TRAPP WM-350 Manual De Instrucciones página 25

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Tips to Maintain your Lawn Always Beautiful
1. Pick up all kinds of objects from the lawn,
such as: stones, roots, pieces of wood, glass
or bricks. These objects, besides damaging
your lawn mower and making your work
difficult, may also cause serious accidents,
when thrown in high speed by the cutting
blade.
2. Try to eradicate all noxious weeds
before mowing the lawn, manually or
with chemical products under technical
guidance. Avoid cutting them with the lawn
mower. Most of these weeds regenerate
easily and its superficial cut will not
eliminate them. In some cases, mainly in
their flowering time, this procedure might
even cause its dissemination.
3. Try to know the species of grass you
have in your lawn. Density, colour and
regeneration capacity are qualities that vary
among the several species. So, you may
know if you are taking good care of your
lawn and in the correct way. Following you
will find some characteristics of the main
species of grass used in Brazil.
Batatais
Also known as Forquilha (pitchfork) or
Mato-Grosso. It is very commonly used.
Light-green, strong and slightly piling leaves.
It is resistant to drought, high traffic, noxious
weeds and diseases. It helps avoiding erosion
and filtering water. It is deal for parks, soccer
fields and swimming-pool surroundings.
São Carlos
Also know as Curitibana or wide grass. It has,
smooth pilelless leaves. Dark green colour.
This grass is good for either sunny or half-
shadowed, humid or rocky grounds. It has a
good resistance to high traffic, noxious weeds,
diseases and frosts. It is ideal for public or home
gardens.
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 halfshadowed 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.
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