Spring: March–April
Spring into action now to give your lawn the best start for the busy months ahead. Follow these simple steps for a healthy, lush lawn.
- Now is a great time to scarify/rake your lawn to remove any build-up of dead materials, such as moss, leaves and grass. Make sure the lawn is over 12 months old though! It’s a great work out for you too!
- Start feeding your lawn with a high nitrogen feed to help promote lush, green growth such as Miracle-Gro® Lawn Builder which provides optimum nutrition for your lawn, helping make it greener, stronger and denser to outcompete unwanted weeds and moss.
- If your lawn is looking patchy or thin after a harsh, wet winter, then you can over-seed it with a lawn seed such as Miracle-Gro® Quick Grow Lawn Seed. This involves mowing your lawn, raking it lightly, then applying lawn seed all over the thin and patchy areas. Keep it moist to enable good germination and in a week or so, you should see the new shoots coming through, helping thicken up your existing lawn. Germination will be slower in colder weather, so this is best done in later spring.
- Start mowing the lawn if it’s not frosty or wet, but make sure the blades are high for the first few cuts.
- If the lawn starts to grow and along with it grow loads of weeds and moss, then use an all-purpose product as long as the lawn is over 6 months old. A treatment such as Miracle-Gro® Complete 4 in 1 will not only feed the lawn, it will also control weeds and moss at the same time. Always use a spreader for lawn treatments and make sure you read the label first and follow the instructions carefully.