How to Get Your Lawn Ready for Spring

Simple steps to help your lawn recover from winter and get growing again.

Spring is when lawns start to wake up. As the weather warms and your grass begins actively growing again, a little attention now can help set it up for stronger growth, better colour and improved resilience heading into summer.

Whether your lawn is looking a little tired after winter or you simply want to give it the best start to the growing season, here are some simple steps to get your lawn spring-ready.

1. Start With a Good Mow

As your lawn begins actively growing, regular mowing helps encourage a neat, healthy lawn.

Avoid removing too much of the leaf at once. If your lawn has become long over winter, gradually bring it back to your preferred mowing height rather than giving it one very short cut.

While you're mowing, take a look around for thin areas, weeds, dry patches or places where the lawn isn't recovering as quickly as the rest. These can give you clues about what your lawn may need next.

2. Check How Well Your Soil Is Taking Up Water

Have you ever watered your lawn only to see water running off the surface, pooling in certain areas or some patches drying out much faster than others? Your soil may not be absorbing and distributing water effectively.

Torn Turf Wet Stuff is a liquid wetting agent formulated with a non-ionic surfactant. It helps water penetrate dry and water-repellent soils, improves moisture movement and distribution through the soil, and can help reduce run-off, pooling and uneven moisture.

It's a simple addition to your lawn-care routine when water isn't getting where it needs to go. Shop Wet Stuff →

3. Give Your Lawn the Nutrition It Needs

Once your lawn is actively growing, spring is a great time to support it with nutrition. Grass needs the right nutrition to support healthy growth, colour and overall turf strength.

Torn Turf Lawn in One is a complete liquid lawn feed combining essential nutrients, trace elements, iron and organic stimulants in one convenient application.

Designed to support greener, thicker and healthier turf, Lawn in One also supports root development and turf strength and is suitable for common lawn types. Shop Lawn in One →

4. Don't Forget What's Happening Below the Lawn

A great-looking lawn isn't only about what you can see above the ground. Healthy turf starts with the soil beneath it.

Torn Turf Earth Worx is a liquid soil conditioner and bio-stimulant containing fish emulsion, seaweed, humic acid, fulvic acid and molasses.

It's designed to support healthier soil, stronger root development and nutrient availability and uptake, helping create better growing conditions for your lawn.

Looking after the soil as part of your regular lawn-care routine gives you another way to support your turf from the ground up. Shop Earth Worx →

5. Water Smarter as the Weather Warms

As temperatures rise, your lawn's water requirements will change. Rather than automatically watering every day, check your soil and lawn conditions first. Your lawn's needs can vary depending on the weather, soil type, turf variety and location.

Watering thoroughly when required is generally more beneficial than frequent, very light watering. Early morning is also a great time to water because conditions are generally cooler and there is less water loss through evaporation.

6. Keep an Eye on Your Lawn

One of the easiest lawn-care habits is simply paying attention. Over the next few weeks, keep an eye on your lawn's colour and growth, along with any dry or thinning areas, weeds, water run-off or areas where moisture isn't penetrating evenly.

Your lawn doesn't always need more product. Sometimes adjusting your mowing, watering or application timing can make a big difference.

A Simple Spring Lawn-Care Routine

Spring lawn care doesn't need to be complicated.

Mow → Check your soil and moisture → Feed → Water effectively → Monitor your lawn

A consistent routine can help you build a healthier, stronger lawn as you head toward summer.

Give Your Lawn a Spring Boost

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