May Lawn Tips

• After lasts month’s ‘mini heat wave’, temperatures have dropped to normal or just below, so the cooler nights may check the growth spurt from the warm weather. But, as mowing has started in earnest, please have a read below:
• Before you start to mow, please ensure that your height of cut is set at between 15-20mm (higher if it is not a fine lawn) and the blade is sharp and clean. A nice clean and sharp blade will cut the grass cleanly, whilst a dirty blunt blade will tear at the grass, and also take a lot of power out of the machine in the process. Also, with the amount of grass going through the mower, you need as few obstructions as possible.
• Please don’t try and ‘push’ the mower though dense grass. Allow the mower to cut at a pace that it can cope with; it may take a little longer, but you will get a far better finish. (Allett supply a wheel kit for cutting longer grass)
• Trim lawn edges, as and when required, with edging shears to keep them looking neat and tidy.

• Look to pull up isolated weeds or carry out spot treatment of weeds with a proprietary lawn weed killer. Note: make sure the weed killer is suitable for grass, otherwise you will kill the grass as well as the weeds.
• If you planning to fertiliser your lawn, try using a slow release fertiliser that will help keep the lawn green without too much top growth. You probably have enough grass as it is.
• If you still have any moss, it can be controlled with the use of Iron Sulphate, either in a liquid or granular form. This will turn the moss black, and then it should start to die off not long after. Afterwards, lightly scarify to remove the dead moss and allow the grass the chance to recolonize the previously mossed areas.
• Please keep an eye on any seedlings and be prepared to water. There may be some rain about, but as soon as the summer sun makes an appearance, it will quickly dry things out.