Lawn care - a review of the main work by month. 140 photos of ideal lawn care and maintenance

A well-designed lawn serves as a decoration for any summer cottage. Against this background, decorative cultures and the house as a whole will look beneficial. A neat lawn actively absorbs dust, carbon dioxide, car exhaust. Green color has a good effect on the nervous system. And how pleasant it is to walk and lie on such a surface!

Many beginning gardeners, once creating a lawn, believe that you can forget about it forever. But this is not so. He needs to be given constant attention.

Lawn care does not stop from the time the snow melts until late autumn. Only with regular maintenance and optimal maintenance conditions will the grass lawn please the eye and bring pleasure.

The whole range of activities for the organization of the lawn consists of 3 types of work: planting, watering and mowing.

Summary of the article:

Lawn planting

Sowing the lawn begins with the determination of its location. It is not recommended to choose shady and low-lying areas. Lawn grass reacts poorly to stagnation of water and lack of light. The site is cleaned of debris, roots, stumps.

Herbicides can be used to control weeds. Dig the soil to a depth of 20 mm to improve air exchange properties. After that, the earth is fertilized.

Universal fertilizers are suitable for this purpose. If the soil is dominated by sand or clay, then you can dilute them with chernozem. Biohumus is introduced into dense, heavy soils.

The prepared surface is leveled with a rake and tamped with a garden roller or a regular pipe. Rolled soil should be left for several days so that it finally settles. After that, they proceed to sowing grass.

In the work, you can use a special seeder, or you can scatter seeds manually by mixing them with sand in a ratio of 1: 1. On average, seed consumption per 1 meter of area is 30-40 g.

The first shoots germinate in a couple of weeks, and the lawn acquires the finished look a month after planting.

Watering the grass

To maintain the lawn in a fragrant, fresh state, it should be moistened in a timely manner. The purpose of this action is to replenish the supply of fluid in the soil, not to bring the site to dryness or swamping.

The amount of water required depends on the type of soil, the type of grass and the climate in the region. An important rule for irrigation: it is better not to top up than to overfill.

The first sign of insufficient moisture is the loss of turgor and grass elasticity. If you do not react in time to this moment, then the green on the lawn will turn yellow.

Some tips for proper watering:

watering is carried out only after complete drying of the soil;
the frequency of irrigation in the heat is up to 2 times a week, on cool days, the frequency is reduced to 1 time in 1.5 weeks;
the depth of penetration of water into the soil should be 15-20 cm, to ensure this condition, the fluid flow rate
equal to 10 liters per 1 square meter of lawn;
watering should be carried out in the morning or evening hours, then the moisture evaporates not as actively as at sunny noon. Not
moisten the plantings in the scorching heat. Drops of water can work like lenses, causing burns to plants.

The task of irrigation of green areas can be facilitated by using automatic watering systems. They will ensure even distribution of water and reduce the time required to complete the work.

A haircut

The next stage of care is a lawn mowing. It is carried out after 3-4 months from the day of planting, when a small bushiness is formed. The height of the grass can be a guideline for cutting. When you reach the 9 cm mark, you can cut the greens.

Higher grass prevents the penetration of sunlight to the bottom of plants, making their colors pale. Therefore, it is important to mow the lawn in a timely manner.

When doing the first mowing, you should not cut the grass very short. After the haircut, the vegetation will grow and take on a neat appearance.

In addition to own-growing green carpet, you can resort to a ready-made solution - buy a rolled lawn. It is a natural coating in the form of a layer of earth with a grass turf located on it.

The advantage of this product is ease of use and quick results. Acclimatization of the lawn occurs 2 weeks after installation.

Spring lawn care

In the spring, work begins with warming and melting snow. In March, it is important to prevent the formation of puddles and the accumulation of water in uneven ground. To do this, walk as little as possible on damp land and leave prints on it.

With the onset of April, when a positive temperature regime is established, mineral nitrogen fertilizers are introduced. If phosphorus and potassium are additionally present in the composition, then the growth of the grass lawn is accelerated.

Another type of work in the spring is fertilization. The term means the removal of dead shoots, a dry layer of vegetation, felt. As a tool, a rake or a fertilizer is used. Such combing of the lawn not only cleans it of the old turf, but also improves air exchange. In the presence of voids, grass mixtures are inoculated, choosing the same variety that was planted earlier.

May is the time to cut the cover. It is advisable to cut almost twice, to a height of 5-6 cm. Cut grass must be removed from the lawn so that it does not decay and does not interfere with the growth of the lawn.

Below are photos of spring lawn care.

Summer lawn care

In the summer, a set of actions to maintain the lawn consists of irrigation, mowing, fertilizing, weeding unwanted weeds and aeration work. The first two procedures are standard and described above.

As for top dressing, at this time of the year you can use the mixture of "Lawn sand". It contains fine river sand, ammonium sulfate and iron. Such a composition saturates the soil with useful substances and effectively fights moss and other weeds.

For 10 square meters. m area sown 150 g of sand. After making abundant watering follows. Mowing the lawn for 4-5 days is not necessary.

Weeding the lawn is carried out manually, or using chemical means (Agrokiller, Lontrel-zood). They work selectively, destroying only weeds.

By the end of summer, the soil becomes dense, oxygen access to the root system is sharply worsened. To improve gas exchange, aeration of the soil is carried out using an aerator.

Care in the autumn and winter season

Autumn weather does not indulge in warmth, but if the coating was well monitored, then even in September it pleases the owners. When caring for the lawn in autumn, pay attention to the need for repairs. At visual detection of lawn mistakes (“bald spots”) restoration is necessary. Next, fertilizer is applied.

An important feature is the use of phosphorus-containing agents.They will help prepare the lawn for hibernation, increase the frost resistance of crops.

Leave nitrogen fertilizers until spring, in the fall they will harm the grass. The final fall action is the last lawn mowing. Depending on the weather, it is recommended to cut the grass in late October - early November.

Preparing for winter requires piercing the ground. This allows water to penetrate the deepest strata of the earth. Activities take place on clear days using pitchforks. With heavy snowfalls, you need to remove the leaves so that they do not form a lawn felt.

Winter lawn care is just as necessary as in that part of the calendar year when vegetation occurs. At this time, it is necessary to exclude movements on the lawn, to reduce the load on the grass carpet.

It is not worth it to fill the rink, lay ski slopes. A good protective pillow for the lawn is formed by a 20-25 cm snow layer. With a lower value, it is allowed to artificially increase the snow cover to such a value.