A LAWN FULL OF WEEDS

 A LAWN FULL OF WEEDS

There are thousands of people who have lawns well established that can do  with a bit of care. Some of them show yellow patches, where grass is often absent, and some can be badly overwhelmed with weeds. 

In some cases things are hopeless, and the best thing would be to dig up the lot and start over. Sometimes  this remedy can be  narrow down to the worst bits in the lawn. If the soil is in good condition, some good results can be found by scarifying the lawn with a good metal rake.

Lawns that are on the large size could be done over with a spading harrow( a hand tool with a long handle which is pushed along and rotating blades will cut up the soil ) After you have done this give a top-dressing of a nitrogenous fertilisers.

If you have a lawn that is full of weeds, the best thing to do is to crowd them out by sowing grass seeds on the lawn. The theory here is grass will get rid of weeds.

Another way of keeping your lawn weed free is mow it often and apply lime which will make the soil acid, which encourages the growth of grass.

There are two weeds, however, which will persist and they are dandelion and plantain. The only thing that you can do in this case is too hand weed. A good lawn is worth the work and there is no other way.