Summer damage in turf can often be insect infestation. If you control the insects in your lawn before summer arrives, you will use less water and have healthier turf over the summer months.
When maintaining turf, preventative is always better than curative. Once pests i.e. insects, diseases or weeds, have established in your turf they can cause damage that requires extensive work to restore your lawn back to its original standard.
In winter, remove the dew off your lawn by either mowing or sweeping early morning. By doing this the leaf of the grass dries quicker and will not be as susceptible to diseases.
If areas of your lawn are shaded and struggling to provide good cover, thin or remove the offending trees/bushes so the turf can receive extra light.
The correct use of wetting agents is a good way of reducing your water bill in summer.
Moss and weeds mainly grow where turf is unhealthy and thin. Maintain a thick dense sward of healthy turf and moss and weeds will struggle to compete.
Fertilise light and often. Your growth will be more even and you will prevent "flushes" of growth and potential for diseases.
Watering in the evening is better than the early morning as the leaf will be drier going into the heat of the day
Slightly heavier irrigation every second night is better than light irrigation every night for root development.
