In March or early April, lawns require a very careful and careful raking of dried grass, leaves and other organic residues.For the proper development of plants, oxygen is necessary, which reaches them through free spaces in soil.
Before fertilizing, we need to aerate the lawn. This treatment consists in removing or loosening the impermeable layer on the surface of the soil (surface aeration) or to a greater depth (deep aeration). Surface aeration is performed with a specially built rake, the so-called scarifiers or mechanical aerators.
ABC of spring lawn care
We drill 8 cm deep holes in the soil, we can also cut it.It should be damp, but not wet, the height of the turf should not exceed 3-4 cm.Before treatment, the lawn should be mowed and the grass thoroughly ruffled. The turf surface should be evenly covered every 15 cm with holes in the amount of 120-130 per square meter on lighter soils, and 180-200 on heavy soils.
On small lawns, forks, a spiked roller, and special overlays with spikes for shoes are used to aerate the lawn. Electric or diesel aerators are used on large lawns.After this treatment, we roll the soil with a roller that presses the roots to the soil.Empty places, i.e. cavities, are sown with grass after the winter.These places are loosened and sown with a mixture of grass, and the seeds are covered with a thin layer of peat substrate, and then rolled.
In spring it is necessary to fertilize the lawn, preferably after it has been carefully raked, aerated and the first mowing. A fed lawn must be dry, because the fertilizer sticks to the leaves, making them scalded. The lawn can be fertilized with compound fertilizer. Later, every 4 weeks, we use ammonium nitrate in the amount of 1-2 kg per 100 m².Throughout the growing season, the grass absorbs macro- and microelements necessary for life from the soil.You can use a slow-acting, so-called 100-day fertilizer, at a dose of 2-3 kg per 100 m.
