July | 7 tips for your lawn
What treatments should be done to the lawn in July?
The heat in July takes over and the ground temperatures also soarabove 30 degrees.
Precisely for this reason it will be necessary to water abundantly but always without forgetting thatincreasing humidity significantly increases the risk of fungal diseases.
Here are some simple tips to avoid all this:
1) Cut
As for the month of June, the cut must be kept higher than normal, indicatively not below 6 cm.
The fundamental rule always remains that ofnever remove more than 30%of the height and carefully check that the lawnmower blades are always sharp, if necessary sharpen them or replace them.
If you make a cutmulchingWe advise you todouble the cutoff frequencyto facilitate the decomposition of the shredded parts.
Keeping the lawndense and compactsummer weeds will not find space to grow and will die without causing too much damage.
2) Potassium fertilization
If it has not yet been carried out in June, fertilization for the month of July is still predominantly carried outpotassium (K).
Potassium has actionanti-stressand it is essential to provide it to the lawn as it strengthens its cell walls so as to allow it to resist high temperatures and summer stress.
Here are some products you could use:
-Summer K 10-0-30
-Slow K 13-5-20
-Autumn K 21-0-25
-Pro life 10-5-15 + 2 MgO + 0.5 Fe + Mn + Zn
3) Biostimulation of the turf
Especially when temperatures exceed 30° we recommend carrying out biostimulation forreduce stress and support the lawn.
As a basis for any biostimulation we recommendAlways,a completely organic professional lawn fertilizer extracted from sugar cane, based onhumic acids and amino acids.
If you want to obtain a more powerful action in view of intense thermal stress we recommend thePre Stress, also ideal for shaded lawns.
Use for both products: 100g diluted in 10L of water per 100m2 of lawn.
Apply on a dry leaf and do not wet the lawn for at least 24 hours.
4) Irrigation
In the month of July, watering is essential for the health of the lawn.
The most common mistake is to water too much!
Approximately, in the month of July, the lawn will need between35 and 45 liters per square meter per week.
We recommend dividing this quantity into 2 or maximum 3 abundant waterings to be carried outstrictly early in the morning.
5) Prevention from diseases
In the month of July the danger of contracting fungal diseases is enormously greater.
For this reason we recommend that youprevent its appearancethrough specific products:
-Bacillus subtilis(Temperature 20-35°)
Usage: 50g to be diluted in 10L of water per 100m2 of garden.
Apply on a dry leaf and do not wet the lawn for at least 24 hours.
-Potassium phosphite, a treatment that promotes the strengthening of the turf and activates internal self-defense mechanisms.
Usage: 25g to be diluted in 10L of water per 100m2 of garden.
Apply on a dry leaf and do not wet the lawn for at least 24 hours.
6) Prevention from insects
In the month of July the larvae of beetles, beetles, noctules and tipules grow underground andthey eat the roots of the turfcausing the death of large areas of lawn.
Even in this case the only solution ispreventionusing specific natural products, we offer youFly.
These are predatory microorganisms capable ofmake the habitat inhospitable for harmful insects.
Usage: 30g to be diluted in 15L of water per 100m2 of garden.
Remember to water thoroughly after use.
7) Land
As indicated previously, it is very important that the land is irrigated but it may happen that the problem is precisely thatsoil itself cannot absorb the water.
This phenomenon isanything but rareand it can causeyellowingand aesthetic defects on the lawn.
In this case you can act by making holes with a fork and if that is still not enough you can resort totreatments with wetting agentsprofessional likeWater PlusorWater.
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