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How Is Your Lawn This Spring?
Practical tips to help your garden
As we emerge from the most peculiar warm, wet winter a lot of lawns are looking a bit below par. The long dark days and waterlogged clay soils that
we tend to have around our area will have taken their toll so now is the time to take action in order to ensure your lawn is looking as good as possible for the summer.
GreenThumb Lawn Treatment Service specialise in treating domestic home lawns just like yours. They apply tailored seasonal weed kill, fertiliser and moss control treatments together with Hollow Tine Aeration, Scari cation and a range of specialist treatments to overcome most lawn problems. All treatments are carried out by their friendly team using specialist fertilisers and herbicides only available to NPTC professionally quali ed Lawn Technicians.
Phonebox caught up with Clare, the owner of our local Milton Keynes branch recently who was keen to share some practical tips that everyone can do to help their lawns along.
● Sharpen or replace mower blades regularly to avoid tearing or bruising the grass.
of your mower after use. This will reduce the risk
of lawn diseases later on in the year.
● If the grass has grown long over the winter make the rst cut of the year a high one and then follow up a few days later with a lower cut. Never cut the grass shorter than one inch in nished length. Best to then cut the grass once a week thereafter. ● Try to not leave grass clippings on the lawn as they’ll form surface thatch which can contribute
to the formation of moss.
● Repair bumps and hollows by cutting a cross
in the lawn, peeling back the turf, removing or
adding soil and then replacing the turf.
If your lawn needs some assistance then why not call GreenThumb to carry out a free, no obligation survey? During the survey they will identify the soil structure, weed and grass types along with any other problems and/or requirements speci c to your lawn and provide you with a written quote and treatment plan. Prices start from just £15 per treatment, which is often less expensive – and de nitely more effective and easier – than doing it yourself!
Telephone: 01908 850543
Email: miltonkeynes@greenthumb.co.uk Website: www.greenthumb.co.uk
● Clean and remove the grass from the underside
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