How To Practice New Lawn Care To Give You The Optimum Results
New lawn care, to be effective, needs to start before you get anywhere near your garden. It is at the planning stage where the project is most likely to fall down, if enough care and attention is not given to the project. When you are planning a lawn for the first time, you will need to consider the location of te soil, and also the purpose for which the lawn is being created. You will need to use a different grass, or combination of grasses, for a lawn which is going to be purely ornamental, than you would for a lawn which is going to be subject to heavy use.
It is also vital to consider whether there are any environmental factors which would dictate a certain type of grass being necessary. If the soil is in an area where it receives little direct sun, or where it is subject to water retention, you will need to compensate for this by choosing a combination of grasses which will cope with these conditions. Get your planning right at the start, and you will find new lawn care a lot easier to cope with, even though you will still need to be gentle and careful.
Another consideration is whether to plant new grass seed or simply lay turf. Turf has the advantage that you can get started straight away, no matter what the time of year. You will need a good water supply if you are planting turf in the peak of the summer, but that will avoid the need to wait until the off season before you begin planting your lawn. A seeded lawn gives you more control, in that you can choose different types of grass for different areas, which is very useful if there is part of your lawn which is covered and out of the light.
Grass seed is also a cheaper option, but you have to weigh this consideration against the extra time it will take you to realize a positive result. If you are busy and can earn good money in a business, you may well be better off using turf even though there is a higher initial expense. Whichever you decide upon, you need to get your soil into the optimum state to receive this. The first step is to clear away all of the unwanted debris, and to get rid of any weeds which are growing in the area.
If you can achieve this without the use of chemical weedkiller, so much the better. You will be giving the lawn the best chance to grow healthily. You can do your weeding, and then wait for two weeks, to see if any new weeds come up. If they don't, you can move on to the next stage. If they do, you can think about applying chemical weedkiller, but do so sparingly. Getting the soil right before you seed or turf is the key to good new lawn care.
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