If you think your yard needs help and needs a better look, then you can find out how you can nourish your lawn. This simple process, which will help remove stains from root rot and drainage problems, is best done in the fall. It can also help get rid of problems with tunnel animals such as moles. Even if your lawn has no noticeable problems, you can still provide the soil with nutrients for healthy grass growth.
Steps
Method 1 of 4: Aerate your lawn
Step 1. Assess if your lawn needs to be aerated
You should aerate your lawn every 2-3 years. This process removes small plugs of soil from the ground and allows new nutrients, soil, air, and water to reach the roots of existing plants. If your lawn is large, then you can break it up into smaller segments and aerate the lawn in portions each year.
Step 2. Select an aerator
If you do not have an aerator, you can rent one. You can find manual models as well as models that can be pulled by the handle of the lawn mower. If you have a small lawn, then you might even consider aerators such as spikes on your shoes. You can simply walk on your lawn and make holes in it with the sole and aerators.
Step 3. Start the aerator on your lawn
Method 2 of 4: Prepare your lawn feed material
Step 1. Determine what type of soil you have
The type of soil determines how much the lawn needs to be fed to balance. For example, heavy clay soil should have a lot of sand added to the lawn dressing to provide additional drainage.
Step 2. Mix the mulch in your wheelbarrow or other large container
The main mixture is 3 parts sand with 3 parts loam and 1 part peat. Adjusting these proportions will allow you to provide fertilization for your soil type. Work the mixture until it looks like lumps.
Step 3. Only use homemade compost if you know it does not contain weed seeds
Otherwise, you can simply plant new weeds in your yard.
Step 4. Make sure the sand is lime-free
Don't use sea sand.
Method 3 of 4: Top up
Step 1. Use a shovel or hands to spread the fertilizer over the lawn
Do not worry. Apply approximately 3 to 4 pounds of top dressing per square yard (1.36 to 1.8 kilograms per 0.85 square meter). A good rule of thumb is not to have mulch thicker than 1 inch (2.5 cm) anywhere.
Step 2. Take the back of a rake or tool called "lute" and weed the mulch into the grass to the level of the soil
There should not be any top dressing visible when you finish this step.
Step 3. Fill in the lowlands
Be sure to leave the ends of the grass out in the open. If you put in too much food, remove it.
Step 4. Sow new grass seeds in bare areas in your lawn after top dressing
Additional nutrients and fresh soil can help it germinate and take root quickly.
Method 4 of 4: Repeat as needed
Step 1. Let the dressing take effect
Wait for a heavy rain or water your lawn to make it easier.
Step 2. Add a little more top dressing, if necessary, in low places
Be careful not to completely cover the grass.