Often interests owners of seasonal dachas whether it is necessary to cut lawn in the fall, preparation of garden and kitchen garden for winter cold weather begins at this time. Many plants need the help, cut off them and cover, and the lawn, perhaps, requires attention even more than others.
That the lawn the next year pleased look with bright green, dense grass, it is necessary to introduce fertilizers. But before it the grass should be cut, simplest to make it the petrol or electric trimmer for grass.
Preparation of lawn for winter
Preparing lawn for winter, first of all reduce water supply. Autumn months are usually rich in precipitation therefore since September they reduce the frequency of watering of green lawn, natural moisture is enough. From the middle of October the lawn does not need additional irrigation any more.
Active preparation can be broken into the following stages:
- At first the lawn is cleaned from dry leaves, faded grass, branches and other garbage. Lawn rake is suitable for this business best of all, their frequent and thin teeths do not pass litter and do not injure lawn.
- After that the grass is mown. In the fall temperature of the soil falls, and plants do not go to growth as quickly as in the summer. It means that it is not necessary to mow lawn often, but also to allow grass freely it is impossible to grow too. With frosts this young growth will wither, and at approach of spring the old grass hindrance to growth will become freshen. Therefore the lawn hairstyle before wintering is so important, it cannot be neglected.
- The lawn exempted from garbage and the grown grass needs fertilizing and aeration in the fall, that is piercing of soil on all perimeter. For this purpose too there are separate tools.
All works have to be finished within September-October, until approach of frosts.
When to cut lawn in the fall
Every year it is unpredictable therefore it is difficult to tell how many times will manage to grow cut grass again. It is also absolutely impossible to answer question how many times it is necessary to cut lawn.
Perhaps, the summer resident should do it two times, for several weeks of warm Indian summer the grass will manage to grow up. If he will be lucky, the struck frosts stop its growth.
Most of experienced gardeners pay attention to the last hairstyle of lawn approximately in one and a half-two weeks before the first frosts. In this case the grass manages to grow up a little, in such look it remains till spring.
It is possible not to think at all of that how many times it is necessary to cut lawn in the fall, and just regularly to cut grass, leaving small stalks 5 cm high. It will allow plants to get and reserve nutrients from the earth, but not to spend them for growth.
The mowed grass should be collected. From it humus for fertilizer of beds will turn out next spring. It is necessary to rake up grass rake at once while it has not carpeted lawn smoldering from moisture.
Best of all lawn rake copes with cleaning of lawn. They not only put away biological garbage from lawn, but also put grass in order, is active it straightening.
It is possible to cut lawn in the fall the trimmer, and Mauritian only manually not to damage plant. The grass from sports and parterre should be removed as it is possible later, leaving grass not higher than 5 cm. Length of stalks on the blossoming lawn which consists of several plants has to be from 8 to 10 cm.