Feeding guide

Taking the time to feed your lawn will not only give it healthy green colour but it will also help it remain healthy which in turn goes a long way into keeping weeds and moss at bay.

Feeding your lawn doesn’t have to be that time consuming but it’s important to be aware of the correct times and the amounts to feed your lawn. Not feeding you lawn enough may produce a lack of nutrients, however even more harmful than under feeding is over feeding. Over feeding could cause your lawn to become scorched and all the grass to become burnt. It’s quite a shocking site to set eyes on your recently fed lawn only instead of seeing a lush green carpet, the thought runs through your mind that may have accidentally applied weed killer instead of the feed!

Grass needs only a certain level of nutrients and to much of them can be just as harmful as too little. If you’re using one of the commercially available weed and feeds you shouldn’t go far wrong just follow the directions included. It might be tempting to apply the feed by hand but I highly recommend getting yourself a spreader, doing so will make applying the feed at the recommended rate a lot easier and the even spread you get will give a far superior finish, even for the smallest of lawns there are small hand spreaders available.

Applying the feed the as early as you can in spring will give the grass a major head start as it is starting to actively grow again afters its winter slumber. I wouldn’t recommend adding fertiliser to newly laid turf allow the roots to become completely established before you think about feeding it.

Maintaining a regular feeding schedule on your lawn will mean it remains weed free and healthy all year round.