Treatment Packages

Why should you have a seasonal treatment plan?

A beautiful lawn will not only make your house stand out, but it will also improve the overall look of your home.

Here are some key reasons why you should treat your lawn and help it thrive.

1 Fertilising – The soil in your lawn holds important nutrients that keep your lawn looking green and healthy. Over time, water can drain these nutrients out of the soil and leave your lawn prone to diseases and other issues. Fertilising your lawn replenishes those nutrients and keeps your lawn in good shape.

2 Bio-Nutrient Supplements – These supplements improve plant uptake while reducing the quantity of fertiliser needed to keep your lawn healthy. They also help your lawn naturally endure the stress of summer by improving the root density and cell wall thickness of your grass blades. This helps to protect your lawn from drought, insects, and disease.

3 Weed Grass Control – Apart from ruining the aesthetic of your perfectly green lawn, weed grass can do some serious damage. Like any other weed, when they grow on your lawn it steals the nutrients and water out of the soil, leaving your lawn with nothing to stay healthy. If you leave weed grass untreated for too long, it can take over the entire lawn.

4 Soil Conditioning – Keeping your soil healthy is very important to the overall health of your lawn. Soil conditioning helps to regulate the pH of your lawn, which in turn allows your lawn to better receive the nutrients it needs to survive.

Services

Lawn maintenance is a careful blend of feeds and preventative measures such as scarification. Having the correct knowledge and being able to adapt, is what makes Green Leaf the go to expert for anyone serious about taking their lawn to the next level.

Granular Treatments

Coming in a variety of coated, soil soluble, quick and slow release, granular fertilisers all have their place in the upkeep of a quality lawn. It is not a matter of which type of lawn fertiliser is best, but which is the best for you and your lawn now and for the following few weeks or months. Throughout the year your lawn will be fed with a blend of selected fast and slow release feeds.

Liquid Treatments

Liquid fertiliser feeds grass in two ways: through the soil into the roots and directly through the grass blades.

When using liquids, the grass is primarily absorbing the fertiliser through its blades.

This is known as foliar absorption.

The absorption through the foliage happens much quicker than through the roots which is why you can almost see an immediate response when applying liquid fertilisers! To compliment our granular feeds you will also receive liquid supplements , combining nutrients such as sugars, carbs, seaweed, iron and humic acid

Preventative Maintenance

Apart from suffocating, dehydrating and starving your lawn of everything it needs to survive, lawn thatch has a few other annoying surprises up its sleeve too. For instance, the thicker the layer of thatch, the harder you’ll find it to mow your lawn properly.

It's incredibly important to regularly scarify to maximise nutrient uptake and allow the lawn to breath. This should be done once a season at a minimum, but twice is perfect.

WHAT DOES NPK MEAN?

The Role of Each Nutrient

N = Nitrogen: the function of nitrogen in your grass

Plants don’t grow without nitrogen, so you could consider N as the most crucial nutrient for your lawn.

Plants need nitrogen to photosynthesise (using sunlight to create food). Photosynthesis generates the deep green in plant leaves, so if you want a lawn with a beautiful deep green colour, it needs nitrogen.

Nitrogen moves quickly through the soil when applied as a fertiliser. This helps your grass grow more rapidly while stimulating root growth and boosting the cellular development of your grass plants.

A good nitrogen supply makes your turf stronger, making it more resilient to heavy use and disease.

But, your lawn only needs additional nitrogen during the peak growing season – in the spring and possibly during the autumn. If you have a newly seeded lawn, avoid giving it too much nitrogen – it’s better to let it develop its roots naturally at first.

Too much N can be bad for your lawn. If your lawn looks stressed (such as during drought), don’t add nitrogen because it will boost growth and make the stress worse.

These states indicate low nitrogen levels:

Yellow or brown grass blades
Diseases and fungal infections, such as red thread

Red thread is a fungal infection where red “fungal needles” intertwine between your grass blades. It looks a little like the blades of the grass have turned red, but if you look closely, you’ll see that needle-like strands extend around the grass blade.Red thread infection causes dead areas of grass, so this infection is best avoided – treated with nitrogen.

P = Phosphorus: the function of phosphorus in your grass

Phosphorus has an essential role in lawn health: root development.

Phosphorus helps strengthen your lawn’s roots, making them more able to absorb other nutrients and water from the soil. This compound is essential for young lawns – whether from seed or turf.

Clay soils tend to hold onto their phosphorus, whereas sandy soils often have lower natural phosphorus levels. This is because the particles in clay soil have a larger surface area, which absorbs P more easily than the smaller, granular particles in sandy soil.

A lack of phosphorus can result in a build-up of carbohydrates and sugars, causing the emergence of reddish/purple anthocyanin pigments. So, too little P in your lawn soil makes the grass blades turn an odd shade of purple. The plant’s roots will be shallow and weak, which means that your lawn will be more susceptible to infection from fungi and weeds.

Phosphorus deficiency can present in similar ways to nitrogen deficiency, with the added symptom of poor blade coverage, making the lawn seem a little thin.

K = Potassium: the function of potassium in your grass

Potassium increases your lawn’s resistance to drought, disease, and fungi. It strengthens the cell walls and ensures that water and carbohydrates circulate freely around the plant.

Like Nitrogen, potassium soaks into the soil quickly, but – likewise – it can be easily flushed out.

Potassium contains salt, which is essential for winter – ensuring that your grass can withstand freezing temperatures without cellular damage to the plant.

Grass consumes potassium more quickly than phosphorus, so regularly add extra K to the soil.

A lack of potassium can be seen in the grass blades. They may appear to have developed yellow edges and brown spots, or even yellow or brown veins in broadleaf varieties.

The correct potassium level in the soil helps plants grow more quickly and make better use of water availability (with an improved drought response). It helps fend off diseases and resists pests.

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