All that snow, ice and sleet does damage — especially if you live in a colder region where salt is spread to melt ice. Often, they go to the bathroom in the same spot, so they can dash back inside as quickly as possible.
Take a close look at the grass around walkways, sidewalks, roads and driveways. These areas are most likely where you or your county applied winter salt to melt ice. Salt draws moisture from grass roots causing it to turn brown. Gypsum works to replace the salt, heal the grass and encourage new growth. Add all-natural gypsum now and as needed as lawn burns appear throughout the season.
Simply use a drop or broadcast spreader to apply to damage spots in your lawn or garden. Root development and the intake of other essential nutrients are assisted as well by the calcium content of gypsum.
As a rule, gypsum is best cultivated and mixed into clay or heavy soils prior to laying turf or adding turf underlay. If you have an existing lawn that is suffering from compaction, using gypsum will also help relieve compaction in most clay or heavy soils.
Remember good soil structure will give you a great lawn. If you want more advice, get in touch with your local Lawn Solutions Australia member. Only the few acid loving plant species blueberries, etc have high aluminum tolerances.
Soluble aluminum testing is not always part of the standard soil testing regimen. If not, and you would like it done, you will need to request it.
If you search the internet you will find many sites on gypsum use. University tests conducted on gypsum's ability to soften landscape soils almost always differs from the many claims in home landscape forums. For that matter, even some researchers sometimes disagree on the benefits of gypsum. Keep in mind that gypsum works differently in agricultural areas due to extensive and aggressive soil maintenance.
The soil is often turned over to prepare for planting new crops, compared to lawns which are never turned once the lawn is established. In agricultural settings gypsum has proven itself and can improve heavy clay structure, improve plant root depth, drainage, etc. However, gypsum does little to soften hard soils in home landscapes, as is often believed. Home soils are not easily affected by gypsum due to soil layering, heavy compaction, high organic content, etc.
Coarse soils can actually be damaged by applying gypsum. Magnesium deficiency from gypsum for lawn application can result in some situations. Gypsum will increase water filtration in saline soils, however. Salt prevents water absorption and blocks absorption into the roots. When the salt is removed by gypsum, the soil can again do its job in absorbing water and making it available to plant roots.
I was recently speaking to a person living along the Gulf Coast of Texas who applied gypsum for lawns and spoke about how it helped break up his hard clay soil. He claimed he now had better water filtration. He didn't realize that it was the salt from the Gulf, especially salt water from the last hurricane that affected his soil and the gypsum corrected the problem. To learn more about soil salinity and how gypsum can help, click on the link: Soil Salinity Problems and Cures. He contacted me and pointed out some of the uses and benefits of gypsum, especially on agricultural sites.
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While some grasses can be cut low, others can be seriously injured or even killed.
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