More often in the garden areas you can find a beautiful green carpet instead of beds. In a fast rhythm of life, it is difficult to catch everything and people begin to gradually appreciate comfort and rest. Therefore, on sites every year more and more summer residents prefer the lawn and plant only a few beds.
Planting a lawn with your own hands
To get a beautiful lawn, planted by yourself, it will take a lot of diligence and knowledge. The process of planting and caring for the lawn is not difficult, but rather laborious.
- The first step is to purchase the necessary inventory. To avoid traces on the ground on the shoes should wear hunting skis or attach two wide boards. For an even distribution of seeds, use a special seeder, the hand roller is pressed into the soil, and watering is carried out with special tools.
- Lawn with their own hands begins with the correct selection of planting material. To achieve a flat and fluffy lawn, it is better to use a mixture of different varieties of grass that have different characteristics. It is also necessary to select seeds according to the place of planting: how much it is shaded, the quality of the soil and the load on the landing site. The amount of planting material should be approximately 30-50 g per 1 sq. Km. m of soil.
- The quality of the surface is affected by the preparedness of the soil. During planting, it is necessary to add fertilizers containing phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen. If the soil on the plot is clayey, before planting it is best to dig with the top layer and add a little river sand. Before planting, you can add a little peat and humus.
- 4To the lawn with his own hands pleased the eye and had an even distribution, it is necessary to plant seeds in two directions. Sow planting material in two steps in perpendicular directions. At the edges of the site and along the droshk, the landing density should be slightly higher.
Roll-up lawn with your own hands
Following the western trend, many prefer a finished lawn on a roll. Advantages of rolling a lawn with your own hands is that it is completely ready for use and there is no need to additionally process it. There is no weed on it, the soil is fertile and the varieties are selected in such a way that the entire season your site will look well-groomed.
To choose a quality roll, you need to carefully look at the following characteristics:
- in it there should not be even small patches, the coating should be even and uniform;
- the thickness of the soil layer should be the same over the entire length and be approximately 2 cm;
- if you lift the plate by the edge and shake it a little, the grass should not crumble and the coating itself should not tear;
- There should be no stones or other foreign inclusions.
Laying a roll lawn with your own hands is not difficult and even a beginner can cope with it. The most important is to lay all the coating in one day, and therefore you must first carefully calculate everything.
The next point of planting a lawn with your own hands will be a thorough cleansing of the site. All garbage, stones, etc. clean and treat the soil with chemicals. Use roundup or diquat. Then the area is leveled and drainage is prepared. A layer of fertile soil is piled overhead and allowed to stand for a week. After laying, the lawn is tamped a little with the help of boards, if necessary, remove the mounds and hollows.
Planting a lawn with your own hands is best in the autumn months. You can also do this in March-April, as soon as the earth warms up a little after frosts.