Now that the winter days are over, it is time to step out and have a good look at your lawn. With all the snow and frost gone, you would be once again motivated to work on your beloved lawn in hopes of converting it into a flowering and fragrant spring time lawn.
Transition periods always require more care for lawns. When one season changes in to another lot of sudden transitions occur in the environment, atmosphere, climate, soil and air. This brings higher risk of diseases to plants and trees in general. Spring is the time when most of the pests and insects start visiting gardens and lawns to find new breeding spaces and feeding grounds.
Begin with assessing your lawn for any damages caused due to prolonged winter days. At snowing regions, snow mold is a common disease that leaves spongy white, gray or pink growths at the corners of a lawn or garden. Rake them out carefully before it spreads further.
During winter snow covers the roads and walkways. This snow is mixed with rock salt which is an important ingredient used for constructing our city streets. When we remove this snow with de-icers or shovel it splashes to the edges of the lawn. Sometimes people just move the ice from the walkway onto the lawns which may be already covered with ice. However, this salt rich snow melts down and damages the grass and shrubs in that area. It even gets mixed with the soil and damages plants from their root levels.
So, the first thing you should do this spring is to correct any salt damage caused to your lawn. Mostly the regions near to the road and walkways are most damaged as they are the parts that usually come in contact with saline snow. Using a good organic deicer is the best way to treat the damage. This should be a 100 percent natural product, only then will it prove safe for the soil and will be drained off without leaving any residues.
Fertilization is an essential part of spring time lawn care. Now if you buy a synthetic fertilizer, naturally the high levels of nitrogen will swiftly make your lawn go deep green. But that is not the healthier and natural way to have it done. I recommend a slow-release organic fertilizer. The results may not be instant but surely you will accrue the benefits of this organic fertilizer as it releases energy in its naturally controlled process over a long period of time.
If you observe any fungus growths on shrubs or trees, treat them using an organic fungicide. You can even try out a homemade fungicide. It is quite simple and obviously the safest. All it takes is some baking soda and vegetable oil mixed with water. Spray this mixture on the affected regions as needed.
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