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Y Yoour lawn will probably be growing rapidly now, and with temperatures in most areas having evened up and the soil hopefully being less soggy, it is the perfect time for some spring maintenance.

Grass needs regular mowing from now on; in someareasthismaymeanonceaweekso some areas this may mean once a week, so make sure that the mower blades are good and sharp. On so-called utility lawns you will need to cut to about 2.5cm or 1”, while on higher grade smart lawns cut to about 1-1.5cm. feed at this time of year to encourage good strong growth. If you use a granular formulation, make sure that you water it in well if you cannot time the job so that the rain does this for you! Scarify the lawn with a spring-tined rake to pull out any accumulated debris or thatch from the mixture, but if there are some prominent of moisture and air, thus ensuring that the grass problems then use a sharp spade to cut an ‘H’ grows stronger and more healthily. shape over the bump or hollow. Now carefully If your lawn has developed a lot of moss then peel back the turf and then remove or add soil apply a proprietary moss killer before scarifying. Use a combined feed and moss killer to save yourself time if you like, but whichever product you choose, make sure that you leave the and raking the dead moss out. If you don’t, the Itisalso worth sorting out any stepping stones that have sunk too low or become uneven. Use a spade to ease them out of the lawn moss problem could get worse, as you’ll spread and lift and readjust the level beneath before living moss as you rake. replacing them. Worm casts may be there in abundance now It may sound as if there’s a lot to do, but too, so if necessary simply use a besom or remember that every hour spent now will make brush to brush them away or distribute them a huge difff ference to how the lawn looks for the over the lawn. rest of the year!

Humps and bumps in the lawn or indeed any other sort of uneven surface can be dealt with now, b but get this done promptly in case the weath Aer gets hot and dry soon. minor problem can be dealt with using a sandy top-dressing

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