{"id":1822,"date":"2019-12-16T22:47:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T22:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardendad.co.uk\/?p=1822"},"modified":"2020-11-07T15:04:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T15:04:02","slug":"how-to-make-your-grass-greener-and-thicker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardendad.co.uk\/how-to-make-your-grass-greener-and-thicker\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Your Grass Greener And Thicker"},"content":{"rendered":"
A good lawn is a joy to behold. It is the perfect foil for your house; it looks lovely and it serves many useful purposes: children can play on it; it\u2019s a great place to let the dog out late at night; you can sit out on it on long summer days; invite the neighbours over for a barbecue (here is my selection of the best charcoal<\/a> and gas BBQs<\/a>) – a nice lawn is so much more than just a patch of grass. I once spent a year in Australia in a dry, dusty area where water was at a premium, and a good, green lawn was almost a status symbol!<\/p>\n If your lawn is looking a bit patchy then you might want to know how to make your grass greener and thicker – read on for the best tips<\/a>\u00a0I have found.<\/p>\n You should always cut grass with a sharp blade, as a dull one will split your grass stems, making them not only unsightly but also more vulnerable to disease and less able to grow to a uniform length.<\/p>\n It\u2019s no good mowing with the blade so low that it churns up the soil and destroys the roots, nor is it any good to keep the blade so high that your lawn looks like a jungle. In the summer you should allow your grass to get a little bit taller, and keep it shorter in the winter.<\/p>\n Mowing when wet is another way to damage the grass stems, plus it leaves piles of wet grass on your lawn that can inhibit light getting to the grass under it and prevent it from growing evenly.<\/p>\n Known as \u201cgrasscycling\u201d<\/em>, this is not an excuse to be lazy. Rather, if you leave some of the clippings on the lawn when the weather is dry, those clippings will decompose and act as a natural fertiliser for the rest of the lawn.<\/p>\n For when you want to use your lawn to fertilise itself by grasscycling<\/a>, a mulching mower is very handy as it chops the cut grass into smaller pieces, meaning that it will be quicker to decompose and add its nutrients back into the soil.<\/p>\n Stray plants growing up through your lawn are an unsightly nuisance, and they can affect the growth of the rest of the lawn by shading the grass from sunlight, and also sucking up nutrients from the soil. It is best to pull weeds<\/a> rather than use a weed killer.<\/p>\nHow To Make Your Grass Greener And Thicker<\/h2>\n
Check your lawn mower<\/h3>\n
Mow at the right height<\/h3>\n
Never mow wet grass<\/h3>\n
Leave the clippings on your lawn when dry<\/h3>\n
Invest in a mulching mower<\/h3>\n
Keep an eye on weeds<\/h3>\n
Add fertiliser<\/h3>\n