Wednesday, August 20, 2014
A great looking yard that is green and thick is easy to achieve with the right lawn service. What most people forget is that even the Lawn Service Olney needs refreshing and year after year of mowing and fertilizing can be quite tiresome. After several years the grass does not grow as it used to and reproduces poorly. The result is thin grass with patches despite the good care you give it.
At this point, what you need to do is remove the old grass and plant new grass. This is possible without uprooting all the grass and leaving your yard bare through a process known as reseeding. Using this method you simply create room for planting new grass and the existing grass is shed off with continuous mowing afterwards.
One poor reseeding method is planting the new grass at the wrong time. When you do so, you reduce the percentage of the seeds that germinate and grow making all your effort go to water. The proper time to reseed is during autumn when the air is warm, the sun is moderate and the water can sink into the ground. Alternatively as fall tends to be busy, you can reseed the first weeks of spring and not later than that.
The process begins with cutting the long old grass. Do not trim down to the usual lengths but mow down almost to the ground leaving as little grass as possible. You want the new grass to have room to shoot up, the seeds to reach to the ground, water and air to get to the new grass. Do not let the old block the new.
Having mowed remove all the clippings from the yard. In addition you need to get rid of the brown patches and hard thatches of grass. To effectively do so you will need a thatch rake. Ensure that you are thorough and leave the yard clean. Thatches are old knotted grass that does not grown and simply takes up space for the new grass
The next step is to aerate the soil. Aeration involves poking holes into the soil to loosen it making it easier for the new grass to shoot out and for water to pass through. Any type of aerator will do the job as long as you do not poke too deep. 2 inches is sufficient as you do not want the soil too broken up promoting weed growth.
Plant the seed with a good spreader. A spreader allows for regular planting of the seed. If done unevenly you will end up with patches of grass when it grows. You can pass over the yard with a rake to make sure that the seed falls uniformly all over. Once this is done, uniformly spread fertilizer over the yard making sure it is the slow releasing kind of fertilizer.
Finally, do not take a rest before properly watering the seeds. The first 3 weeks are the most crucial for germination so water the lawn constantly. 3 times a day is sufficient during hours when the sun is at its lowest. After germination, water less times but each session water for a longer period.
At this point, what you need to do is remove the old grass and plant new grass. This is possible without uprooting all the grass and leaving your yard bare through a process known as reseeding. Using this method you simply create room for planting new grass and the existing grass is shed off with continuous mowing afterwards.
One poor reseeding method is planting the new grass at the wrong time. When you do so, you reduce the percentage of the seeds that germinate and grow making all your effort go to water. The proper time to reseed is during autumn when the air is warm, the sun is moderate and the water can sink into the ground. Alternatively as fall tends to be busy, you can reseed the first weeks of spring and not later than that.
The process begins with cutting the long old grass. Do not trim down to the usual lengths but mow down almost to the ground leaving as little grass as possible. You want the new grass to have room to shoot up, the seeds to reach to the ground, water and air to get to the new grass. Do not let the old block the new.
Having mowed remove all the clippings from the yard. In addition you need to get rid of the brown patches and hard thatches of grass. To effectively do so you will need a thatch rake. Ensure that you are thorough and leave the yard clean. Thatches are old knotted grass that does not grown and simply takes up space for the new grass
The next step is to aerate the soil. Aeration involves poking holes into the soil to loosen it making it easier for the new grass to shoot out and for water to pass through. Any type of aerator will do the job as long as you do not poke too deep. 2 inches is sufficient as you do not want the soil too broken up promoting weed growth.
Plant the seed with a good spreader. A spreader allows for regular planting of the seed. If done unevenly you will end up with patches of grass when it grows. You can pass over the yard with a rake to make sure that the seed falls uniformly all over. Once this is done, uniformly spread fertilizer over the yard making sure it is the slow releasing kind of fertilizer.
Finally, do not take a rest before properly watering the seeds. The first 3 weeks are the most crucial for germination so water the lawn constantly. 3 times a day is sufficient during hours when the sun is at its lowest. After germination, water less times but each session water for a longer period.
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