Spring is your lawn’s fresh start and your chance to create your perfect lush landscape. In this blog, follow these tips for five ways to spruce up your spring lawn.
Clean Up and Assess Your Lawn
After winter, your lawn can reveal damage from frost, snow, and other winter conditions, such as brown or bare spots, uneven ground, and other issues. The first step to caring for your lawn this spring is to remove debris from the surface.
Dethatching your lawn with a tow-behind dethatcher, then following up with a Brinly tow-behind lawn sweeper allows your lawn to breathe. By removing the debris from your lawn, water, seed, fertilizer, and other nutrients get to the soil more easily for quicker and easier absorption and growth.
Aerate for Healthier Growth
Over the colder months, soil can become compacted by repeated freezing and thawing and by continuous foot traffic. Compacted soil makes it more difficult for plants to grow as roots have limited access to nutrients like water and air.
Using a plug or spike aerator allows the soil to be penetrated or cored so nutrients can get to the level of the roots. Plug aerators are better suited for clay-based soil and spike aerators are better suited for sand-based soil. Find the best aerator for your lawn in this video!
Overseed bare or thin areas
After your lawn has been cleaned up, the next step is overseeding. The best types of grass seed to use are based on your lawn type and region. Learn more about the best types of grass seed to use for your lawn in this blog.
Feed Your Lawn
Fertilizing your lawn is feeding your lawn. Fertilizer should be spread in the spring when active growth begins to allow proper absorption. Brinly tow-behind and push fertilizer spreaders aid you in properly distributing fertilizer to avoid damaging your lawn. Find the best spreader for your lawn on our website!
Roll and Level Uneven Lawn
Once you have done the above steps, use a lawn roller to avoid seed and fertilizer run off and level uneven ground. Frost heaves and mole holes can create uneven ground, but a tow-behind or push lawn roller, like Brinly’s 28 Gallon Push/Tow Lawn Roller, can remedy this.
The above steps are your primary lawn care tasks for spring. Dethatching, aerating, overseeding, and lawn rolling set your lawn up for a successful and healthy season. Are you ready to put the awe back in your lawn? Shop Brinly’s collection of lawn and garden attachments now to get your lawn ready this spring.
Learn more about Brinly Lawn and Garden Products and Fertilizer Spreaders on our website. Contact our customer service team if you have any questions. Call customer service at 877-728-8224 or fill out our contact form.
Sources:
Cropscience.bayer.com, Freeze/Thaw Cycles on Soil Compaction
Illinois.edu, Fertilizing Your Lawn