welcome to November's lawn care calendar in this video we're going to be looking at
all the things that you can do in the month of November to keep your lawn looking in top shape
but first let's take a look around the garden to see how things are looking as we move into winter
it's garden and lawn care guy here for November's lawn care calendar now as we're moving into
November you're going to be wanting to think about having the last cut of the year the grass growth
has really slowed down now and the garden's starting to come to almost a state of dormancy
this is going to be a quick trim to take some of the tops off and i might just get one more cut
in before the end of November if you're in the north of the country the weather's going to be
starting to really cool down and you may well have already had the last cut of your season
as you move in towards the mids and the south of the country you may get one or two more mows in
the month of November just remember to increase the height of your mower and leave the grass a
little bit taller there's less light available at this time of year and increasing the length of
the lawn will improve its ability to take in that light and also help to crowd out some moss you can
see here some of the areas that just haven't quite taken as part of my autumn renovation project
i'm going to be taking a chance and throwing a few more seeds down just fingers crossed and
hope the gaps fill in if not we're going to have to come back to those at spring
the other thing that is really important this time of year
is to keep on top of leaf drop if you've got any deciduous trees or leaves in your neighbourhood
that might blow onto your lawn you want to be taking these off your lawn because they will
crowd out the plants and ultimately could cause the lawn to die off in spots i also like to do a
final edging pass of the lawn at this time of year i've not really touched the edges since
we did the autumn renovation so they're pretty overgrown and it's a great chance to combine the
leaf collection and also cleaning up the edges and ready to seal the lawn off for the winter
i'm just using a standard pair of edging shears i quite like the manual feel of using these tools
some people use streamers if you've got a bigger area but i like to stick with the basics
as well as the lawn edges you can also get the half moon tool out at this time of year
the grass should be nice and soft to work with and easy to cut some defined lawn edges
my ground's a little bit too wet to work on so i'm just going to give it a little bit of a trim
and hopefully come back with the edge when i get some more dry weather
coming up next we're going to be looking at moss control worm casts and some of the other things
that you can do in the month of November for the lawn if you've got a relatively small area
i like to carry this little collapsible bucket round just chuck the tidy ups in there
and it helps keep the borders nice and clean i can also pull any weeds that are growing in the
edges of the borders and just freshen everything up if you're interested in any of the products i'm
using today you can find them in the description below or on my website gardenlawndcareguide.com
when i'm pulling some of the borders you can actually see some of the seeds that have spilled
out into the borders from the over seeding and also some weeds and different types of grasses
let's take a bit of a closer look you can see on the left hand side a more coarser type of grass
probably poa
much thicker stems and on the right hand side this will be one of the overseed grasses that i used
and you can see the blades are much more finer
some people ask me how do you know the difference in terms of a weed grass
and the grass that you want we can visually see here straight off from the appearance
next up we're looking at lawn aeration now you don't generally want to be doing any hard works
at this time of year any slitting or hollow core aeration is only going to put some holes in the
turf and the soil surface and that with frost can cause heave and cause uneven marks on the surface
if you do want to do any work the only thing you can do is just some light pricking holes with the
fork and doing that if you really really late throwing some seed down you can drop
the seeds into those holes and it might give them a bit more security from the elements
but overall you don't really want to be doing any type of hard works this time of year and
really the whole regime is working to a close something i wanted to show you i picked myself
up a little gadget which is a rain gauge and it wasn't very expensive i think less than 10 pound
there's a link in the description below from amazon and i'm gonna get this set up because
i'm quite interested just to see on a month by month basis how much water is falling on
the lawn i know over the past couple of months we've been absolutely drowned with water and
it's really held me back on some of the results i hope to achieve from the autumn programme
next up we're going to be looking at moss control and even hardening off some of the turf
for the overwintering now moss is going to be a real big player on the lawn especially
if you haven't got a super healthy lawn or one that's going to be in shade with lots of water
is ideal conditions for moss to grow there's a couple of different ways you can treat moss and
generally it's around use of a product like iron sulfate you want to be applying this at the higher
dosage which on this particular product shows turf hardening and that's going to blacken off the moss
and also harden off the turf the first type of product similar to this is a mixable product
where you measure out a certain amount mix it with water and you can apply it down on the lawn you
can also get a product like this in a pre-mixed form like a liquid form which can be easier
to use and you don't have to do any mixing or calculations you can also get a product like the
lawn gold winter protect for example which is a granular product and you'd apply it similar to you
would do with as a granular fertiliser now this particular product doesn't have any np or k in it
but it's got slow release iron around six and seven percent slow release iron with
a nine percent iron total content and it also contains magnesium with added seaweed
you can apply this in a spreader or actually peel back the packet and drop spread it
and the idea behind this is it's going to keep the moss at bay and the lawn green my lawn is
actually pretty good for moss control because i'm generally keeping it healthy
i'm a bit concerned about some of those bald spots we saw in the previous video but that'll see
but you can see here from some of my borders it's already starting to build up
i'm going to move to the front lawn to let you see how that's doing
it's actually looking really nice and healthy i get a lot more sun on the front lawn so you can
see it's still pushing up some nice growth and it's nice and green this is a super super nice
front lawn and i'm really impressed with the renovations that i've done on it this year
some of the things that i want to talk to you about on the front lawn include
mushrooms or toadstools and worm casts so if we get stuck into the turf here you can see
some mushrooms growing in the lawn which you guys might be seeing as well
you don't need to worry about this at all they're not harmful for the turf
you can just pull them out chuck them in the bag and throw them in the bin
i've got these small little mushrooms and there's that much water in the turf
and then the ground they're just sort of disintegrating in my hands
moving on to look at another issue that people are facing this time of year which is worm casts
this particular one is nice and dry and they will generally break up in your hand if they're dry and
you can brush them off but in my back lawn where it's a little bit more wet they do tend to clump
and you've got to watch out when using the mower because when you roll over them they're going to
roll flat and kill off the turf i've previously used a little afro comb to pick these out
but if you have got a bigger area or many casts then you can blast them with the hose to try and
disperse some of the mud you also want to keep on top of some of the other debris on the lawn
for example here's a bit of a branch that's fallen off that tree
and you can already see there it's just started to crowd out some of the light from the grass
keeping on top of debris on the lawn is going to be really important to keep it thick and healthy
you can see here i've got some of the smaller leaves from
these beech trees that are dropping onto the lawn
and a couple more casts
i'm going to pick those leaves up just by running the mower over the top
and whilst i might not take too much off the lawn i'll keep on top of the debris
as we're coming to the end of the season now's a great time to also keep on top of the mower
maintenance this electric mower doesn't really need much maintenance at all other than keeping
the deck clean and changing the blade if you've got a petrol mower you might want to consider
some other maintenance at this time of year you can see here i'm only just literally
taking the tops off at the grass and there's just as many leaves in the box as there is
grass clippings underneath the mower deck i've generally been keeping on top of the
cleanliness throughout the season this is going to increase the efficiency of the mower keep it clean
because we all know this dry type of grass almost turns into a concrete
and it's really difficult to clean off later
the other thing that you might want to have a little check about is at the health of your blade
my blade's looking nice and sharp still there isn't too many dints or chips in it i only put
it in at the start of this season and i've been switching between this mower and my allett so it
hasn't had as much wear as it normally does but it might be a good opportunity to get yourself
a new mower blade or have a look at getting the one you've got sharpened let me know what jobs
you guys are up to in the month of November drop me a comment in the comments below and
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