Create and maintain ornamental lawns

Professional ground preparation sets the course - this is how it works

As long as the floor temperature does not fall below 8 degrees, they are climatic conditions given for the creation of an ornamental lawn. So that the soil can settle at the chosen location, the soil preparation takes place about 14 days before sowing. This is how you do it:

• Old lawn with a stripper remove
• The floor 2 spade Dig up or mill deeply
• Use the rake to create the rough subgrade, removing all roots and stones
• Finally the soil with the Rake Work crumbly to a fine level and water

Loamy clay soil is optimized with fine-grained sand, while sandy soil is improved with ripe compost. Heavily leached soil receives a mineral-organic or purely organic start-up fertilizer.

How to sow successfully - tips for quick germination

After the soil has been allowed to rest for 14 days, start sowing. Choose a day with dry weather. In the first step, loosen the upper layer of soil again in order to weed the last nosedive weeds. Ideally, you distribute the ornamental lawn seeds with one

Gritter in the longitudinal and transverse direction. So it goes on afterwards:

• the Lawn seeds Rake in as a light germinator a maximum of 1-2 cm deep
• Solidify the seedbed with a roller for perfect ground contact
• Finally, water the seeds

Until the seeds germinate, the main focus of maintenance work is the repeated irrigation of the area. Set the Lawn sprinkler(€ 27.99 at Amazon *) on the finest jet of water.

Maintaining ornamental lawns properly - tips for vital growth

If the seeds germinate according to plan, the first grasses will sprout within 8 to 21 days. Be patient with the first cut of lawn until the stalks have reached a height of 10 centimeters. In the first pass, no more than a third should be cut off. This is what matters in the care of ornamental lawns:

• Never mow the lawn when it is wet
• If dry, water thoroughly 2-3 times a week
• A cutting height of 4-6 centimeters is considered optimal
• The more often an ornamental lawn is mowed, the more luxuriantly branched the stalks
• Organic or mineral-organic from spring to autumn fertilize

You can restore a moss-covered and weed lawn to its perfect beauty by scarifying, aerating, sanding and sanding the green area fertilize. If the pH value falls below 5.5, a well-measured dose of lime will compensate for this.

Tips & Tricks

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