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Archive for the 'RoLawn Direct' Category
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Everyone knows what an evergreen tree is, but most gardens have an evergreen in them that’s on the ground not up in the air! A lawn could be considered an evergreen!
A lawn needs fairly regular care and attention if it’s to look good. It’s easy for an unkempt lawn to quickly get out of control and look very scruffy. Even a neglected lawn can be turned around though. One of the most effective weed controls is to mow it regularly. Grass likes to be cut. It responds well to being trimmed regularly and it’ll do it’s best to outgrow the weeds.
Some weeds need removing. Any weeds that take over a patch of grass need cutting out. You can use weed killer but I always believe it’s best to use as little poison as possible in the garden. Weeds can be cut out either using a special tool or just use an old dinner knife to cut them out. With daisies the root is general spread out in a small area but will remove easily. Dandelions send their roots down and so a long knife can cut away at the weed and remove much of it. If you remove too much soil replace it with a mix of soil and grass seed. This helps the grass fill in the patch before annual weeds get attached!
That’s one reason why weed killer is a bad idea – it can remove the weeds but then leave bare patches where other weeds will flourish. Many of the annual weds are very opportunistic and will do their best to appear!
Remove dandelion heads even if you don’t dig them out. It’ll stop them spreading. Send them to the tip or burn them – but don’t put them on the compost heap as they will be viable seeds within no time at all!
In the autumn you often have to be quick to get the last mow in before the grass gets too wet. It’s worth making the effort though to have a tidy lawn all winter. Trim off any edges that look messy. Use a string to get a straight line. It’ll look smart! If you’re going an arc then use a string but fixed to a point and work round the arc of a circle with the half moon tool to get a perfect curve. It’s a nice trick and gives great results.
You can buy autumn feed for your lawn and it’s worth giving it a treat to help it through the winter! You can also aerate your lawn at this time of lawn using a hollow tine aerator or some other sort of spike. Autumn feed is specially for this time of year as it’s high in phosphates and potash. This will help strong roots to develop, which will produce healthy leaves – rather than a spring fertiliser that will be ended to encourage lush growth!
A heavily shaded lawn can become mossy so thin out any trees of hedges to allow the sunshine through. Aerating these areas is worth doing too as the extra air in the soil helps dry the surface more prevent it from getting a grip. Brush a sandy mix into the holes after.
Remove the thatch by raking. It can be strenuous work even with a springy rake but worth doing. Some people use the moss for hanging baskets – but I’ve never tried it! It’s fine to put the moss on the compost heap.
When it’s frosty or snowed then do not walk on the lawn.
Remove leaves regularly on dry days and put them in the leaf bin to rot down.
RoLawn Direct has these new lines today
Rolawn GroRight Autumn Lawn Food Twin Pack £20.90
SPECIAL OFFER Save £5 when you buy Rolawn GroRight Autumn Lawn Twin Pack. Using GroRight Spring Lawn Food in conjunction with GroRight Autumn Lawn Food provides a year round programme to promote a healthy, green and hardwearing lawn. Each 4Kg box covers 100sqm.
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Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
New products at RoLawn Direct to help you protect your lawn from pests that can damage it, and leave it looking really messed up!
Rolawn Chafer Grub Killer 50 Million Nematodes £39.34
Effective natural pest control, reduces damage to lawns caused by Chafer Grubs. Easy and safe to use. Non-chemical control. Treats 100sqm.
Chafer grubs eat the roots of grasses. This can leave yellow patches in the lawn. As they grow to maturity the damage becomes more noticable in the autumn and spring. Crows love eating them and they will peck at the lawn – badgers and foxes also feed on them but do much more damage to the lawn.
hafer grubs have stout white bodies curved in a C shape, light brown heads, with three pairs of legs at the head end.
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Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
10% discount on all orders at Rolawn Direct. The code is RD610 and is valid until 31st October 2010.
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Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Autumn Lawn care hints:
You can scarify the lawn – this means removing some of the dead material that acts as a mulch around the gras on the ground. This can be done with a spring tine rake (A bendy one that won’t damage the ground). You can also get scarifying machines for big lawns. You can compost all the stuff you rake out.
Next you can aerate the lawn. You can do this by spiking a fork into the ground at regular intervals. It allows the water to drain more freely off and prevents moss and slimey species taking hold. It won’t solve very bad watre logging but on a general lawn can help improve the condition. You can do it with a special hollow tine fork – some peopel suggest brishing sand into the holes after too.
USe autumn specific lawn food to feed up the lawn.
Repair the bad bits! If you have bare bits the kids have worn or the dogs have destroyed then plant a bit of seed now. Remember to prepare the patch first!
If your edges look straggly sometimes digging out a rectangle of lawn and turning it round so the bad bit is in the middle of the lawn then can help. It’s easier to repair a bit in the middle than an edge!
Rolawn GroRight Autumn Lawn Food Twin Pack £20.90
SPECIAL OFFER Save £5 when you buy Rolawn GroRight Autumn Lawn Twin Pack. Using GroRight Spring Lawn Food in conjunction with GroRight Autumn Lawn Food provides a year round programme to promote a healthy, green and hardwearing lawn. Each 4Kg box covers 100sqm.
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010
RoLawn Direct have Autumn lawn food available.
* Suitable for use on all lawns.
