If to conduct survey among owners of with own hand put lawns about the one whom the next year after bookmark the quality of the sowed lawn arranges, - it is sure, 80-90% of summer residents will answer negatively. Let's understand why your lawn was not such of what it was dreamed what reasons of failures and, respectively, as to avoid them.
First of all we will provide the picture: the park in England, weight to the people goes, sits, lies on smart, uniform, without pleshin, green lawn. Already every day. And yours and without visits shows from itself(himself) pathetic show: from under snow there was all in white mold, spotty, by the beginning of summer has become covered by dandelions and other weeds, in the summer in general has turned yellow, has grown brown, after autumn rains has a little risen, but half of the area was overgrown with clover or moss. And you tried, mowed, watered... What not so?
All not so, judging by condition of lawn. Let's begin with the fact that at laying of lawn in the same formal garden surely the layer of earth on which the lawn grass will grow will be made friable, comprising besides fertile soil also sand that it will allow water to be taken away freely from roots, will give them the chance to breathe.
And how do site under lawn at us? Have dug out ditch under the house. Clay from ditch was leveled on the site directly on construction waste (remains of concrete blocks, the stiffened cement, the pieces of rags stained in paint, oil). Over this huge clay trough which is doing not pass water not down and not up, thin layer in 2-5 cm of natryasla the collected on the site or purchased earth (most likely, normal peat) the bought seeds have also with peace of mind seeded, sometimes exceeding norm of seeding three times-five times (by the principle: ""the more the better"") and without looking at composition of lawn mix at all. Familiarly? And seldom who will introduce good mineral fertilizers at crops.
How it is necessary to arrive? Order machines and you take out all kotlovanny soil from the site, and also construction waste. Do not dig in it in soil, - not you, so your children will face this ""treasure"" subsequently. Consider: to take out several machines of clay one dump cheaper, than to bring several machines of fertile mix and to fill up clay from above, creating at least minimum (15 cm) fertile layer! If your own soil on the site of maloplodorodn (same clay or sand) deliver in addition several machines fertile (or torfopeschany) mixes. If you have already created lawn on clay soil, then provide it at least small bias that surplus of water could flow down from the clay basis. If put lawn on sand, add to soil organic chemistry (the rerotting manure, compost) and a little clay soil. If the level of underground water on the site is high, it is necessary to arrange drainage drainage, without it on the crude place not to receive not only lawn, but also cultivation of vegetables fruit will be problematic. Without drainage the lawn will become covered by moss, bald spots, to freeze and finally will die. In the fall (no later than the middle of October) choose the site where the lawn under lawn will be sowed, spill herbicide of continuous action (raundap, etc.) weeds on it is mute at the rate of 0.3 ml / hundred part, then in 10 days carry out redigging (cultivation of the site). Wait for germination of seeds and rhizomes, not the dead in the fall in the spring and also spill solution raundap + potassium humate at the rate of 0.2 ml / I will weave raundap and 20 g / potassium humate hundred part. And raundap and potassium humate freely are on sale in the garden centers. Such technology of processing of the site will allow you to get rid for a long time of weeds, and the potassium humate many times will reduce negative impact of herbicide on the soil. If you put lawn in the spring, then carry out similar work in a short form: cultivation in the spring with sample of rhizomes, abundant watering, waiting of germination of weeds, processing by herbicide. Pay attention: it is possible to sow lawn grass in 2 weeks after herbicide introduction! Otherwise it will slow down germination of seeds. Preparing the soil under crops surely introduce to it starting fertilizers, they will help grass to gain quickly growth and to create branched root system. Choose fertilizers with prevalence of nitrogen, the Lawn is better with marking "". Spring. ""Choosing seeds, always consider, what is the time and means you can give to lawn. If the bed of lawn is arranged in due form (with sandy drainage, light nutritious soil from above, water drainage) and you can regularly and often mow and feed up him, arrange parterre, sports lawns (seeds of polevitsa, meadow grass meadow, fescues red). If time is not enough and the device of lawn is not optimum, there is short-term stagnation of water or problem with watering, arrange normal lawn with additive to the ""noble"" cereals which are listed above seeds of ryegrass and fescue meadow. They sozdanut basis for lawn, will give it original form, and then, after growth of polevitsa, meadow grass in about two years will die, having executed the role. The norm of crops is often exceeded by summer residents and what to tell, it is exceeded even on the instruction to lawn grass and is specified in limits of 50 g/sq.m. Actually excessive thickening is much more harmful, than rare crops. The blades seeded seldom quickly expand, and seeded densely can die from lack of power supply and light. Conduct experiment - seed the small site at the rate of 25-30 g/sq.m. and as summer residents of 50-100g/sq.m. usually sow and in year make sure that the minimum seeding has given excellent green lawn, and maximum - has bald spots and on density falls short of the first! Soil rolling if the soil on the site clay, it is undesirable! Just it is better to close up seeds rake to the friable, surely leveled from hollows soil and to carefully water it from fine nozzle before full blotting of soil layer (to arrange long small rain). It is necessary to water young lawn often, without waiting for drying of top layer. The first mowing is obligatory at achievement by grass of 10 cm! You stimulate with it grass to kushcheniye and additional growth. Cut 6 cm on the maximum height of the mower. Further the mowing of grass of times a week if you want to have good lawn, is your sacred duty. During rainy season it is obligatory to mow too. Choose gleams between rain - and you mow, otherwise the wet grass will fall and will decay. It is not obligatory to bring fertilizers in the first season (if starting fertilizing has been brought). Introduction only in August - autumn lawn fertilizers with prevalence of phosphorus and potassium for the best rewintering of herbage is possible. It is the most minimum set of requirements to receiving good green lawn which show so is pleasing to the eye and which with pride can brag to guests!