Sprinkling a 40p Asda staple will bring your wilted, brown lawn back to life this August
There's nothing more unsightly than enjoying time in the garden only to be faced with ugly brown patches on your grass.
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Say goodbye to ugly patches
But luckily, now you can say goodbye to that and hello to a gorgeous green lawn - and there's barely any effort involved.
Not only this, but thanks to this super simple trick, you won't have to go out and break the bank on posh fertilisers or gardening products.
In fact, with this expert-approved hack, it'll cost you only 40p - and you'll be able to do it multiple times.
Alongside mowing your grass, lawns require fertilising to promote strong and healthy growth.
Gardening experts suggest scattering used tea leaves on your lawn as a potent natural fertiliser.
Your grass would love a cup of tea
Tea leaves are packed with essential nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, all of which are critical for healthy plant growth including grass.
They can also enhance the structure of your soil and its water retention capacity, creating optimal growing conditions for your grass and improving its overall appearance.
Lawn Love reveals: "Compost tea isn't a warm drink to savour by the crackling fire.
"But your lawn (and your garden plants) would love to glug some down.
"According to the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, applying compost tea to the lawn helps spread beneficial microbes onto soil and plants.
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"Compost tea also helps protect your turf from disease.
"The organisms in compost tea will consume available food sources and help outcompete disease organisms.
"The homemade fertiliser increases soil water retention, too."
Get rid of ugly weeds too
If you're dealing with unsightly brown patches on your lawn that need a bit of TLC, experts recommend covering these areas with used tea leaves and sowing grass seed within them.
The nutrients from the tea will permeate the soil, ensuring that when your grass rejuvenates, it comes back healthier and more vibrant.
August gardening jobs
The Sun's Gardening Editor, Veronica Lorraine, has shared the 10 gardening jobs to take on during the last month of summer - and the all important ones to remember if you're going on holiday.
1. Watering plants on holiday
Think about how you're going to water your plants if you're going away. Irrigation systems are stupidly expensive - so ask a friend or neighbour to pop over.
2. Remember your houseplants!
For houseplants use the upside down bottle trick - where you fill a wine bottle and then tip it upside down, spout down, and stick it into the pot - the water should seep out slowly. For smaller plants you can use a thick piece of cord running from a glass of water, into the soil - so it slowly takes it up over time. Be sensible with your watering - vistit www.mains2rains.co.uk for some tips on how to conserve water in August. But use as much grey water - ie washing up water - as you can to save such a valuable resource.
3. Dig for potatoes
Second early potatoes should be ready to dig up.
4. Carry on deadheading
Use either secateurs or just pinch off the blooms with your finger and thumb. With roses, make sure you're dead heading back to a set of five leaves, giving you the best chance of more blooms.
5. Plant strawberries
You can actually plant strawberries in late august - which will be ready next year. For the ones you already have - if they've got runners springing off them - try and pot them up to make more strawberries for free.
6. Prune lavenders
In late August once they've finished flowering cut back your lavender - always prune them back to the woody stems - but make sure you can still see some little buds.
7. Collect seeds
A lot of plants will start going to seed now - so it's the perfect time to walk around collecting them to get free plants for next year - just make sure you label the envelopes.
8. Sow hardy annuals
Towards the end of the month, sow hardy annuals in order for them to flower next year. Try and choose sheltered spots for them.
9. Cut back roses
Prune back rambling roses and make sure they are all tied in. And in late August give your roses their last feed.
10. Keep on top of watering hanging baskets
It's really important to keep hanging baskets hydrated - they are the first and the worst for drying out.
Experts suggest covering the patches with used tea leaves and planting the grass seed within this.
The nutrients from the tea will seep into the soil so when your grass grows back it will be healthier and greener.
But that's not all, as an added bonus, tea bags can also inhibit the growth of weeds, particularly if steeped in black tea.
So if you have pesky weeds in your lawn that just simply won't shift, this could be a great natural solution to banish them.
If you want to give this trick a try and have already drank all the tea in your cupboard, you can buy a pack of 40 tea bags from Asda for just 40p.
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