RAIN AND LAWNS
Although it seems to have rained relentlessly here in West (Wet) Yorkshire for months on end, it has been quite dry for the last week or so. Dry, just at the time that I reseeded my lawn and needed the rain to germinate it. However, as you can see from the image below, the new grass is starting to grow. This is a tiny bald patch which occurred when I destroyed a particularly tough weed. If you click on the image you will see that, among the older grass, new seeds have sprouted.
I've been hesitant to turn the garden hose on it as I keep expecting rain.
TIP: If you water a lawn that is already established, you have to water the ground very well, give it a good soaking. This is to encourage the grass roots to go down into the soil for the water. When you sprinkle only enough water to wet the top bit of the soil, then the grass roots come up for the water. So what? So, when you do that and then you get a drought, the grass dies as its roots are near the top of the soil which dries out first and bakes. That's how I understand it and it seems quite logical to me.
This is the look I want to achieve. I want a dense lawn with relatives fine, but durable, blades of grass. Fingers crossed.
I've been hesitant to turn the garden hose on it as I keep expecting rain.
TIP: If you water a lawn that is already established, you have to water the ground very well, give it a good soaking. This is to encourage the grass roots to go down into the soil for the water. When you sprinkle only enough water to wet the top bit of the soil, then the grass roots come up for the water. So what? So, when you do that and then you get a drought, the grass dies as its roots are near the top of the soil which dries out first and bakes. That's how I understand it and it seems quite logical to me.
This is the look I want to achieve. I want a dense lawn with relatives fine, but durable, blades of grass. Fingers crossed.
