Suggestions For Your Lawn To Become Even More Beautiful; Batatais; St. Charles; St. Augustine - TRAPP LT4217 Manual De Instrucciones

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Suggestions for your Lawn to Become Even More Beautiful

1. Remove pieces of wood, roots, shards of bricks,
glass and stones. These objects, besides damaging
your mower and making it difficult to work, cause
serious accidents when being thrown at high
speed.
2. Try to eradicate weeds before mowing, by hand
or by chemical control with technical guidance.
Avoid cutting weeds with lawn mowing. Many
invasive plants that infest the gardens have a great
potential for regeneration and their superficial
cutting will not eliminate them. In some cases,
especially in times of flowering of these herbs, this
practice may even lead to its spread.
3. Know the lawn species that make up your lawn.
Density, color and regeneration capacity vary from
species to species. So you will know if you are
giving the correct treatment for the lawn. Below
you will find some characteristics of the main
species used in Brazilian lawns.

Batatais

Also known as fork or Mato-Grosso. It's quite
common. Hard and slightly pilous light-green
leaves. It withstands droughts, trampling, plagues
and diseases. Prevents erosion and filters the water
well. Ideal for parks, soccer fields and swimming
pool borders.

St. Charles

Also known as Curitibana or wide-lawn. Wide and
smooth leaves. Intense green. This lawn does well
in the in sun and in semi-shaded, humid or rocky
places as well. It has good resistance to trampling,
pests, diseases and frost.
residential gardens.

St. Augustine

Also known as English, Imperial or coastal. Native
of the Brazilian coastal flora. Leaves of average
width and length. Smooth. Slightly light green. It
resists droughts, frosts, pests and diseases. It fits
well under the sun or in half shade. Goes well on
salt and sandy soil. Ideal for residential gardens,
country houses, beach and industrial areas.
Ideal for public or

Silk Lawn

Also known as bermuda. It is very sturdy. Suitable
for ravines and stony sites. Rapid growth. Blue-
green leaves. Resistant to drought. Enjoys the sun,
but goes well in partial shade. Ideal for football
fields, schoolyards, industrial areas, public squares
and golf courses.

Zoysia

Also known as Japanese or Korean Lawn. Very
narrow leaves. Bright green to gray. Slow growth.
It is not very demanding about soil fertility. Resists
trampling. Enjoys the sun, but does well in areas
of half shade. Good for land on the coast. Ideal
for residential gardens, pool edges and areas for
sunbathing. It goes very well between plates of
stone.

Italian Lawn

Also known as black lawn. Dark green fine leaves.
Although not specifically a type of lawn, since it
belongs to the family of lilacs and not lawns, it is
widely used as lining in areas of total or partial
shade. Very used for fencing of flowerbeds, slopes
or shaded areas.

Pruning

1. Careful cutting is essential. The first should be done
as soon as the lawn is rooted, so as to encourage its
horizontal growth. Then, trim each time it exceeds
about 5 to 7 cm in height. However, in warm
months, the higher you maintain your lawn, the
stronger it gets, as it retains better soil moisture.
But do not overdo it, so as not to lose in beauty
and uniformity.
2. Do not mow with the lawn too high in order to
avoid flaking points and a burned appearance.
On the other hand, very frequent mowing tends to
deplete the nutrient reserves of the lawn, leaving it
weak, susceptible to attack by pests and diseases.
3. Keep the cutting blades sharp at all times so that
the sheets are not "chewed" by the machine,
resulting in no cutting. Cutting with "blind" blades
favors the appearance of diseases, sometimes
difficult to control, making the lawn irregular and
with a brownish appearance.
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