Monty Don has shared that it’s important not to be too hasty when it comes to cutting your grass short, as if you leave it for a while, it will be ‘healthier and greener’
Monty Don has shared a way to get healthier and greener grass during the warmer months this year – and it’s so simple.
Lawns have gone through a tough time this winter and will likely be looking a little sparse and in need of some TLC. Looking at the grass now, it’s hard to imagine it luscious and thriving in just a few months but Monty Don has shared how mowing your lawn correctly will encourage it to thrive. Monty said he is “all for mowing as little as possible”, saying that having longer grass is “one of the best environments for a huge diversity of wildlife” in our gardens.
“Try and restrict the mowing as much as possible. In our garden, we have reduced it right down to mown paths in the long grass”, he suggested, also arguing that long grass can be “beautiful” reports The Express. He told people to “resist the temptation to scalp your grass down to its midsummer height”, saying when the “weather gets warmer and the grass starts to grow more strongly”, it’s important to “gradually reduce the height” over the period of a few weeks, but keep it “slightly on the long side”.
Monty Don claims that mowing the lawn in this way “will result in much healthier and greener grass”, which is what green-fingered gardeners will want. Lawn specialists at The Grass People also recommend a light trim for the first few mows of the year, saying: “The aim is to give the grass a trim and not cut too far down the grass blades. If it isn’t reaching this height, it either isn’t established, or something is stunting its growth.”
Monty recommends all clippings are to be collected and added to the compost heap once the lawn has been mowed. Monty also believes that positive thinking will also help you achieve the perfect lawn. By that, he means not bothering with the negative issues. “Put your efforts into healthy grass rather than fighting perceived ‘problems’ like daisies, moss, ants, worm-casts, moles, plantains, dandelions and fairy rings,” he says. “Nine times out of ten if the grass is healthy then everything else will look after itself.”
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