Why my lawn is turning yellow?
There are many reasons why your lawn may be turning yellow or brown. In the majority of cases, the reason behind your lawn looking unhealthy is the lack of nutrients or water. It’s time to invest a little bit of time and starting providing your lawn with care.
Keeping your lawn watered is crucial for healthy and green grass. You'll need to make sure your lawn gets about 1 inch (2.5cm) of water per week. If it’s not raining regularly, set up a sprinkler.
Alternatively, make watering your lawn part of your morning routine. It’s best to water early, before the sun gets hot and evaporates the water. Give your grass a good drink to start the day. It helps your lawn weather the stress and heat of hot summer afternoons.
Water deeply 10-15mm each time (measure with a container if not sure as times will vary depending on sprinkler and water pressure)
Your lawn needs 25-40mm of water each week through the dry spells.
Water wisely only 2-3 times a week (depending on temperatures and rainfall).
Keep in mind that you are to supplement natural rainfall in your area.
Each time much of the water applied will evaporate off before the next application. The deeper the water the more slowly it will evaporate. If you irrigate your lawn with these tips in mind you will develop a deeply rooted healthy lawn that is able to resist drought and disease.
Biofeed can assist the natural process assisting in the biological activity necessary for the enzymes and organisms to do their work. We suggest you to use a hose-end sprayer so you can apply our product while watering your garden. Biofeed will add nutrients to the soil and promote healthy roots.
You can choose to look for fast results by of utilising synthetic fertilisers. Though chemical fertilisers add mainly nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K); their overuse can harden the soil, decrease fertility, strengthen pesticides, pollute air and water, and release greenhouse gases, thereby bringing hazards to human health and environment as well.
Other tips you may consider…
Irrigate deeply: When irrigating, irrigate deeply. Water deep down in the soil is where it is most useful to grasses. Healthy lawn grasses will have roots going as deep as 15-50 cm down in the soil. Water at that level encourages the grass to send its roots down in search of the water. Grasses with deep roots are more tolerant of drought. Shallow rooted grasses will brown off more quickly.
Water infrequently: Water deeply and water infrequently. Checking water penetration for a few weeks will give you a good idea of how long to water and how frequently. Each time much of the water applied will evaporate off before the next application. The deeper the water the more slowly it will evaporate.
Raise mowing height: Ideally try not to mow your lawn too short. Higher mowing favours deeper root growth. Mowing short causes roots to stop growing and may cause the death of deeper roots.
Enjoy the time invested in taking care of your lawn!
