Lawn survival guide: Essential winter care for a lush spring
Autumn and winter lawn care is essential for a beautiful green lawn in the spring. How can you protect your lawn during the colder months? It is worthwhile to conduct these care treatments to ensure the grass develops healthily.
Although winter is expected to be mild, it's important to properly care for your lawn. Keep in mind that with temperatures deviating from the norm, plants extend the growing season, and this process does not bypass grass. The grass blades continue to grow, which unfortunately is not ideal. This situation weakens the lawn, making it more susceptible to various diseases. What treatments should we consider in a warm December to support the grass during this challenging period?
How to care for your lawn in a warm winter?
Winter, although it requires less work on lawn care, is still a time to remember a few simple maintenance tasks. An important step is cleaning the lawn of branches and wet leaves before the snow arrives. Leaving them can cause localized turf rot, weakening the lawn and making it look unsightly in the spring.
A unique mixture that will strengthen the grass blades will help in maintenance, and it can be used in December without worry, as long as the ground is not frozen and there is no snow. This refers to fertilizing the lawn with wood ash. This method is effective only if the grass substrate has an acidic reaction. If the soil pH is below 5.5, you can start taking action confidently.
Why is wood ash valuable for our lawn? It’s a natural material with an alkaline reaction, containing many valuable mineral components, including calcium, phosphorus, and potassium. We just need to wait until the ash cools, sift it through a strainer, and then spread it over the grass, adhering to the rule of 30 to 60 grams of ash per 1 square metre of lawn.
We should also ensure that we use only ash from the burning of raw wood, not wood that was lacquered or painted. We also should forgo such fertilization if we decided on liming in the autumn. Otherwise, we could harm our lawn.
