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Why: Lawns are made up of plants and require feeding just as your vegetable garden or flower borders do. A well-fed lawn will develop a dense cover and leave less room for weeds to develop. Nitrogen promotes leaf growth and phosphates are key to root growth.
When: Lawns are usually feed twice a year. Once in spring/early summer and again, towards the end of the growing season, in early autumn. Choose a mild day either following rain or watering the lawn.
How: To stimulate growth lawn feeds are made up of different mixtures for each season. Spring feeds contain more nitrogen (shown as 'N' on the pack), with some mixtures containing both slow and fast release fertilisers to maintain growth over a longer period. Autumn mixtures contain more iron (shown as 'Fe') to feed the lawn without encouraging excessive growth.
Apply your lawn feed at the rate recommended on the pack, do not over-fertilise or you can burn the grass and find yourself with bare patches in the middle of your lawn.
Cover the lawn evenly to prevent burning and to avoid uneven growth - fertilised and missed patches will grow at different rates. | |
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