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VIDEO – LOOKING AFTER A NEW INSTANT LAWN
Once your lawn sets root into the soil, it is starting to become established. You can test for this by trying to gently lift a corner of a roll or slab, if it doesn’t lift easily, the roots have set into the soil. This is a good thing as it means your lawn is growing well.
VIDEO – SOIL PH LEVELS FOR A HEALTHY LAWN
Measuring a soil’s pH is easy to do and doesn’t involve a complicated scientific experiment, all you need is a pH testing kit.
USING DOLOMITE LIME TO REDUCE SOIL ACIDITY FOR A HEALTHY LAWN
You’ll often read the recommendation to check soil pH, a lot of people ask me what does pH actually mean? pH is simply a measure of how acid or alkaline a substance is. A pH of 6-7 is neutral, below 6 is acid, the lower the number the more acid the site.
IMPROVING SOIL STRUCTURE WITH GYPSUM FOR A LUSH LAWN
Gypsum is a soft white-grey mineral known as a ‘clay breaker’ because it helps to improve the physical condition of heavy clay soils. In layman’s terms, if you look at compacted soils under a microscope they look like a jar full of sand.
