I’m a gardening geek – my 3-part hack to get a lush, green lawn for summer, including essential watering trick
A GARDENING fan has revealed his top tips for getting your lawn looking lush and healthy in time for summer.
Jonny Hincks describes himself as a “plant geek” and often shares gardening tips and tricks via videos posted to his TikTok channels.
In a recent video, the gardening lover revealed the importance of top dressing and planting lawn seed.
He said that now is the perfect time to plant plant lawn seeds, adding that he did his last week.
Jonny explained that before you get started, you should mow your lawn and then scarify it, which is the process of removing dead thatch from the top of the grass.
You must then decide whether you want to use top soil or lawn dressing.
Jonny said that his preferred method, is to mix lawn seed (available at Amazon for £6.99) with lawn dressing (around £10 from Amazon).
After the seed is nicely mixed together, Jonny said that the next step is to spread it evening across your lawn, using a rake or shovel.
“Make sure it’s not too thick, just enough to cover the grass blades”, he said.
To make sure that the lawn dressing is even, Jonny recommended using a large piece of wood to smooth it out.
After the dressing is all nicely evened out, Jonny said that you must keep it watered for the next few weeks.
He said: “If you let your seed dry out, it will not germinate”, he warned.
The gardening whizz said that within a few weeks, fresh grass should start to grow.
Jonny said that by following his tips, you will achieve a “lush, green lawn”.
TikTok users raced to the comment section of Jonny’s video, which was posted under the username @gardenwithjonny, to share their thoughts on his advice.
One person said: “Thanks for your brilliant advice.
“My lawn is looking terrible.
“I will use this technique to fix it.”
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A second person said: “I like this as it’ doesn’t require £20ks worth of equipment”.
A third added: “Brilliant. Now tell me how to stop the birds from eating the newly sown seeds.”
A fourth remarked: “I seeded and top soiled last weekend.”
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