GardenAdvice lawn care for our members

13.05.2024 - 19:19 / gardenadvice.co.uk / GardenAdvice

One of the biggest changes in the Gardening Advice we provide over the last few years is in relation to lawn care. The focus is now on creating lawns with low nitrate fertilisers, monitoring soil pH and using bacterial products to reduce thatch rather than mechanical scarification and in lawns with heavy ware from children etc we are introducing clover to create a greener lawn surface in both the summer and winter

All our MyGardenTeam memberships include lawn care up to 75 square metres

Read some of the advice provided to a GardenAdvice MyGardenTeam member

“” Weed Control For Lawns:

To effectively tackle weeds in your lawn, it’s essential to understand plants and their classification into monocots (grasses) and dicots (broadleaf plants). Most garden and lawn weeds fall under dicots. I recommend using a selected weed killer such as Verdone lawn weed killer which only works monocots (broadleaf plants) i.e the lawn weeds and not the grasses. Be cautious, verdone is available in some variants that might harm your lawn. See the link below to the verdone you need. https://www.lawnsmith.co.uk/weedol-verdone-lawn-weed-killer

Mix the selected weed killer in a watering can dedicated solely for this purpose to avoid accidental damage to other plants later.

Apply the weed killer by watering the lawn from a watering can at the recommended rate on the bottle, ensuring the droplets cover the leaves of the weeds to at least 20 percent. Walking up and down the lawn watering the lawn with the lawn weed killer is ideal.

Wait for a warm, dry day, preferably three days after mowing, to apply the weed killer for optimal absorption. You’ll notice a surge in weed growth initially, followed by their gradual decline.

Lawn Soil pH Management: