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How to clear the ground for sowing lawn seeds

Sensitive Lawn seeds are challenging to the external conditions. In order to motivate the seeds to germinate, careful preparation of the soil is required. Ideally, you should tackle the required work in the autumn of the previous year as follows:

• Loosen the soil with a milling cutter or with the spade dig up
• After a new building on the intended lawn area the Topsoil of the excavation
• Optimize sandy soil with ripe compost, leafy soil, granular Cattle manure(€ 18.80 at Amazon *) or horn meal
• Enrich loamy soil with fine-grained sand and peat
• Finally, smooth the surface with the rake and let it rest until spring

The quiet winter months are ideal for a professional Soil analysis to be commissioned. This gives you important information about the amount of nutrients and the pH value in the soil. In particular, the soil should not be too acidic. Lawn does not thrive well in a pH below 5.5. This shortcoming comes with a dose

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The best time to sow - now it starts

At the end of April / beginning of May temperatures settle at 10 degrees and higher, the best time to sow a new lawn begins. If you missed the autumn deadline for soil preparation, take the rough level 2-3 weeks before sowing so that the floor can settle. On the selected day itself, dry, mild weather should prevail in order to go to work in this sequence:

• Weed weeds meticulously and work the surface finely crumbly
• Mix the seeds vigorously and place in the Gritter or fill in the hand spreader
• Spread the seeds lengthways and crossways
• Thinly sifted over with peat, sand or vermiculite without the light germs lying completely in the dark
• The seed bed rolling and sprinkle with a fine jet of water

Adequate moisture is essential for germination. You should therefore water the newly laid lawn regularly for the next 3 weeks if the natural rainfall is insufficient. Prudent hobby gardeners cordon off the area so that it is clearly visible so that it is not accidentally entered. Only about the Lawn sprinkler(€ 27.99 at Amazon *) To position, one foot should be placed on the seedbed.

Second chance - sowing the lawn in autumn

A second time window for planting new lawns by sowing opens in September. In the sun-warm soil, the seeds will germinate quickly and take root quickly. This time of year is also an advantage for sowing, as the natural rainfall increases and the additional irrigation is reduced. The sowing should be done by the beginning of October, due to the falling temperatures.

So that the young lawn can get through the winter well, the first dose of fertilizer should focus on the potassium content. This nutrient strengthens the frost resistance of the plant cells so that they do not tear when there are fluctuations from frost to thaw.

Prepare a new building plot for turf - this is how it works

Planting a new lawn with seeds puts the gardener's patience to the test over several weeks. If you want to give your new home a dignified setting in the shortest possible time, you should choose the turf method. Within a day, a dreary new building plot is transformed into a velvety, green carpet. However, you will not get away with it completely without preparation, because the best ready-made lawn will not grow without a substructure. How to do it right:

• Create the rough subgrade as you would for sowing lawn seeds
• Then apply a special starter fertilizer for turf and water it
• Then spread out a stable mole net and fix it on the sides with ground anchors

Now give the soil 3 weeks to sit down. During this phase the mole net grows so firmly that it offers robust protection against the busy tunnel builders. the Lawn edge can later be designed so that the fastening anchors underneath are invisible.

When is the best time to lay turf?

The spring and summer months are ideal for creating a new lawn with the help of turf. Choose a dry, overcast day between late March and mid-September. The laying of turf during a summer drought is theoretically possible, but special precautions for the water supply are required. Under extreme conditions, the rolls of lawn must be watered while they are being laid.

How to lay turf with skill

The turf is completely closed on the day of delivery embarrassed, because with the harvest in the lawn school, the withering begins. For longer transport routes, the suppliers cool the rolls of grass down to 3 degrees Celsius. However, this pre-cool process does not last as long as ready-made turf can be stored for a few days. It is therefore an advantage to have helping hands on the day of installation. This is how it goes step-by-step:

• Lay the first roll of lawn along a straight edge
• Lay the following strips butt-to-butt and offset, as for bricklaying
• Avoid gaps and cross joints as well as overlaps
• Do not step on the substructure during the laying work

In parallel with the progress of the work, lay out wooden slats on the ready-made turf. From here you lay the next sheets so that there is no point loading. In a newly created lawn, depressions and bumps can no longer be ironed out afterwards. Cut off rolls that are too long with a sharp knife. These leftover pieces are ideally suited for shooting small corners and gaps with them.

Turf care begins on the day the turf is laid

Once all the lawn rolls have been laid accurately, the first step is maintenance Lawn roller for use. In this way you create a good connection to the substructure, so that the sod will take root quickly. The important one begins on the evening of the move irrigation, without which no ready-made lawn can gain a foothold. That's what matters:

• Newly laid lawns sprinkle with 15-20 liters of water per square meter
• Continue this for 2 weeks every day to two days, depending on the weather
• Do not water the lawn under the blazing midday sun

To determine the amount of irrigation water, simply place a measuring cup in the area of ​​the sprinkler. Alternatively, use a screwdriver or other pointed stick to check whether the turf is moistened to a depth of 7 centimeters.

Maintain newly laid lawns professionally - this is how it works

So that you will enjoy your lawn for many years after it has been newly laid out, maintenance focuses on a balanced supply of water and nutrients combined with regular mowing of the lawn. The central aspects of these three supporting pillars in the cultivation of green spaces are examined in more detail below:

Watering when dry

If the newly laid lawn is well rooted, the natural rainfall in autumn and winter covers the water requirement. In spring and summer, on the other hand, up to 25 liters of water per square meter evaporate under the sun every day. As soon as the lawn leaves no longer straighten up after being stepped on, the comes Lawn sprinkler for use. If you irrigate your new lawn thoroughly twice a week on average, the lush green will be retained.

Fertilize in a balanced way

A dense carpet of grass removes an abundance of nutrients from the soil. This loss is due to regular during the growing season Fertilize balanced again. Ideally, use an organic or mineral-organic fertilizer that is administered in March / April and July / August. Heavily used sports turf receives an additional portion in May. Repeated watering is compulsory in the following days until no fertilizer grains can be seen

Mow regularly

A newly laid lawn is used for the first time from a stalk height of 8 centimeters mowed. The noble grass should then be cut by a third every 7 days. It is important to note that lawns should not be mowed when it is wet or in direct sunlight. 4 centimeters has proven to be a healthy cutting height for ornamental and utility lawns. Shadow lawn should stand a little higher at 6-7 centimeters.