Spring Lawn Care

You may have already made the first lawn cut of the year, if you haven't, start with a high blade and gradually reduce over the weeks to your preferred height. If your lawn is prone to moss and weeds, here we will explain how our biochar granules and SF60 super compost can help.

Tackling weeds and moss really depends on your individual approach, there is a wide variety of weed and moss killers on the market, both chemical based and a numbe of effective treatments that use natural ingredients. You can also remove them manually but this can take some time and unless you remove the entire root, which is difficult with weeds siuch as dandelions, they are sure to return within no time at all.

Once you have weeds and moss under control, there's a few additional things you need to check for including:

• Poor drainage leading to water logging – if you have to add drainage pipes, while dug out, add biochar
• Compact soil leading to poor aeration and drainage – if you spike or cut out aeration plugs, back fill with 0-2mm biochar (Professional golf greens are using biochar for this)
• Too acidic – off course a light coating of lime is the norm. Buit Biochar has a Ph of 9.5 and it will also help reduce acidity. The increased microbial activity will also improve the root health as biofilms provide a protected neutral zone
• Lack of feed – SF60 will provide short and long term nutrients
• Too close cutting – leave extra 2cm height on grass

How can SoilFixer products help as a top dressing?

SF60 is already sieved to below 15mm and has less twigs and small bits of organic matter than a traditional compost. It tends to work in well feeding the grass. Long term the biochar elements will work down into the root zone and form interactions with soil microbes resulting in improved grass growth. Simply sprinkle across the lawn.

Biochar 0-2mm is easy to spread and rake in. We recommend spreading biochar and then a granular fertiliser. Top tip: remember - if the lawn is close to the house and has a lot of footfall back into the house, take extra steps to water and flush biochar into the soil. Otherwise, you will have black carbon footprints in the house!

Biochar 0-8mm particles are too big to use as a top dressing. If you are planning on re-laying the lawn, rake Biochar 0-8mm in soil bed – it will help drainage and aeration as well as improve root health and grass vigour. (Spread 1 Kg/m2).

More biochar lawn care article from us

• Repairing lawn graqss with SF60 Super Compost
• Biochar for golf greens and lawns