If you buy a dacha exclusively for recreation or wish to get a clean and well-kept yard without significant expenses, boldly plant everything with lawn grass. It is made out not only pieces of land in front of the house, but also a garden, and sometimes a green lawn with a swimming pool replaces beds with vegetables. Consider the main points and rules, how to sow lawn grass, because this process is not so simple and requires consistency.
Planting lawn grass in spring
If you want to get a green lawn in a short time and do not spend a lot of effort, your option is a roll lawn . Of course, time will save you significant costs, because the cost of one roll seems quite acceptable, but when calculating the yard area and the number of necessary rolls, the final costs are quite impressive.
Sow the same seeds in the summer months or in the fall before the start of frost. If the work begins around September-October, then next season you will get a thick carpet of grass. Some summer residents say that the seeds planted in the summer months are better.
We suggest planting lawn grass seeds, since it saves money, the process is not so complicated, and as a result you will get the same green yard, just for a longer period. So, let's look at the main steps and advice of specialists when and how to plant lawn grass.
- Work begins in the spring with the planning of the entire site planted. In this case, the surest way is to draw a plan on paper. You need to scale all the buildings on the plot, identify the places of planting trees, flower beds and other elements. Consider the following care for the lawn: the distance between the border and the lawn should not be less than a meter, otherwise it will be difficult for you to operate the lawn mower. If there are single trees on the site, it is better to plant soil cover perennials instead of grass under them.
- Before sowing lawn grass, it is necessary to properly prepare the plot and soil in the very beginning of spring. Carefully remove all garbage from the site, uproot the old stumps and weed out the weeds. Before landing, the whole earth is thoroughly digested and we add organic fertilizers, do not forget about drainage (rubble or broken brick for it). After digging, the surface is carefully leveled with rakes and left under steam for a couple of months.
- It is important not only to know when to plant lawn grass, but to choose the right herbal mixture. Here, various factors are taken into account: soil composition, purpose of planting, climate and illumination. All this is difficult to take into account independently, so it is better to choose a specialized store, where competent consultants will be able to compose a suitable mixture for your site.
- Seeding of grass in the spring begins after the earth has fully warmed up. The soil is prepared, the mixture of herbs is picked up, it remains only to once again make mineral fertilizers and work the surface with rakes. We start work only in dry and windless weather. You can sow with a special seeder or a proven method: first we sow along, then across. For one square meter you should leave about 40 grams of seeds.
- Sowing of lawn grass is completed, now you can carefully fill the seeds in the ground with the help of a rake. Next, we lay mulch (a layer of peat mixture not more than one and a half centimeters) and we pass the landing place with a roller. We water the crops with a sprinkler installation. In the next few days we irrigate daily.
- The technology of planting a lawn is simple and even a beginner can master it. And after about a week you will see the results of the work. By
the shoots will be seen where it is necessary to sow.
Lawn grass - planting and care
Care for the lawn is relatively simple, but always regular. After planting lawn grass in spring or autumn, try not to give a strong load to these places. The first year, try to walk as rarely as possible and of course protect the planting from pets.
Lawn mowing is a pledge of a clean well-groomed area and one of the methods for combating weeds . When cutting, do not cut more than one-third the height of the stem. The first haircut is carried out by the vein in dry weather and cut only 1 cm. Periodically, let the lawn "rest", then its root system will be strengthened and it will last a long time.