lawn improvements

[tractorboy1]

i will get some pics when i am there next:thumbup1:

 

Any update?

[miker]

have left the grass to its own devices and seems to be thickening up,full of ragwort tho, so im going to treat with a 3 in 1

[IVECOKID]

Good call , always the best option when taking on a new lawn with issues.

 

 

Ste

[miker]

Good call , always the best option when taking on a new lawn with issues.

 

 

Ste

 

since starting the thread ive found out that the lawn with the most issues was a carpark and a thin layer of soil was laid over scalping and then turfed, this was about 3 years ago apparently, fun and games ahead i think !!

[IVECOKID]

Unfortunately in today's world of re cycling I am coming across more problems with freshly laid turf because of the amount of Cowboys using re-cycled soil which is basically screened stones and whatever rubbish they can class has soil.

The Turf look great for the first year until the winter and then the problems appear in the Spring .

 

 

Ste

[miker]

Unfortunately in today's world of re cycling I am coming across more problems with freshly laid turf because of the amount of Cowboys using re-cycled soil which is basically screened stones and whatever rubbish they can class has soil.

The Turf look great for the first year until the winter and then the problems appear in the Spring .

 

 

Ste

 

spot on there mate,took on 4 new care home sites last year,blowing the paths off and the new laid turf came up, underneath was stones,fresh ash branches,an old bath mat and god knows what else,like you say, turf was good for the summer but now looking pretty bad

[IVECOKID]

spot on there mate,took on 4 new care home sites last year,blowing the paths off and the new laid turf came up, underneath was stones,fresh ash branches,an old bath mat and god knows what else,like you say, turf was good for the summer but now looking pretty bad

 

 

I have stopped laying Turf for this reason has its getting harder to find decent Has dug soil and everyone now offers so called screened soil from re-cycling yards .

 

 

 

Ste

[headgroundsman]

since starting the thread ive found out that the lawn with the most issues was a carpark and a thin layer of soil was laid over scalping and then turfed, this was about 3 years ago apparently, fun and games ahead i think !!

 

The main problem you may have is compaction because if this is the case over this area it will be hard to put right. If not then the other problem will be that there is little fertility. This can be sorted by regular feeding, little and often. I used to use half rate fertilizer followed a few weeks later by half rate lawn sand if the weather right. i.e rain a couple of days later and do this through out the spring and summer. Don't dismiss a ph test because if the ph is rather low then the fertilizer may not be taken up by the grass and a little lime may help and easy to apply. Raise the height of cut as far as allowed and if you can leave the cuttings down this will help a lot too. It is very rare that you will need to reseed or turf as the grass that is there is coping even if only just. Feeding and boosting this is usually the best way then weed killer once it is growing better!