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Tips to Maintain your Lawn Always Beautiful
1. Pick up all kinds of objects from the lawn, such
as: stones, roots, pieces of wood, glass or bricks.
These objects, besides damaging your lawn
mower and making your work difficult, may also
cause serious accidents, when thrown in high
speed by the cutting blade.
2. Try to eradicate all noxious weeds before
mowing the lawn, manually or with chemical
products under technical guidance. Avoid cutting
them with the lawn mower. Most of these weeds
regenerate easily and its superficial cut will not
eliminate them. In some cases, mainly in their
flowering time, this procedure might even cause
its dissemination.
3. Try to know the species of grass you have in your
lawn. Density, colour and regeneration capacity
are qualities that vary among the several species.
So, you may know if you are taking good care of
your lawn and in the correct way. Following you
will find some characteristics of the main species
of grass used in Brazil.
Batatais
Also known as Forquilha (pitchfork) or Mato-
Grosso. It is very commonly used. Light-green,
strong and slightly piling leaves. It is resistant
to drought, high traffic, noxious weeds and
diseases. It helps avoiding erosion and filtering
water. It is deal for parks, soccer fields and
swimming-pool surroundings.
São Carlos
Also know as Curitibana or wide grass. It has,
smooth pilelless leaves. Dark green colour.
This grass is good for either sunny or half-
shadowed, humid or rocky grounds. It has a
good resistance to high traffic, noxious weeds,
diseases and frosts. It is ideal for public or
home gardens.
St. Agostinho
Also known as English, Imperial or Coastal
grass. Its origin is the brazilian coastland.
Medium-sized width and length, smooth and
pileless, light green colour.
It is resistant to drought, frosts, noxious weeds
and diseases. It may be used either in sunny
or halfshadowed grounds. It is also suitable
for salty and sandy grounds. Ideal for home
gardens, country or seaside house gardens and
industrial areas.
Silky Grass
Also known as Bermudas. It is highly resistant
to drought, and is indicated for banks and
rocky grounds. Rapid growth, blueish-green
leaves. Perfect for sunny places, but may be
also used in half-shadowed areas. Ideal for
soccer and golf fields, school yards, industrial
areas, public squares.
Zoysia
Also known Japanese or Korean grass. Narrow
and grey-green leaves. Grows slowly. It is not
too demanding for soil fertility. Resistant to
light traffic. Perfect for sunny places, but may
be also used in half-shadowed areas. Good
for seaside grounds. Ideal for home gardens,
swimming-pool surroundings and sun-bath
areas, and also among stones.
Italian Grass
Also known as black grass. It has fine and
darkgreen leaves. Although it is not a specific
kind of grass (belonging to the lilacea and not
to the grama grass family) it is much used as
bedding in half or totally shadowed areas, and
also for flower-bed borders and declivities.
Cut
A careful cut is essential. The first cut
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should be done as soon as the grass is
rooted, in order to force its growth and
horizontal expansion. After that, cut it
each time it surpasses 5 to 7 cm height.
Anyway, in warmer seasons, the higher
the grass is, the stronger it will be, once
that it can better keep the soil humidity.
But do not exagerate, or it will loose its
uniformity and beauty.
Do not cut the grass when it is too wide,
5.
avoiding gaps and burnt aspect. On the
other hand, frequent cuts tend to weaken
the nutritious reserves of the grass, being
more susceptible to noxious weeds and
diseases.
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