I-turf ye-antifificificule ibe lukhetho olufumileyo lwabanini bamakhaya kunye namashishini afuna ukugcina i-tush, iLeawn eluhlaza ngaphandle kwengxaki yokugcina rhoqo. Enye yeyona mibuzo ixhaphakileyo xa ujonga i-turf ye-turfec yento "ihlala ixesha elingakanani?" Ukuqonda i-Livespan yeSpecitical I-turf ibalulekile ekwenzeni isigqibo esinolwazi malunga nokuba lukhetho olufanelekileyo lweemfuno zakho zomhlaba.
Ubomi obude bobuninzi be-turf buxhomekeke kwizinto ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanya nomgangatho wezixhobo, inqanaba lolondolozo, kunye nokuhamba ngeenyawo. Ngokubanzi, i-turf ephezulu yokufakelwa iphezulu ihlala ikwiminyaka eli-15 ukuya kwengama-25, yenza utyalomali lwexesha elide kwabo bafuna ukonwabela i-lawn esebenzayo, eyoyikayo yeminyaka ezayo.
Ukuqina kwengca ye-arbif ixhomekeke kakhulu kwizinto ezisetyenziswayo kulwakhiwo lwayo. I-fibers ephezulu yentshulubengi, enjenge-polybethylene nePolypropylene, yenzelwe ukumelana nezinto kwaye ixhathise ukuphelisa, ukuqinisekisa ukuba i-lawn igcina inkanuko yexesha. Ukongeza, izinto ezigwenxa ezinqabileyo ezinje nge-latex okanye i-polyurethane ibonelela ngozinzo kunye nenkxaso, ukunceda ukwandisa umhlaba opheleleyo wengca yakho yengca.
Ukulungiswa ngokufanelekileyo kubalulekile ukuba kwandise ubomi be-turf yakho. Ngelixa ingca yenyama yokufakelwa ifuna ulondolozo oluncinci kunengca yendalo, ukulungiswa rhoqo kusafuneka ukuqinisekisa ukuba ubomi bazo. Oku kubandakanya ukususa inkunkuma njengamagqabi kunye namasebe okuthintela into yezinto eziphilayo ekwazisa, enokuchaphazela imbonakalo kunye nokusebenza kwengca yakho. Ukongeza, ukuthoba ingca enamanzi kwaye usebenzisa ibrashi eqinileyo ukuba icime iintsinga kunganceda ukugcina ukugcina nokuloba kwayo, imbonakalo yendalo.
Isixa sendlela yonyawo i-purf yakho yokufumana i-turf ifumana iya kuchaphazela ixesha layo lobomi. Iindawo eziphezulu zetrafikhi ezinje ngeendawo zokudlala okanye iindawo zemidlalo zinokubona ukunxiba kunye nokukrazula ixesha. Nangona kunjalo, ukukhetha ingca yokufakelwa kunye nokuxinana okuphezulu kunye nemfumba eyomeleleyo kakhulu kunokunceda ukunciphisa iziphumo zokusetyenziswa kwesisindo, ukuqinisekisa ingca ihlala ihleli kwaye inomdla kangangeminyaka eza.
Ukongeza kwi-Liespan yayo inde, ingca ye-acker ineengenelo ezininzi ezenza kutyalomali olufanelekileyo. Ngokungafaniyo nengca yendalo, ingca ye-acket ayifuni ukunkcenkceshela, ukucheba okanye ukuchuma, ukugcina ixesha lokugcina kunye nemali. Nokuba yeyiphi na imeko yemozulu, ihlala iluhlaza kwaye ihamba-hamba-jikelele, ibonelela ngembono entle engaguqukiyo ngaphandle kokufuna ukulungiswa.
Xa ujonga ubuchwephesha be-turf yakho ye-turf, kubalulekile ukukhetha umthengisi onobuchule obonelela ngezixhobo ezisemgangathweni kunye nokufakwa kobuchule. Ngokutyala imali kwiimveliso ezisemgangathweni kunye nokulandela iinkqubo zokulungisa ezicetyiswayo, abanini bamakhaya kunye namashishini anokonwabela ubuhle kunye nokusebenza okungapheliyo kwengca yengca iminyaka emininzi.
Ngesishwankathelo, ixesha lokuphila lengca elifakelweyo liya kwahluka ngokusekwe kwizinto ezinje ngomgangatho wezinto ezibonakalayo, ulondolozo, kunye nokusetyenziswa. Ngononophelo olufanelekileyo kunye nengqwalaselo, ingca ekumgangatho ophezulu kakhulu inokuhlala naphi na iminyaka eli-15 ukuya kwengama-25, esenza isisombululo esomeleleyo nesixabisa kakhulu umhlaba. Ngokuqonda izinto ezichaphazela ubomi obude, abantu banokwenza isigqibo esinolwazi malunga nokuba i-turfefific kukukhetha ilungelo elifanelekileyo lendawo yabo yokuphuma ngaphandle.
IXESHA LOKUQALA: Jun-12 ukuya ku-2004