Reviving your lawn after winter's wrath

In many gardens, the first post-winter tasks are just beginning. Often, it's necessary to regenerate the lawn where gaps have appeared due, for example, to fungal diseases. It's worth trying to deal with them using natural methods.

A green and dense lawn is practically every garden and allotment owner's dream. Unfortunately, after the winter, the turf is often not in the best condition, and upon the snow's departure, an unpleasant image full of mold, light-gray spots, or thinning emerges.

Although garden shops offer special preparations for combating common post-winter fungal diseases, opting for a natural method first is better. Sometimes, minor maintenance treatments are enough for the lawn to delight the eye again.

Fungi can appear on the lawn throughout the year, not only after winter. In the spring, snow mold is most often observed. These brown spots with a diameter of about 20 cm change color to white, especially in the morning when humidity is higher.

In those places, under the sun, one might observe orange spores. Unfortunately, when mold appears, the grass begins to dry out, and if we don’t start counteracting it, it will cover increasingly larger areas of the garden.

In fungal infections, the simplest solution is to remove or precisely comb out the infected fragment with dense, small rakes. Doing this gently enough not to infect the healthy grass around it is important. Also, remember to remove the diseased blades and the soil beneath them.

Then, we add appropriate lawn soil and sow new seeds in the empty spots. Once the grass regrows, remember not to fertilize the lawn with nitrogen fertilizers by September. Before winter, mow the grass to about 4 cm and remove fallen leaves from trees, which can contribute to the development of diseases.