When rains and underground waters cannot provide your lawn you have to water it. Moisture is necessary condition for development of lawn herbs. If at depth of 10 cm the soil dry, is time to water lawn.
It is required to you
- - water;
- - spraying machine;
- - lawn-mower;
- - screw-driver;
- - device for measurement of soil moisture.
Instruction
1. Do not water lawn when the sun brightly shines. Water droplets will act on plants as lens and will cause burns. The best time for watering of lawn is early morning. In the forenoon the grass will manage to dry. When watering in the evening exists danger that the lawn will not manage to dry and the risk of appearance of fungal disease will increase.
2. Frequency of watering and amount of water which is necessary for lawn depends on climate, grade of grass and the soil. In case of lack of rain water every week, and at hot weather – each 3-4 days.
3. Water so that pools were not formed. Check sufficiency of moisture for lawn the screw-driver. For this purpose thrust it to the soil on depth of 15 cm. If deepening is filled with moisture, then you have watered is too abundant.
4. Use the special device for measurement of humidity. Thrust it to the earth and mark indications. Do not water lawn at temperature below ten degrees.
5. For small lawns use the spraying machine. To define watering duration time, prepare tanks of 2.5 cm in depth. Arrange them around the spraying machine at different distance. Note time for which tanks will be filled with water. During the received time water every time lawn. Water places which have bias repeatedly as water from them flows down down.
6. To prevent drying of lawn it is necessary to comb out once a year it. The moss and dry grass interfere with water inflow to roots. Install the lawn-mower for higher bevelling. The high grass will slow down moisture evaporation process.
7. You carry out by special adaptation shchelevany dernina. During the droughty period of time leave mowed grass on lawn that will allow to reduce evaporation of moisture from the soil.