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Guide to a Green Lawn It's not only what you do to
your lawn, but when you do it. Autumn is the best time to
kill weeds, just as the weather starts to cool down. Weeds grow best during
bright, sunny days between 1:PM and 3:PM. In order to get the maximum
benefit from your weed killer, spray a weak solution of children's shampoo on
the lawn. Believe it or not, this washes the grime off the yard allowing your
grass to make better use of sunlight while at the same time making the weeds
more receptive to weed killer. In a garden store, soil
softener is called ammonium lauryl sulphate, however children's shampoo or even
dish soap will do the job just fine. Use a hose sprayer that emits 1 tablespoon
per 5L of water. You can use regular or
liquid weed killer with your sprayer; put in enough for about
25L of water (you'll have to read your weed killer instructions) and mix
with it a tablespoon of shampoo or soap with the weed killer, and apply.
Spray just the weeds, not
the whole yard. Weed killer retards plant growth. Additionally, you may want to
use separate sprayers so you don't accidentally feed your weeds and kill your
yard. Shake the sprayer periodically, keeping the solution mixed well as you
spray. You can make a potent weed
killer yourself for use in spray bottles. Mix a 1L of
warm water with 30ml of children shampoo,
30ml of vinegar, and a capful of gin. Put the sprayer
on stream, not mist. This salty, soapy water will clean and stick to weeds and
dry them out; the gin will also help kill the weeds.
The secret formula is to mix
your dry fertilizer with a 2kg of Epsom salts (which
make the lawn green) and a 500g of confectioners sugar
(which gives the plants energy). Plants need sugar and starch, typically they
produce their own via photosynthesis, however you've just provided the materials
without the work. Use a rotary spreader set to
half your fertilizer's recommended settings. Spread before noon in both the fall
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Watering the Lawn
The secret formula for watering is a can of beer (which helps the thatch compost faster into better soil), a cup children's shampoo (to break water surface tension and wash away dust), half a cup of molasses (more sugars) dissolved in half a cup of warm water (so it isn't thick), and top off with household ammonia (for nitrogen). Note, pouring beer into soap will make lots of bubbles. Do this over the lawn. Spray this liquid on your lawn every three weeks. Warning: your lawn will get slippery.
Mowing
Using a sharp blade is the trick, you want to cut the grass, not tear it. Mow after 7:PM so the grass can heal without the scorching sun. Failure to do so will increase the chances of the top of the grass from turning yellow or brown. Sharpen your mower's blades after every two sessions. Trim close around driveways and sidewalks. Bugs love to make homes under overhanging plants.
Save Your Grass Clippings
Grass clippings can be used in your garden between plants. They hold in moisture and heat, while also keeping weeds at bay. Grass clippings can also be used for composting.
Watering
If you can step on your lawn and the grass doesn't bounce back up, it needs watering. Water between 4:30AM and noon. Water for 45 minutes, if you've used the shampoo mixtures the water should seep right into the soil for the plants to use. The deeper the water goes, the better the plant roots.
Aerate the Yard
Use shoes with high heels; by poking holes in your yard you let air and moisture get in, while loosing the soil. You can rent aerating machines which pull up plugs of earth. These holes fill in with silt and loose earth during rain storms and do a great job at retaining moisture.
Pest Control
The secret formula is one third of a hunk of fatty lye soap shaved and dissolved into 1L of boiling water. Mix with 125ml of flea and tick shampoo. Take a hand-sized pinch of chewing tobacco and boil it in 1L of water; filter out the leaves (you're making tea). When done mix equal parts of: the lye-shampoo, the tobacco tea, and antiseptic mouthwash. Spray this stuff on your lawn with a setting of one tablespoon per 5L. The solution kills disease, makes the insects sick, and poisons them
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