Show TOO MUCH KINDNESS 1 CAN CAN KILL NEW LAWN MOWING CARE NEEDED NEEDE By MAUD Telegram Garden Editor Many rany readers of or this column will have started patches of nel new lawn or made large arge new ones this spring I am sure From ze le seed sown in April which month is my favorite one of all for sowing sawing grass seed a 1 fairly thick stand of young grass now exists J J The Tho treatment of ot the tho grass In it IQ iii first summer is of the tho utmost to Its future Provided Pro you OU first prepared your you soil properly seeing that the ground was level Jevel and firm and wen well tn ni rich ed should you ou experience n no troubles to speak of Amateurs are often very Imp tient to get at the new lawn Jawn with th tj the mower and in their desire to i ia ie iea Iii a shaven stretch of ot green velvet they cut the grass before they should and also cut it too closely to the roots The first shearing should have the blades of ot the mower set high 10 o that two inches o of grass will be bo left If you ou cut closer than this the suns sun's hot rays will I scorch corch the tender roots of ot the youri youn plants Treatment for tor Weeds Seeds j Many annual weeds spring up o on on the new lawn which may cause yo you consternation as you watch their rapid growth but when you OU r run rull the lawn Jawn mower over them and their heads are cut off oft their life Je fe will bo ended Perennial weeds weed which include dandelion and plantain plan plan- tain lain will vIll have to be bo taken out b by bf the roots the resulting hole holo fluid filled with soil and a few tew o of seed scattered there I Never use a canvas to catch t th the clippings on a new lawn the fint fitt time you cut it but permit the clippings clippings clip clip- pings to fall taU and remain for they the will give their share of much needed need need- ed protection to the young oung root roots Amateurs I have found have 8 too heavy hand with commercial fertilizers and thereby do more mort harm than good In applying them It is better to use only half halt the quantity of the tho mixture recommended mended and make two applications application of this weak potion than to and run the risk of at burning th the plants especially young oung grass grass grass' Reasons for Failure I Generall Generally no extra fertilizing I h b called for at all aU the first season eason of ot a new lawn Jawn If a poor stand results provided you ou have seen that thai your soil was properly prepared it is a sign that you ou didn't sow the th seed thickly enough in the tho first firs place or that you omitted water wate one day just after germination had hac taken place and the young seedling perished Where there are re very this thir patches or If it spots occur with nc grass at all scratch the tho surface o ol 01 the soil soU with sith a small weeding fork lork and sprinkle new seed there covering cov coy ering cring the places with a few handfuls hand hand- fuls of straw or with pieces of ot sackIng sacking sack sack- Ing to assist germination Perseverance and painstaking caro care are called for In over a long Jong period of time YI You U cant can't expect perfection In a single season i 1 1 |