The clocks have gone back and the nights have certainly drawn in.
It’s that time of year when we reflect on lawn condition reports, our guidance offered and questions raised by customers about lawn health.
Our team are reporting that most lawns are looking lush and green at present, following the weather that we have enjoyed over the last few months. It’s great to see your beautiful green lawns every day. However, although they may look great, are they healthy or could they be harbouring problems for the spring?
We appreciate that many of our customers scarify and aerate their lawns themselves. Others intend to, but may not have had the opportunity. Life takes over and before we know it, our lawns can run into health issues. We are here to help, consider us your lawn doctors. Not only able to cure these ailments, but also improve on the future well-being of your lawn and assist in the prevention of further problems.
We are predicting plenty of moss over the winter months, contributors to moss are:
1. Compaction, this can be assisted by Aeration and our Soil Improver
2. Thatch, this can be addressed with Scarification
3. Cleaner air. Whilst clean air contributes to better human health and wellbeing, it also encourages moss growth.
Treating for moss and conditoning the grass plant will be our main focus on your winter visit. The treatment will help by dehydrating the moss, turning it brown and effectively shrinking it away from the grass and allowing the grass underneath to breath, grow and spread out. Raking out this treated moss helps breaks the life cycle and further reduces the plants ability to prosper.
As we move into Winter, don’t give up on your lawn. Now is an important time for maintaining lawn health and making maintenance plans for 2024.
What can you do this winter?
Controlling Moss – Take a look at where moss thrives in your garden, can you increase natural light by pruning?
Typically moss favours shade, from overhanging shrubs, hedges, trees and buildings casting shadows in the garden.
Our advice is rake out treated moss and continue to mow the lawn on a regular basis, but not too short.
Fallen leaves and uncut grass will soon spoil the visual appearance of your lawn, they can also lead to issues like “die back” from leaf cover and an uncut lawn over winter will make it really hard work to cut next spring.
Winter Cutting for more information read our article the benefits of winter mowing
Our experience is lawns that get an occasional cut during the winter always look great next spring.
Make your winter lawn the envy of the neighbourhood