This summer has seen a lot of brown, patchy lawns. This was due to something called dry patch which in turn was caused by the hot conditions earlier in the year. Although we have had rain since, this has run off the dry patches (high spots, top of slopes etc) and only made a difference in the low areas that have held the water or are shadier. These lower areas have been able to make use of the fertiliser we have applied.

If this is the case on your lawn, what can we do to help prevent it happening again next year?






What Grassroots Can Do

We can apply a Wetting Agent that will break down the waxy surface (hydrophobic soil) and allow water to penetrate through the soil and into the rootzone where it will do some good. This would be applied this autumn and next spring (March to April) This will help if conditions are similar next summer and can be repeated each Spring for best results. Of course there is no substitute for water and the wetting agent will only work if its watered in either by nature or yourselves.

Please contact us if you would like to go ahead with our new service or want to discuss it further.






Things You Can Do

Water your lawn. Once it has dried out, it takes an amazing amount of water to bring it back (as this year has demonstrated). The best plan is not let it dry out in the first place. From as early as March if we go for more than one week without rain, give your lawn a good soaking. This will encourage the roots to develop and grow deeper, and keep the soil receptive to water. If this is continued, the ground should not dry out.

An application of wetting agent every spring will help to conserve any water/rain applied in the warmer months.


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