Adapt Your Lawn Care
*The above Lawn Care Products are available in the Lawnsmith Shop and discussed below:
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Some things you just have to live with, so rather than making life difficult go with the flow and adapt a little.
Wet climate: Choose grasses that will put up with more water than most. Rye grass and tall fescues work well. Try over-seeding with our SHADYGREEN* or STAYGREEN* mixtures next time you scarify or rake your lawn.
Excess Rainfall: Periodically this happens so as soon as things get back to normal, rake out and over-seed any dead lawn areas before the moss and weeds take over.
Cloudy cool summers: Great for moss and some fungal diseases such as red-thread. A ‘hardening’ dose or two of iron or ferrous sulphate* in the autumn will harden the grass and check the extra moss brought on by the weather. The lawn will look spectacular as well.
Long hot summers: Can do great harm to lawns. Grass has a great capacity to survive drought but over extended periods and perhaps with use of the lawn continuing, the grass plants may not survive. Even if they do, the chances are that when the rains arrive the moss will get going before your grass revives! You can help by over-seeding the lawn once the weather cools a little and moisture returns – usually August/September time.
