AboutLong Island Gardener Expertise How to grow the Perfect Lawn? If you live in the Northeast/Atlantic Coast, I have intelligent answers on grass selection, fertilizers, soil care, weed control, and lawnmowers. Although I have degrees in related fields, a person's real gardening skills are learned from trial and error. More important, I am strict about not using chemicals in the garden. Organic gardening is not just earth friendly and healthier for you, your children and your pets. It's less expensive and easier. You read that right. Less expensive and easier.
Experience Homeowner for 15 years, 30 years of gardening for personal pleasure, college credits in horticulture and botany, volunteer docent at the local botanical gardens, and a whole library of gardening and landscaping books at home some 100 years old.
Question I have been away from home for about 2 months and unfortunately the grass had been left to grow too long. I therefore asked a neighbour if they would kindly cut my lawn for me. As a result they have cut it, but too short in one cut and the grass is now yellow. What is the best course of action to help it recover?
Thanks Tony
Answer This is an emergency... Get yourself a large container of Harpin Protein, which is sold as 'Messenger' at garden centers, and dose it up all over the Lawn. Recovery program. Grass cut too short may never recover. Give it a break and see what you can do with the Messenger. Good luck; keep me posted.
