If you have been putting off giving your lawn some attention then now is the time to take advantage of the growing season and top dress. Some time spent now will ensure your lawn is looking and feeling its best allowing a great space for the family to enjoy.
Regardless of whether you have established lawn or your new turf is ready for top dressing, the product that you choose to do the job is imperative. Existing lawns generally suffer from high traffic areas caused by humans, pets or vehicles. Over time this can cause compaction of the soil seeing the turf suffer and die back. A top dressing product can also be applied to new turf areas to fill any gaps you may have between the sections that were laid, to lift or even out levels and to provide a deeper soil area for your turfs roots to grow into. Top dressing now will ensure your lawn will cope better through the summer months.
Plan of attack…
Firstly, aeration of the soil is essential and is easily done with a pitch fork. This process ensures that oxygen and water can penetrate into the soil, increasing the soils health and therefore your lawn will perform better too. Once aeration is completed, cut the lawn area short ensuring you don’t cut too low and damage the root system of your lawn. There are many products on the market but the best product to topdress your lawn is decomposed granite particularly a product called “Minus 1” ensures a growing medium suitable for turf. It’s guaranteed weed free and maintains moisture ensuring the optimum health of your lawn.
This can be applied to the lawn area so that the tips of the grass are showing through. Really low areas may need to have additional applications as the turf grows through the first application of product. Organic fertilizer may be required in some instances where Spring fertilizing wasn’t performed.
Along with being very reasonably priced, your local landscape supplier will be able to deliver a load of Minus 1 Deco straight to your lawn area, making this little job easily achieved this weekend.