Lawn Renovation Preparation
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The weather is warming up, and there are even signs of buds on the trees! This time of year, I always get DMs on social media and emails asking how to prepare for a Lawn Renovation. So today, I’ll take you through what you can do to prepare your lawn for a renovation in the coming weeks.
Cleaning out weeds from your lawn before a lawn renovation is crucial to ensuring its success and health. Weeds compete with grass for essential nutrients, water, and sunlight, which can hinder the growth and establishment of a renovated lawn. Removing weeds thoroughly prevents them from re-emerging and spreading, allowing your new grass to thrive without competition. Additionally, a weed-free lawn provides a more aesthetically pleasing and uniform appearance, enhancing your outdoor space's overall look and feel. You set a strong foundation for a great season by eliminating weeds before starting your lawn renovation!
Bow and Arrow Herbicide is a great way to deal with winter broad leaf weeds and great to apply before renovation
Lonhro is an effective weed killer to remove onion grass, wintergrass and ryegrass in Kikuyu, Couch, Buffalo and Zoysia
Our Weed N Feed Bundle is a great way to feed your lawn and kill unwanted weeds in one application.
Scalping your lawn 1-2 weeks before renovation is a key step in preparing for a successful makeover. This process involves cutting the grass very short, which helps remove excess material, such as dead grass and thatch, making the renovation day easier by reducing the amount of material you need to handle. Applying a fertiliser like Dominate or Renovate at this stage can stimulate early growth, providing the lawn with essential nutrients to kickstart the repair process. This pre-renovation growth ensures that the lawn is healthy, ready to bounce back quickly and fill in any bare spots, ultimately leading to a thicker, more resilient lawn after the renovation.
Dominate 28-1-8 Dominate fertiliser is a completely blended mineral-based fertiliser with a full range of macro and micronutrients. It can be applied on Renovation Day.
Renovate 16-2-9 Repairs and refreshes tired lawns for greener, healthier growth. It restores soil health with over 20 beneficial microbes and includes a wetting agent.
The ideal time for a lawn renovation, which includes core aeration, scalping, scarifying, and topdressing, is during the growing season when your grass is most active. For warm-season grasses, this is typically in early spring to early summer when the low and high day temperatures added together equal around 35. You can renovate earlier, but this is the basic rule of thumb.
Early autumn is best for cool-season grasses, allowing the grass to recover and establish before winter dormancy. Timing your renovation during these periods ensures that the lawn can quickly repair and thrive, benefiting from optimal growing conditions and minimising stress on the turf.
1. Book a Core Aerator: This will help improve soil aeration and promote healthy root growth.
2. Organise Topdressing Material: I recommend using 1 cubic meter of sand or soil per 100m².
3. Prepare Your Supplies: Have your fertiliser, pre-emergent, and insecticide ready to apply.
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