With summer weather on the way, you’ll want your grass to be looking its best. If you want to avoid dry grass and instead want your lawn to be a healthy shade of green, there’s one item you need.
As it gets hotter, you’ll likely be wanting to spend more time in your outdoor space and making sure it looks presentable is important. To upgrade your lawn, there’s endless things you can try from watering it to leaving it to grow but feeding your lawn is the crucial tip to success. You can do so with natural items.
BBC Gardener’s World says: “The best lawn feeds are therefore organic feeds and mulches, which work in harmony with existing soil microbes and fauna and help to create a long lasting and sustainable healthy lawn.”
It suggests that most lawns don’t need feeding, but using an organic fertiliser can have some benefits. If you’re wondering what an organic fertiliser could do for your lawn, it might bring more benefits than you think.
You should apply fertiliser to grass when rain is forecast, so that it gets washed down to the roots and to stop it burning the leaf blades.
If you have a large lawn, invest in a wheeled lawn feeder for a fast and accurate job. If it doesn’t rain, water the fertiliser in with a hose or watering can.
You’ll want to make sure you don’t use synthetic fertilisers which may harm the environment in the way they are manufactured, says BBC Gardener’s World.
Studies have shown that synthetic fertilisers decrease the amount of microbes (fungi, bacteria and other micro-organisms) in the soil, which reduces soil fertility over time.
But this isn’t the only tip for getting a healthier lawn. You can also water your lawn in dry or hot weather and if your lawn is new, it’s especially important to water it.
If you can, use rainwater from a water butt or grey water from your bath or washing up bowl.
Don’t panic if your lawn goes brown in hot weather, it will be green again once it starts raining. If your lawn is brown, it doesn’t mean it’s dead and it will spring back.
By following these simple tips, you can ensure your garden will be looking its best with a healthy green lawn this summer.
