Everything you need to
a beautiful lawn
Creating a new lawn is easy with Westland’s range of products.
Here are a few hints and tips to help you create that lush green lawn you’ve always wanted.
Prepare the ground
Dry the whole area, removing stones, roots
and other debris. Improve poor soil with
Westland Soil Enhancer or Top Soil.
Rake the area to break up clumps
and level the site to create a fine, level
seed bed. Surestart Lawn Seeding Soil
will help create the ideal foundation for
creating a lawn.
Choosing the right seed
Choose the right lawn seed variety for your garden
to ensure it performs and stays looking lush.
• If there will be a lot of traffic across
the lawn, perhaps with children playing
on it, choose a hard-wearing variety
such as Surestart Tough Lawn Seed.
• To create that perfect
show-lawn that everyone will
admire, Surestart Finest Grade with its
special blend of fine-leaved grasses,
will be the best choice.
• If you’re in a rush, Surestart
Fast-Acting Lawn Seed will germinate
and establish extra-fast, with its
selection of speedy growing seeds to
guarantee results.
• If you simply want an all-round,
good-looking, hard-wearing lawn then look
no further than Surestart Multi-Purpose.
The best times to sow lawn seed are
March to April and September to
October avoiding hot dry periods.
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To sow a new lawn mark out the area
into square metres using garden canes
before sowing.
For best results, keep off the area
until the grass has grown 4-5cm tall
and protect seed from birds. Keep
the soil moist to aid germination. If there is no rain
within a few days of sowing then water gently but
thoroughly. Continue watering in dry spells.
For best coverage scatter half the lawn
seed over the area, then distribute the
rest at a different angle. For easy sowing
Allow the grass to grow 4 or 5cm tall before the first
cut. Start off with the mower on a high setting and
never remove more than a third of the grass height
in one cut.
The best time to over-seed your lawn is
March to May or September to October,
applying a rate of 25g/sq.m. This will
help to not only thicken your lawn but
also keep it healthy.
How to thicken up a
thinning lawn
Treating weeds and moss in
your lawn
Caring for a new lawn
Sowing a new lawn
a beautiful green lawn
Maintaining a beautiful lawn needn’t be a chore. Westland products are designed to make
maintaining your lawn quick and easy, leaving you more time to enjoy it!
use the Surestart Fast Acting Lawn
Seed handheld spreader. If you are
covering a large area use a lawn
spreader such as the Westland
Wheeled spreader.
• For shady lawns it’s best to choose
Surestart Shady Lawn Seed since this is
designed to cope with these
less-than-ideal conditions.
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For control of weeds and moss apply
Lawn Feed, Weed & Moss Killer in Spring,
April is ideal.
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For smaller lawns the easiest way
to apply is using the handheld spreader
pack, which covers an area up to 100sq.m
For larger lawns use the Westland
Wheeled Lawn Spreader for fast and
accurate application.
Moss will blacken and die within days. Weeds will
be controlled in 2-3 weeks. Rake out dead weeds
and moss then re-seed any patches.
Just a few weeds?
If you have a small weed problem use a selective
weedkiller like Resolva Lawn Weedkiller or
hand weed. Remember to remove the entire
root, as many weeds can quickly re-grow
from the smallest piece left in the ground.
Did you know that about 25%of the grass in
your lawn dies each year? It’s not surprising
that from time to time the lawn may start to
look a little bit thin and worn in places.
The easiest way to improve thinning
lawns is with Aftercut + Lawn Feed
& Revitaliser. Applied directly after
mowing, it contains lawn feed to
condition and thicken plus a special mix
of grass seed to reinvigorate the grass,
and fill in all unsightly gaps.
Mending bare patches
your lush green lawn
Westland’s range of Enhance products are easy to use and incorporate professional technology,
so having a perfect green lawn to be proud of is available to everyone.
patching results. The carefully selected seeds are
resistant to pet urine, one of the most common
causes of patches in the lawn, so Patch Fix not
only mends the patch but helps ensure it doesn’t
reoccur in the same place.
Lawn Feeding and
Conditioning
Apply ONCE...Greens for
four months
All plants need feeding to perform their best in
the garden, and your lawn is no exception.
To apply simply loosen the soil surface, removing
any weeds, moss or debris. Level the ground and
apply Aftercut Patch Fix. Once you have scattered
the seed, water gently to activate and then keep
moist until the seeds have germinated and are
growing strongly. Spring and Autumn are the
best times to apply.
For a lawn that is visibly greener in just
3 days, apply Aftercut Lawn Feed and
Conditioner throughout the season. This
is best applied when the lawn is free
from weeds and moss and after it has
been cut. Apply after mowing every
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3-4 weeks from March until October for
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a healthier greener lawn. It contains
a blend of nutrients to support and sustain
your lawn during the season, and it has been
specially formulated not to scorch your lawn.
The absolute, easiest way to feed
your lawn is with Westland ONCE
long lasting lawn feed. Best applied
at the start of the season in
April or May, one application
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greens for four months.
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Most lawns have bare patches from
time to time. Whatever the cause the
easiest and quickest way to mend the
lawn is with Aftercut Patch Fix.
Aftercut Patch Fix contains a unique
mix of lawn seed, feed, seeding soil and pet
urine neutraliser to give the best possible
The easy way to Use plant protection products safely.
Always read the label and product information before use.
Westland Feed, Weed and Moss Killer contains ferrous sulphate,
2,4-D and mecoprop.
Resolva Lawn Weedkiller contains MCPA, mecoprop-P
and dicamba.
For smaller areas apply with the easy
to use handheld spreader pack, which
will cover an area up to 100sq.m.
For larger lawns use the Westland
Wheeled Lawn Spreader for fast and
accurate application.
Westland ONCE ensures even growth and
greening because each blade of grass
gets the full benefit from the nutrients.
Each granule contains special slow release
properties meaning that they keep working
and feeding for 4 months.
Autumn Feeding
Even though you may not be thinking about
using your garden once autumn arrives, it
is still a good time to apply a special feed
to protect it over winter and give the best
possible start in the spring.
Westland Autumn Winter Lawn
Enhancer is the ideal product; applied
from September through to March it
will strengthen the root system in
your lawn by up to 700 times! The
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increased root system aids nutrient
and water uptake, hardens the grass to withstand
stresses of winter and improves resistance to
drought and disease, resulting in a thicker,
healthier lawn come spring.
All that’s left to do now is for you to sit back,
relax and enjoy your lawn!
FOR MORE ADVICE, HINTS
AND TIPS ON HOW TO ENHANCE
YOUR LAWN VISIT
Create a beautiful lawn
Maintain a beautiful lawn
Use plant protection products safely. Always read the label and product information before use.
Resolva Lawn weedkiller contains MCPA, mecoprop-P and dicamba.
Westland Horticulture Ltd,
14 Granville Industrial Estate,
Granville Road, Dungannon,
Co Tyrone, BT70 1NJ
TEL: UK: 08700 663 566
ROI: 1800 927 927
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