Tips to Maintain your lawn always beautiful
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- 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.
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- 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 half-
shadowed 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.