* NPK Fertiliser 4:10:5 + 1Mg + 2.5Fe + 0.5Mn
* Rolawn Lawn Foods contains the following essentials for your lawn:
o N Nitrogen – To promote thicker, greener leaf growth
o P Phosphorus – Strengthens the roots
o K Potassium – Strengthens the shoots
o Mg Magnesium – Protects against pathogens
o Mn Manganese – Helps roots resist fungal attacks
o Fe Iron – Promotes a greener colour
* Comes in a 4kg carton which covers approximately 100 square metres.
* For best results apply early Autumn, ideally just before rainfall, when the soil is moist.
* Avoid windy days and and frosty weather.
* It is important that the product is spread evenly.
Rolawn GroRight Autumn Lawn Food Twin Pack £20.90
SPECIAL OFFER Save £5 when you buy Rolawn GroRight Autumn Lawn Twin Pack. Using GroRight Spring Lawn Food in conjunction with GroRight Autumn Lawn Food provides a year round programme to promote a healthy, green and hardwearing lawn. Each 4Kg box covers 100sqm.
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Sunday, September 12th, 2010
Lawn seed can be planted in Spring or Autumn – so get some now if you’ve got an area that needs seeding or just a few patches now is a good time. You need the conditions to be right, not too cold or hot, not too dry or wet.
Medallion® Premium Lawn Seed is good for where a high quality appearance is needed as well as where strength and low maintenance are important.
Rolawn Minster Pro® Ornamental Lawn Seed is good for a great looking lawn too with Shade & drought tolerance. This one has been developed to be mown at a low height.
RoLawn Direct Grass Seed and fertiliser.
Rolawn Minster Pro Ornamental Lawn Seed 10Kg £95.99
Rolawn Minster Pro Ornamental Lawn seed is the same seed used to produce our Minster Pro turf. It is a blend of 3 highly advanced cultivars. The selected cultivars produce a lawn with an outstanding, fine bladed appearance. Shade & drought tolerant. Covers approx 270 sqm when creating a new lawn and approx 360 sqm when over seeding.
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Sunday, September 12th, 2010
There are several different uses for bark in your garden.
Bark is a fantastic way of finishing off your garden borders. Once you’ve neatened the edges with your half moon along a piece of string as a guide, and weeded the beds thoroughly you should then apply a good mulch of bark.
Bark helps keeps the water in, the weeds down and gives it all a tidy look. You’ll find blackbirds love it too and will pick through it for insects! It’s an eco-friendly way of keeping weeds down too and even if weeds do grow they should be easier to pull up. It’s good for soils that dry out and for borders planted with winter bedding. It’ll give your garden a really professional finish.
Bark can also be used in children’s play areas to cover the ground to make a softer landing for them, and for covering up worn areas under swings or slides. It’s probably best to make a wooden frame around the area and keep the bark in this.
Three types of bark available at RoLawn Direct
Rolawn Decorative Bark (1m³ Bulk Bag – 1,000 litres approx volume when packed) £114.40
Rolawn Decorative Bark is a quality, durable, golden brown deluxe ornamental pine bark. Its attractive appearance and shape make it ideal for beds and borders. Rolawn Decorative Bark can also be used as a mulch to inhibit weed development, improve moisture retention and act as insulation for plant roots, reducing plant loss in cold weather.
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Lawn care products at RoLawn Direct. Your lawn will benefit from a little care
and attention at this time of year. It’s coming to the end of the growing season.
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Lawn Top Dressing (approx 0.73m³ when packed) £129.50
Rolawn Lawn Topdressing is a high quality, sand based, multi-purpose lawn dressing,
designed for use on Rolawn lawns. It can also be used to improve any utility
lawn. It will enhance a lawn’s appearance, stimulate new grass growth, level
an uneven lawn, improve drainage and tolerance to wear and tear and reduce thatch.
Top dressing can be applied anytime, when the grass is actively growing.
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
RoLawn Direct have these soil inprover products that can help your soil with a boost! Healthy soil is what you need to grow healthy plants.
It’s not always easy to get well rotted horse manure – so Rolawn’s soil conditioner delivered to your door is the next best thing! It will improve the soil condition and quality and you’ll notice the difference when your plants grow so much better!
Rolawn Soil Improver (approx 1m³ when packed) £91.73
Rolawn Soil Improver is a natural soil conditioner/improver produced using a patented process combining shredded straw compost with iron minerals. It is highly fertile and will improve soil structure, which will enhance the soil’s drainage characteristics and air and water holding capabilities, resulting in healthy plant growth.
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
RoLawn Direct have three types of bark for your garden. Ensure your borders stay weed free by giving them a really good weeding and then cover them with a layer of bark as a mulch around the plants. It keeps weeds down by and makes it easier for your plants to grow. Mulching with bark keeps the water in the soil too – which helps your plants get the start they need. Ideal for around winter bedding plants or existing shrubs. Your garden will look really good with bark on the beds!
Buying bark in bulk from rolawn is less effort than going along to the local garden centre and loading up the car with bags of bark. It gets delivered to your door and means you get better value for money too.
Play bark can be used on the areas where the kids have their swing and slides. It stops the mud churning up and keeps your garden neater!
Rolawn Decorative Bark (approx 1m³ when packed) £114.40
Rolawn Decorative Bark is a quality, durable, golden brown deluxe ornamental pine bark. Its attractive appearance and shape make it ideal for beds and borders. Rolawn Decorative Bark can also be used as a mulch to inhibit weed development, improve moisture retention and act as insulation for plant roots, reducing plant loss in cold weather.
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