The decoration of any site is not only beautifully flowering green plants, but also a well-groomed lawn. However, with the onset of the first spring days, it may turn out that this site is not very presentable. After ensuring the proper care of the lawn after winter, you will get a beautiful clearing near the house.
How to care for the lawn after winter?
During the winter on the lawn can appear places with snow deposits. In these areas, if they are also shaded, meltwater stagnates in the spring and the land is too wet, drying out unevenly. To prevent this from happening, the spring care of the lawn is the uniform spreading of snow throughout the site. The ice crust underneath must be carefully broken. In addition, at the end of winter it is necessary to clean all grooves and drainage lines for a rapid drain of meltwater.
Care for a large lawn area is difficult to carry out without the help of specialists. However, a small clearing can be given a decorative appearance and independently. Spring works in the garden can be started as soon as the snow comes down and the turf melts. However, if it is too early to start walking on the lawn, when the land is not completely dry, then it may leave unattractive traces. Therefore, you should choose the optimal time for this, and then the lawn after the winter will again become green, well-groomed and beautiful.
Lawn mowing after winter
Such a proper care of the lawn in the spring is considered to be the most difficult and monotonous work. However, one can not do without combing, because of its carefulness will depend on the appearance of the green lawn. Last year's leaves and grass for the winter are lost in dense dry felt, which does not allow the germination of young grass. For his combing, use special twisted or fan rakes of springy rigid rods. Scrape up the lawn until the grass begins to grow on it. It is best to make carding in two directions - across and along. All garbage must be removed from the site.
Sowing the lawn after winter
Sometimes the owners, after inspecting the site, discover a covered lawn after the winter with bald patches, what to do in this case - they are interested. If the grass in these areas vyprel, then you need to spend it sowing. Choose the seeds of the same variety that grows on the lawn and evenly distribute them on empty areas, sprinkling on top with a small layer of compost or earth. Walk on these places with fan rakes, thereby increasing the contact of soil and seeds. If the ground has dried, then it should be watered regularly. Such care is best done after combing, which will accelerate the germination of grass seeds.
Lawn care in spring - fertilizer
In order to improve the growth of grass, this type of care is carried out, such as feeding lawn after winter. For this, fertilizers with a high nitrogen content are used . In addition, it must contain phosphorus. It is more convenient to work with a soluble fertilizer, which is introduced when watering the soil. It quickly reaches the root system, and the lawn starts to noticeably turn green. Fertilizers in granules or powder are scattered across the wet area crosswise. Sometimes dry fertilizer is scattered on the last snow, then when it melts, the fertilizers will immediately flow into the soil.
When to mow the lawn after winter?
Inexperienced growers will be interested to know when to cut grass on the lawn. The first mowing of the lawn after the winter is held in early May. By this time, all the measures necessary for the restoration of plants, should already be carried out. It is necessary to mow the grass on the site up to a height of about 5 cm. It is not recommended to strip green on first mowing, but such a gentle haircut will help keep lawn grass from burning out in the hot summer sun. In the future, you can cut grass and lower. Mowing grass is convenient to collect in a special travosbornik.
When to start watering the lawn after winter?
Watering the lawn depends on the steady weather and the associated humidity of the air. Care for the lawn after the winter in the form of irrigation is best done early in the morning. When watering day, moisture quickly evaporates and a burn of grass can occur, and watering in the evening can contribute to the occurrence of diseases on the lawn due to low temperatures and excessive humidity. Abundantly watering the grass on the lawn is necessary and after applying fertilizers. But after processing herb herbicides to moisten the lawn for a while should not be.
After watering or rain, the ground on the lawn becomes soft. At this time, it is possible to carry out such care after the winter as aeration. This procedure of piercing the sod promotes the best supply of oxygen, moisture and nutrients to the root system of lawn grass. Air should be applied once a year. For work it is possible to use usual pitchforks, special "aeration sandals", the sole of which is laced with knives. When caring for a large lawn, a verticulum with an electric motor is used.
Diseases of the lawn after winter
Unfavorable weather conditions can cause various diseases of the lawn, and its withdrawal and recovery will take a lot of time and effort. Therefore, it is so important to timely detect and carry out measures to prevent the spread of the disease. For lawn grass, these diseases can be dangerous:
- Snow mold or fusariosis - looks like round spots of silvery color. The grass looks as if powdered with snow. After a while, the plants wither, acquiring a straw color. Getting rid of the disease is very difficult. Affected places are cut and burned, and the soil is treated with fungicides.
- Rust. On the grass are formed pustules of red-brown color, which from a distance seem rusty. If you notice such spots - treat these places fungicide, and also mow the infected grass every day.
- Cortical disease or pink mosaic. On the grass appear reddish or pinkish round spots. It is possible to prevent the appearance of the disease by ensuring proper care of the green lawn after winter. And if there are signs of illness, you must treat the affected area with a systemic fungicide.
Lawn after the winter has turned yellow - what to do?
If you find yellow spots on the lawn after winter, then there may be several reasons for this:
- Lack of nitrogen and iron in the soil. The situation can be corrected by introducing nitrogen fertilizer.
- Insufficient watering, especially during a hot period.
- The consequences of visiting your lawn with cats or dogs. The chemical composition of the urine of animals has a harmful effect on all plants. Having found such yellow patches on the lawn grass, it is necessary to well spill these places with water or to reset the affected area.