With spring on the horizon, it’s high time to focus on lawn maintenance to ensure your grass is the envy of the neighbourhood come summer. Delivering top-notch tips for those green-fingered enthusiasts, ITV’s This Morning gardening guru, Daisy Payne, has shared her invaluable lawn-care insights to revitalise your turf right now.
She pointed out a couple of key tasks that should be undertaken this month to invigorate lacklustre lawns. “Don’t be worried if your lawn looks a little bit rubbish at this time of year. It kind of goes to sleep over winter, and it’s probably, well, with all the rain I had yesterday, it’s starting to look a little bit sad,” she said.
“Grab a lightweight rake and gently rake your lawn. This is called aerating it, and it helps bring it back to life in time for spring.
“It just helps to stimulate a bit of growth and it also helps to get rid of things that are sitting on top of your lawn that are stopping the light getting to it.
Aeration enhances water absorption but also prevents the grass from becoming too soggy, reports the Express.
Particularly for lawns regularly walked on, aerating can prove immensely helpful. If moss is present, consider employing a targeted product to treat it, and keep vigilant for any fungal conditions, which might benefit from some nourishing lawn food.
Daisy said: “As soon as we start to get some sunshine, your lawn will really start to grow again, so it will start to look green. Another little easy task for you is that you can also get some fertiliser.
“If you just lightly sprinkle it onto your lawn now or in the next couple of weeks, gardeners will start to find that come spring and summer, they will have the greenest lawn on their street.”
She encouraged gardeners to put in the work early, highlighting the long-term rewards they’ll reap. She called for early preparation: “It really makes a difference later in the year, so it is worth giving it a go.”
As the grass starts to grow again between February and April, an early spring lawn fertiliser can be applied to your lawn.
This practice is also endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), which notes that lawn feeding can prevent the growth of weeds and moss. The RHS advises: “Apply fertilisers when the soil is moist, or when rain is expected.”