The main element of the infield, a certain background for the landscape, is a beautiful and even lawn, which is able to decorate it. While the poor appearance of the grass cover will spoil the impression of even the most expensive elements of landscape design.
Lawn care involves regular mowing, top dressing with appropriate fertilizers from time to time, daily cleaning, etc.
The most careful and at the same time neat attitude requires a lawn in the winter months. Since herbs are more severely affected by the cold than other plants, there is a danger of freezing at this time.
The most time-consuming lawn care is in the first year of planting. It must be watered periodically, strictly control weed growth and prevent diseases of herbs and flowers.
With the beginning of the first frosts, the lawn grass enters a dormant period, so at this time it should not experience any stress. Otherwise, in the spring "bald spots" with brown spots may appear, getting rid of which takes quite a long time.
Lawn care after winter is also important. As soon as the snow begins to thaw, you need to make sure that puddles do not form on the square. To do this, in moist areas, the soil must be pierced with a pitchfork. And to prevent spring overmoistening in the fall, drainage is necessary.
With the onset of the warm months, lawn care involves a comprehensive feeding. This is necessary to accelerate the growth of grass cover and its recovery after winter. Fertilizers can be applied later, after March processing.
Lawn owners need to remember that at the very beginning of spring, grassy plants are especially in need of phosphorus and nitrogen. Top dressing contributes to the enhanced development of grass roots, its thickening, as well as increased resistance to disease and trampling.
Lawn care also involves regular cleaning - at least three times per season. For this, special units are used, such as a verticulator and a garden vacuum cleaner. Of course, if such a technique is not at hand, then you can use the most common rake, twisted or fan. The main thing is to remove garbage as best as possible, remove all rotten and dry leaves, shoots.
The lawn care also includes such an event as artificial saturation of soil with air, or aeration. Since the soil is prone to compaction after a wet winter, and carbon dioxide accumulates in the turf, the roots of the grass become practically nothing to breathe, and as a result, grass growth slows down very much, and sometimes even stops. In addition, on such a compacted surface of the lawn, where the grass is already tightly woven with its roots, moss may spread, for which the remaining accumulated moisture is a fairly favorable environment.
In many ways, lawn care also depends on its type. For example, at the end of summer, flowering or Moorish grass plants require special attention, when many annual plants have already finished blooming, and perennial ones have not yet begun. At this time, it is best to mow grass (but not lower than eight centimeters from the ground).
Lawn care in autumn is practically no different from spring, except that at that time you do not need to get rid of bald spots or mulch. But this season, cleaning of falling leaves, which can then be used as compost in the garden, is very relevant.
Pest and weed control on the lawn is carried out as necessary. Today, the most malicious and dangerous enemies that you have to deal with only by hand or using various chemicals are dandelion, horse sorrel, plantain, buttercups, yarrow, bryozoans and others.