Yesterday I told you how to water properly.
Today's hack will make or break your lawn for the rest of the year: mowing height
Grass is solar powered. The more leaf on show, the more energy it can absorb from the sun, the more water stored, the healthier the plant, the deeper the roots.
When over 25 degrees, grass enters a state of dormency. Which means it'll stop growing to conserve energy and sometimes turn a bit brown.
If you cut your lawn short, not only will it absorb LESS energy from the sun, but it'll be too hot to grow itself out of trouble.
It'll then stay short for days/weeks, without shade and bake in the sun.
Whatever height you're cutting at, go up a notch.
Long enough to shade the soil and hold moisture. Short enough to still look tidy.
The lawns that survive August are the ones cut at 40mm. Not 20mm.
As promised, lawn tips in under a minute.
Liam
Founder, Great British Lawn Co.
The lawn was struggling, quite a lot of thatch, very patchy and brown/pale looking. There were also quite a lot of dandelions and clover. It’s looking lush, green and the best it has in years. Even with the hot weather we’ve been able to water it and allow the grass to grown and look great.
Used on a newly laid lawn and has helped to keep a good level of greenness over the summer heatwaves. Easy to use and useful guides are spot on. Would definitely recommend!
My new build front lawn was so embarrassing and I was determined to fix it after a failed attempt the previous year. I got lots of help via Instagram when I messaged before and after I received the all season lawn plan. I’m a beginner and hate manual labour jobs but this was so easy to follow and complete. After 4 weeks my lawn looks amazing. I would definitely recommend this to a friend as it’s so easy and simple to use. Thanks for all your help. Determined to have the best lawn on the lane lol 😝
