A GREEN-FINGERED homeowner has revealed the gardening trick that luxury golf courses use for a perfect lawn.
They raved that the tip gives the grass an “amazing” dark green color.
The hack was shared on Reddit’s lawn care forum after a user asked for advice on improving their lawn’s appearance.
Sharing a photo, they complained that despite regular mowing and applying fertilizer their lawn has a “lime green color” and random dark patches.
A Redditor writing under the handle Justabuck shared their solution for the problem.
“Top dress with compost gave me a deeper green than any fert ever did,” they said. “A lot of work, but so worth it.”
Another response to the thread agreed and revealed it’s used by professional gardeners.
“I used to work at a very, very high-end golf course that did this to all the grass surrounding the bunkers,” they said.
“It was AMAZING what it did to them, the grass was so dark it was crazy.
“But yeah it is pretty costly and time-consuming.
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“I would aerate and do a light topdressing of compost.”
Aeration involves making small holes in the soil to allow beneficial nutrients and water to reach the roots.
Many Redditors up-voted the advice and were eager to try it for themselves.
According to Gardeners’ World, top-dressing lawn mix contains sand, weed-free topsoil, and peat-free compost or sieved leaf mold.
It should be applied to a recently mowed lawn in the fall or late spring.
Experts recommend waiting at least a week to mow again and watering the lawn if there hasn’t been any rain during the period.
A blend is available to buy at Walmart for $178.95.
Customers have given it a 4-star rating out of 5 after using it to make their lawns healthier.
Easy gardening tips to save money, maximize space, and repel pests
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- Banana peels, vinegar, and coffee grounds are often recommended as natural fertilizers.
- Dollar Tree sells four packs of seeds for $1.25.
- Try a vertical planter like Amazon’s Mr. Stacky 5 Tier Stackable Planter, $35 to make more use of a small space.
- Use netting like the Garden Netting Pest Barrier, $8, from Amazon to keep away bugs that eat your vegetables.
- Try sacrificial planting to reduce the use of pesticides and keep pests away from your garden. Deliberately growing certain plants to attract agricultural pests can keep them away from the plants you want to protect. Examples include marigolds, lavender, catnip, and chives.
- For pesky weeds in your garden, the Grampa’s Weeder – The Original Stand-Up Weed Puller Tool with Long Handles, $45, from Amazon is a helpful tool you can use without having to bend over.
The hack comes after the founder of Brandon Rushing Lawn and Garden Care in Northern Virginia shared tips for a putter-worthy lawn.
“It’s the ultimate goal of many homeowners to have a neighbor walk by their lawn and shout, in consummate dad-joke fashion, ‘Fore!'” he said.
Brandon Rushing revealed mower blades should be set at 3.5 to 4.5 inches to avoid cutting too low.
He said incorrect trimming can cause discoloration and increase weed infestation.
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He added that weeds can “rob your lawn” of beneficial nutrients and encourage pests.
Rushing recommended using a soil kit to check the best fertilizer for your lawn and watering just once a week.
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