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Caring for Your
FäsGräs Lawn
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CONGRATULATIONS on your new FäsGräs
lawn! Establishing your new lawn is our business. The grading, seeding,
mulching, and initial watering and feeding have all been done for you! Now
you must let the lawn dry out a bit, and then give it the care it needs
to mature. Just follow the instructions below.
- Watering:
- To give your grass a fast and even start, after applying our customized
FäsGräs seed mixture we drenched the ground for two to
three days. This put moisture deep into the ground, to establish
a deep root system. But if you continue to drench the ground
the way we did, you will cause fungus and disease! Allow the
surface of your FäsGräs lawn to dry out for two
days.
- After that, water as you would an established lawn, about an inch
each week. preferably in the morning hours. You can measure this
amount by placing a flat pie pan or similar container in the area
being watered. When an inch of water has collected, that area has
had enough water, and you are ready to go on to the next area.
- Mowing:
- Mow your lawn as soon as it reaches a height of three and a half
to four and a half inches. Allowing the grass to grow much taller
than that before the first mowing only serves to shock the grass
when it is finally mowed, thereby slowing its development.
- Make sure your mowing blades are sharp.
- Set your mowing height at three inches and leave it there.
- Bag the clippings. Do not rake newly seeded lawns.
- Mow your lawn on a regular basis, every seven to ten days.
- Fertilizing:
- The fertilizer we applied when we seeded your lawn will carry
it through the initial growth period.
- Due to the lack of topsoil, your lawn will have to be fertilized
about six to seven weeks after sodding.The grass may show spots
of yellowing, a sign of nitrogen deficiency. This is because, as
nitrogen moves through the soil, the heavy watering necessary on
a newly seeded area leaches the nitrogen out of the root zone. Also,
new lawns, freshly backfilled and graded, are often not uniform
in soil type and structure, or in fertility; this can also contribute
to yellowing of the lawn in spots. Unless the weather is hot and
dry, a supplementary application of nitrogen when these spots appear
will boost the grass toward quicker maturity. Lawns need to be fertilized
four to five times a year to become thick and lush.
CAUTION: FERTILIZER SHOULD NOT BE APPLIED IN HOT WEATHER.
- Weed Control:
- Weeds often appear in a new lawn, especially one that is planted
in the spring. The presence of these weeds sometimes initiates frantic
efforts to eliminate them, when in fact, they might be better left
alone. Many of the weeds that accompany grass germination in the
spring are annuals, whose seed is constantly present in the soil.
If they naturally grow tall, regular mowing will be enough to control
them. If they are low-growing varieties, such as crabgrass, they
will likely stay in the lawn until fall, at which time their life
cycle ends. Although they do compete with the grass, normally the
grass plants will coexist with these weeds, and the following spring
their germination can be chemically prevented. Spraying weeds with
chemicals in new grass is risky, since immature grass is susceptible
to chemical damage.
- If chemicals need to be applied, as in the case of dandelions
or other low-growing perennials, take care to follow the manufacturer's
directions to the letter.
For more information on weed and insect control, and other lawncare
questions, contact a lawn care professional, or check the website of the
Scotts
Company.
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