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Seasonal lawn maintenance guide

Our seasonal lawn maintenance guide outlines which lawn care procedures to carry out each month to maintain the quality of your lawn.

January/February

• Remove leaves and debris.
• Service mower & ensure blades are sharp.
• Stay off the lawn if frozen or waterlogged.

March/April

• Apply Rolawn Lawn Topdressing.
• Start mowing the lawn as warmer weather stimulates turf growth and increase the frequency of mowing as required.
• Scarify if your lawn is more than 12 months old.
• Remove by hand or spot treat coarse grasses and weeds.
• Patch damaged lawn areas and edges with Rolawn turf or lawn seed.
• Overseed if your lawn is more than 12 months old with Rolawn lawn seed.

May/June

• Treat established lawns containing weeds and moss with a lawn feed, weed & moss killer.
• Increase mowing frequency, a little and often is the key.
• Aerate.
• Remove by hand or spot treat coarse grasses and weeds.
• Water if rainfall is low.

July/August

• Use water wisely, but to maintain colour in summer, more watering will probably be required.
• In times of drought your Rolawn lawn will go brown and dormant. It will recover when rainfall returns.
• Apply a Chafer Grub Killer and Leatherjacket Killer if required.
• Make arrangements for your lawn to be mown whilst you are on holiday.

September/October

• Scarify if your lawn is more than 12 months old.
• Gradually decrease mowing frequency as grass growth slows, raise the height of cut as winter approaches.
• Aerate.
• Feed with an autumn lawn food or treat established lawns containing weeds and moss with a lawn feed, weeed & moss killer.
• Repair damaged or worn areas with new Rolawn turf or lawn seed.
• Apply Rolawn Lawn Topdressing.
• Allow worm casts to dry before brushing with a stiff broom.

November/December