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The condition of your lawn can make or break a stunning garden display. With soaring temperatures and insufficient rainfall throughout the summer months, grass can begin to deteriorate far more rapidly than you might expect.

However, to guarantee your lawn remains lush throughout the summer, gardening expert and TikTok creator Ish has revealed his three-step technique for maintaining verdant grass for months on end. In a recent video, he said: "If you want a perfect lawn like I've got here, well, I'll show you just how easy it is in three steps." Ish wrote in the video's caption: "Today's gardening tips will show you my tried and tested method to reviving an old, tired lawn by introducing air into the soil, seeding and feeding it. Your grass has never looked better."

Restoring a neglected and worn-out lawn needn't be a complicated process. Indeed, Ish's approach requires just three straightforward steps.

To begin, you'll need to prepare the lawn to ensure the grass is in good health and clear away any moss, reports The Mirror.

Ish suggested using a lawn tonic or iron sulphate, combined with water in a watering can. Distribute the mixture evenly across the grass and allow it to absorb for several days.

This will cause the moss to "turn to crisp", at which point you can begin scarifying your lawn. To prepare the ground, an aerator, scarifier, or even a garden fork or hand rake will suffice.

This is used to puncture holes directly into the soil to assist water drainage. Scarifying is a lawn maintenance technique that employs mechanical blades or tines to cut through and extract a thick layer of thatch - comprising dead grass, roots, and organic debris - from your lawn.

By reducing this build-up and clearing it away, the lawn's overall condition is significantly enhanced, promoting improved airflow, water penetration, and nutrient uptake, while eliminating any competition within the soil.

Ish said: "Once you've successfully butchered your lawn, you can now focus on overseeding, especially where there are bald patches where the weeds and moss were. And did you know you could get special lawn seed for shady parts of your garden? Now you do.

"Leave the lawn to grow and in about four to six weeks, making sure you keep it fairly hydrated, and then after that, you want to introduce a good feed. Do this every couple months or so and your lawn will absolutely thrive.

"And if you're feeling particularly lazy, do this in the rain. You don't have to water it in then."

B&Q recommends giving your lawn a generous amount of water to assist the soil in retaining moisture. It also notes that the ideal time to aerate your lawn is one or two days following a rain shower, while the soil remains moist.

That said, it's advisable to refrain from aerating lawns after "extremely" heavy rainfall, as the ground risks becoming waterlogged. Once scarifying and aeration are complete, you can apply a generous amount of autumn grass seed, which contains higher levels of phosphorus.

This particular feed prioritises root development, as opposed to nitrogen-heavy alternatives that concentrate on promoting grass growth. Having completed those three steps, Ish assured that your lawn can be enjoyed "all summer long".