The dream of every hobby gardener: The lawn is lush green, beautifully maintained and almost free of moss and weeds - literally a real feast for the eyes. Mowing the lawn regularly is essential for onehealthy lawn. Especially when it comes to an attractive appearance, because blades of grass that are too long can quickly make the area appear unkempt. As a result, moss and weeds also spread quite quickly. The repeated use of the lawn mower helps the grass to branch out over time. As a result, the entire lawn soon appears nice and dense and at the same time becomes more and more robust. A real advantage when it comes to preventing the creation or spread of weeds, moss, etc. We explain how to care for your lawn, support its growth and give tips on mowing the lawn.
Maintaining your lawn: You can't do it without a lawnmower
The lawn should be mowed between March and October. It is enough to use the lawnmower about once a week. Experience has shown that in the peak growth phase in early summer - around May and June - mowing has to be done comparatively frequently. However, this basically depends on the type of lawn and the seeds used. When choosing a lawnmower, you should first consider whether you have a lot of long areas free of vegetation - a lawnmower with a wide cutting surface is ideal here. For uneven surfaces with lots of plants, you should use a small cutting surface. Also a robotic lawnmower or oneCordless lawn mowers, for example from Fuxteccan make work particularly easier here.
Caring for your lawn: Supporting growth
Many hobby gardeners sprinkle fertilizer on the lawn after the last mowing before the winter break. This ensures optimal nutrient supply even in the cold season. Such a measure also protects the lawn from excessive weed growth. The more powerful and stronger the green is, the better it is against weed plants of all kinds.
Fertilizing is also a good idea at the beginning of each year to optimally prepare the lawn for the upcoming gardening year. Liquid fertilizer, which is distributed evenly, can penetrate deeper into the soil than dry fertilizer and is therefore characterized by an even more targeted effect.
Mowing the lawn in the garden year
At normal temperatures, you can mow in the morning, midday or evening if necessary. In midsummer, however, the lawn mower should be brought out either early in the morning or late in the evening. If it is too hot or too dry, mowing the lawn is associated with considerable “stress” for the green area. In addition, it is conceivable that the soil dries out more quickly after mowing and, in particular, the small, still sensitive blades of grass could wither.
The blades of grass should not be any longer
Set your lawnmower to a cutting length of around four to five centimeters. A length setting that is too short is harmful to the green, especially in areas with little shade. Lawns that tend to be in the shade can have a grass blade length of up to six centimeters. The shorter the blades of grass, the higher the risk that the emergence of new blades of grass will be delayed. Bald spots could arise in which quicklyMoss and weedssettle. If you are not entirely sure what the ideal blade length is, you can use the following rule of thumb: only cut the grass by a third of its current growth height.
A notice:
After moving into a new home or returning from vacation, the blades of grass can sometimes be disproportionately long. Then it is advisable not to cut the stalks back radically in one cut. It is much gentler to cut tall lawns piece by piece. Even if it takes several days, give the greenery time to regenerate by carefully cutting it to the desired length.
