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Fertilizer Treatment
Many
lawns are maintained in reasonably good condition for years without
any fertilizer treatment at all, but there are undoubtedly many
which would benefit from a little plant food.
Often, this is as simple as going to the garden cnter and
buying any good lawn feed, the types which are watered in are
good. The granular varieties may need to be watered in or used
before it rains.
Any
feed high in nitrogen will make the grass greener and grow much
faster which means a lot more mowing. A more balanced feed
should used at the end of the growing season. Don't cut it
short before the winter or you'll get
moss.
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Caring for the lawn
The
best and cheapest approach to a weed free lawn is good
management. A thick, healthy sward created by regular, but not
over keen mowing and suitable fertilizer treatments which will resist invasion and
spread of weeds.
Your
turf has been fully weed treated prior to delivery, but some species
of weed may take a further week or two to die off. Any odd
weeds which survive the treatment should be eradicated by spot
treatment with a proprietary weed killer.
Sprinkling sand into your lawn will encourage the finer
grasses and discourage the spread of weeds.
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