MARCH
LAWN CALENDAR
March is the first month of the year in which you can work on your lawn, but this is all dependent upon the weather. All work on your lawn needs to be avoided until the frosts have finished for the winter and you need to ensure that the lawn is not too wet before walking on it.
March is outside of the growing season, so avoid any work that is invasive or involves removing material from the lawn, as it will not be able to grow back and recover.
Mowing
You will want to do your first cut of the lawn in March, once the frosts have finished and the lawn is dry enough. When doing the first cut, you will normally want to set the mower to its highest setting at first as we only want to take the very top off the lawn.
The
golden rule of cutting grass is to never remove more than ⅓ of the height of the grass, however this can be difficult if it has grown too long. So start with the highest setting on your mower. Once you have done your first cut, stick to the ⅓ rule.
As it is not the growing season, the lawn will be either dormant or growing slowly so you won’t need to cut it regularly in March.
Cutting it fortnightly in March should do.
Edging
Now that mowing has started, you will want to tidy up the edges of the lawn too. The lawn will have got a bit messy over the winter, so make sure you edge the whole lawn.
You will normally only need to edge your lawn
every 2 or 3 cuts, so edging the lawn once in March should be fine.
Aerate
Aeration is a job that can be done from March. As not a lot of jobs can be done in March, now is a good time to do it. The lawn should be a little damp this time of year, so the conditions for it are normally ideal. Hold off on aerating until you have done the first cut of your lawn.
Aerating in March also prepares your lawn for tasks in April, such as
overseeding, so it can be good to get this done.
Iron Sulphate
Iron Sulphate can be very effective in late March, as it hardens the turf, brings back the green colour in your lawn and will kill off moss that has accumulated over the winter. If you have patches of moss or your lawn is looking a bit dreary from the winter, Iron Sulphate is a very useful option.
Once the Iron Sulphate has been applied, you will want to wait 7-10 days for the moss to blacken and die. Then you shall be able to
rake or scarify the lawn to remove it.
Raking and scarifying is best done in April, so hold off on applying the Iron Sulphate until the end of March.
Don'ts
This is the first month of the year where we are doing work on the lawn and there are a few tasks which we want to hold off on doing yet. These are:
Finally
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