TRAPP KM 300 Manual De Instrucciones página 37

St. Agostinho
Also known as English, Imperial or Coastal
grass. Its origin is the brazilian coastland.
Medium-sized width and length, smooth
and pileless, light green colour.
It is resistant to drought, frosts, noxious
weeds and diseases. It may be used either
in sunny or half-shadowed grounds. It is
also suitable for salty and sandy grounds.
Ideal for home gardens, country or seaside
house gardens and industrial areas.
Silky Grass
Also known as Bermudas. It is highly
resistant to drought, and is indicated for
banks and rocky grounds. Rapid growth,
blueish-green leaves. Perfect for sunny
places, but may be also used in half-
shadowed areas. Ideal for soccer and golf
fields, school yards, industrial areas, public
squares.
Zoysia
Also known Japanese or Korean grass.
Narrow and grey-green leaves.
Grows slowly. It is not too demanding for
soil fertility. Resistant to light traffic.
Perfect for sunny places, but may be also
used in half-shadowed areas. Good for
seaside grounds. Ideal for home gardens,
swimming-pool surroundings and sun-
bath areas, and also among stones.
Italian Grass
Also known as black grass. It has fine and
darkgreen leaves. Although it is not a
specific kind of grass (belonging to the
lilacea and not to the grama grass family) it
is much used as bedding in half or totally
shadowed areas, and also for flower-bed
borders and declivities.
Cut
4- A careful cut is essential.
The first cut should be done as soon as
the grass is rooted, in order to force its
growth and horizontal expansion.
After that, cut it each time it surpasses 5
to 7 cm height.
Anyway, in warmer seasons, the higher
the grass is, the stronger it will be, once
that it can better keep the soil humidity.
But do not exagerate, or it will loose its
uniformity and beauty.
5- Do not cut the grass when it is too wide,
avoiding gaps and burnt aspect. On the
other hand, frequent cuts tend to
weaken the nutritious reserves of the
grass, being more susceptible to noxious
weeds and diseases.
6- Keep the cutting blades always sharp,
avoiding the grass to be thrashed and
not cut.
Blunt blade cutting favours diseases
attack, sometimes of difficult control,
leaving the grass with an irregular and
brown aspect.
7- Another care that should be taken during
lawn mowing is the cutting direction,
that should be alternated, avoiding soil
compactation.
Soil compactation reduces the oxygen
available for the roots and hampers its
normal growth.
In some cases, it may ruin the grass.
For instance, if this time you mow the
lawn in North-South direction, the next
one should be East-West direction, and
so on.
8- What should be done with the straw:
leave it on the lawn or take it away?
By one way, as it decays, it renders back
to the soil the nutrients previously
extracted from it.
On the other hand, gathering the straw
provides more aeration and luminosity
to the soil (which are necessary for the
development of the lawn) and the
temperature and humidity are lower,
thus reducing the risks of diseases, and
even improving its aspect.
With TRAPP grass catcher simplified
installation system, you may choose the
best option for you.
9- Avoid mowing the lawn early in the
morning, when there is still a lot of dew
on it. Besides facilitating the appearance
of diseases, it is also for safety reasons.
10- As a final touch, you may also beautify
your garden alternating the height of the
grass in different strips.
TRAPP lawn mower's easy and quick
regulating system allows you to change
the cutting height without the need of
tools. The final visual effect is the same
as we usually see in soccer fields, i.e.,
stripes or checkered designs in different
green tones.
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