as many times for the first couple of months. This will chop the grass into finer pieces allowing the microorganisms to digest it mow quickly and turn it into nutrients for the grass. This is a great depiction of a self-sustaining lawn system because your lawn does not need extra fertilizer. In addition when the summer gets hot the clippings will protect the roots from the sun and keep in the moisture meaning that you won’t have to water as much.
In addition a healthy lawn resists the common pests like chinch bugs when suck the sap from grass stalks leaving huge areas of the lawn dead.
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