If the thatch layer gets to be more than about 1 2 inch thick it can be unhealthy for your grass and should be removed through a process called dethatching.
Grow a thick green lawn.
Mow often enough to maintain your grass type at its recommended mowing height without removing more than one third of the height in a single mowing.
If you have an accident you ll have a nice big dead spot in your lawn.
How to make your lawn thick and weedless.
Fill the spreader on the driveway not over the thick grass.
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Making your lawn thick lush and green is not hard.
Within months you ll have the best lawn in the neighborhood.
Only shade tolerant grasses such as red fescue festuca rubra usda zones 3 through 7 and st.
If your lawn s thatch buildup is right around 1 2 inch you have a minor lawn thatch problem that is fairly easy to deal with.
Let nature do the rest for a thick green lawn.
A thick healthy lawn illustration below that doesn t provide weed seeds adequate sunlight or open space to germinate is your best defense against weeds.
Kill the weeds without killing the earth.
Simply follow doc s program and within weeks you ll start to see a thicker greener lawn.
How to water your lawn.
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Accept that you can t grow grass everywhere.
Using best practices for mowing helps your grass grow thick and stay that way.
Just apply and sit back.
Read on for what to do right now and in the weeks ahead to cultivate a hardy healthy patch of green.
Lawn grass and weeds like different growing conditions so if there are weeds growing in your lawn that means your lawn is probably not in perfect condition for grass to grow which means it s unlikely you have a lush green lawn that is thick in grass.
This requires no special work.
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Rather than mowing based on your weekly calendar mow according to grass needs.
A thick well fed lawn is your best defense against weeds which can t compete for space and nutrients.
Or at least spread a tarp on the grass to catch spillage.
A sick spotty lawn leaves lots of open space for weeds to take root and grow.
Leaving the grass long 3 inches or more encourages roots to grow deeper where they ll weather drought better.