How to grow carpet grass

Carpet grass is a good soil conservation plant, planting in the courtyard or garden also plays a certain aesthetic role, so how to grow carpet grass?

First, the basic introduction of carpet grass

Carpet grass is a perennial herb of Gramineae and Carpet grass with long creeping branches. Culms compressed, 8-60 cm tall, nodes densely gray-white pilose.

Leaf blade flat, soft and thin, 5-10 cm long and (2) 6-12 mm wide, both surfaces glabrous or above pilose, margin sparsely ciliate near base.

It is native to tropical America and is introduced and cultivated in various tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is found in Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan of China, and the type specimens are collected from Jamaica. Born in the wilderness, where the roadside is wet.

Second, how to grow carpet grass?

1. First level the planting land and remove weeds and large stones from the land.

2. Then sow the seeds of carpet grass, and then cover a thin layer of soil after sowing.

Carpet grass needs to be covered with non-woven cloth to maintain humidity and temperature after sowing.

3. Carpet grass should be watered frequently after germination, weeds should be removed, reasonable fertilization should be carried out, and carpet grass should be pruned when it grows to a certain extent.

Watering can be used to irrigate or spray irrigation, water should be sufficient, generally soaked 10-15 cm deep, watering time is appropriate in the morning and evening.

Lawn plants absorb nutrients year by year, and soil fertility decreases. In order to ensure their luxuriant growth, fertilizer must be applied. It needs to be fertilized 2-3 times a year, usually in spring and midsummer. There are many chemical fertilizers, such as urea, calcium superphosphate, potassium chloride and compound fertilizer.

Mowing lawn tools are commonly used lawn mower and shrub mower, the more fine management of the lawn generally stubble 3-5 cm high.