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How to Care for Lawn in Winter

Posted by Patrick Muscat on 12 Jul 2017
Patrick Muscat

How to care for lawn in winter 'Sleep, my precious.'

Over the last two weeks we talked about why warm-season grass goes brown over winter, as well as other signs that your lawn is just chillin’ over winter.

So what can be done to take care of your lawn in winter? What can you do to give it the best chances of early and beautiful growth when it comes out of dormancy?

Plus how to keep your lawn looking 'entertaining-ready', even in winter.

Let’s take a look…

Mowing Your Lawn

Starting off with the easy one, mow your lawn longer in winter to improve photosynthesis and food supply. If your lawn has particularly shady areas, keep that area of grass even longer.

 

Watering

In winter, your lawn needs far less water, and watering too often is a waste of, well, everything: water, time, money, energy! Water if it needs it and switch off or re-program automatic irrigation systems.

 

Lawn Wear & Tear

Try to minimise the use of your lawn, particularly in the most shady spots. 

 

Shady Areas:
Garden Furniture & Other Sunlight Thieves 

Keep the grass longer in shady areas and reduce wear and tear as much as possible. If you have garden furniture or other movable objects creating shady areas on your lawn, move them to a different area for a little while. If it’s bushes or trees creating shade, prune them back as much as possible to reduce the shade they create on your lawn.

 

Weeds

While your lawn might go dormant, weeds will not! In fact, it’s a great time for weeds to take advantage, grow and spread, while your lawn can’t defend itself. Winter grass and a range of broadleaf weeds need immediate treatment during winter.

As says Lawn Solutions Australia (‘Loving Your Lawn: 2017 Guide to The Perfect Aussie Lawn’):

“Don’t let them get out of hand or set seed.
One year’s seeding is seven years weeding!”

 

Moss

Moss is a bad sign and it could that you have the wrong variety of grass laid for your area with too much shade and too much moister. Reduce the shade the area is getting wherever possible and try drainage or aeration. Failing that, consider a different type of turf for your area.

 

Still Not Happy?

Gree

Even though your warm-season grass does, we don’t all ‘go dormant’ in winter. And with our Sydney climate, for many that means continued outdoor entertaining and fun. So of course you want your lawn to look in its best nick!

And so it shall be! Get your Green Winter Package now:

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  2. Green Life Turf’s Organic Health Booster fertiliser: get ready for when Spring’s about to hit!

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Don't forget to review our article on how healthy warm-season grass looks in winter!

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