How to plant lawn grass - video and practical advice. Lawn grass care.

Emerald lawn - the best decoration suburban area. Even a novice gardener can create a lawn grass stand on his own. You do not need to be an agronomist and have a whole arsenal of special tools. One has only to plant a lawn strictly according to the rules, and further care of the lawn will not take much time. The main thing is to do everything carefully, exactly according to the instructions and with love.

First you need to determine the type of lawn. This may be a short-cut turf layer or a colorful Moorish meadow of flowers and herbs, sports or garden turf. Different lawns are sown with special seeds, and the care of grass mixture is different. According to a single technology, only the soil is prepared for planting.

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Soil preparation for sowing

Work on the site, intended for a lawn, begins with the preparation of the soil. Lawn grass grows much better in sunny areas, so if you are ready to ennoble the yard, you should take this into account. Only 3-4 hours a day can lawn grass be in the shadeIn other conditions, it will not be rich green and attractive. Choosing a place under the lawn, you should pay attention to the stagnation of rainwater. If the moisture goes away slowly, then it will be good to install drainage.

How to start planting a lawn in the countryHow many stages and in what sequence of works are carried out, let us consider in more detail:

1. Debris and excess shrubs need to be removed from the entire plot.   Methods of professional gardeners - chemical herbicides will help to completely get rid of weeds. Within a couple of weeks, unwanted vegetation is completely destroyed. If desired, you can do without chemistry, digging the site manually. After that, it's time to proceed to the treatment of the soil. On the site should not be stumps and weeds, in the future they may harm the grass cover.
2. Lawn planting tips:   If you plan to install an automatic irrigation system, it is recommended to carry out the relevant work before working the land.
3. A week before sowing grass mixture you need to feed the soil   mineral fertilizers.
4. Thereafter chop up lumps and level the soil with a rake. In large areas, the motoblock or a hand-held cultivator will cope more effectively with this task.
5. To improve soil fertility, need to dig the ground to a depth of 25 cm and fertilize   compost or manure. If the ground is heavy, pour it with sand, and add black earth or clay to the sandy soil.

At this ground preparation for planting a lawn does not end there. Further necessary level the soil. It’s easier and faster to do this using a wide board. Tie one edge to the rope, and drag the board flat along the entire perimeter of the lawn. It is important to level out in dry weather, and not to walk around the treated area. A few days before sowing, water the soil.

Planting a lawn in spring

For spring planting lawn soil preparation is best to start in the fall. You will have enough time to remove weeds, digging and tamping the soil, feeding the soil with nitrogen-containing fertilizers.

• If the decision to grow your own lawn was born with the arrival of spring, then the first work can be started as soon as the snow melts.   The procedure for preparing the soil for planting turf is the same for all seasons.
• Lawn planting begins in March - the first half of April.   Drain the prepared grain in the ground. To preserve moisture plot need to roll. If you do everything right, then in two or three weeks the grass will be born. By the summer you will enjoy beauty.
• It is necessary to take care of the herbage: moisten and trim, feed and loosen, remove weeds and remove pests.

Observing the rules of planting, you will create a beautiful lawn. Well-groomed spring turf will turn green to the frost.

Landing lawn in summer

Having a great desire to engage in planting a lawn, you can easily overcome the heat and grow excellent turf. For this, it is necessary to sow with some precautions and certain tricks. In the summer, the moisture does not linger long in the ground, so it must be protected from quick drying.

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• At the site, remove the soil to a depth of 30 cm, trample the bottom and cover it in several layers with cardboard from the boxes. Even newspapers will be used, but you will need quite a lot of them. So you create a breathable layer, but at the same time it retains moisture in the upper layers. The grass will have enough water, and over time the cardboard will just rot. Layer cover the ground and roll up.
• Having prepared the soil - time to sow the seeds. Planting a lawn with his own hands should be carried out according to the standards indicated on the package with the herbal mixture.   In the summer planting of turf has its advantages: in the heat weeds grow badly, so the grass manages to gain strength and suppress them. It is better to sow the grass mixture in the evening, in the previously irrigated soil. In small areas, it is better to start sowing from the edge, and then move to the central part. This ensures that the grass is evenly distributed. In the summer it is important to know where to start planting a lawn and not to miss a single item, otherwise all the work will be in vain.
• After sowing, seeds must hide from the sun.For this, use peat or dry soil. The soil does not need to be watered so that it will well press the seeds into the wet surface. Saving the future lawn from burnout, you need to close the entire area with a white non-woven fabric. It perfectly beats off the rays, the moisture evaporates less and the temperature of the soil decreases. To do this, put the pegs in the corners and pull the twine around the perimeter, through the center. Secure the fabric and lower the rope so that it presses the material and prevents it from rising from the wind.

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• Waiting for the first shoots, do not forget to water the lawn.   It is more rational to irrigate early in the morning and after sunset. With careful care, the first shoots will spawn in seven days. As soon as the grass rises to 3-4 cm, remove the shelter. Then you need to pull out all the weeds and hold the first haircut. Grass blades on the summer lawn are thin, so it is advisable not to trample a clearing. As soon as the sod becomes juicy, it is possible to have a picnic on the meadow.
• An important detail of the summer planting: do not make nitrogen fertilizers when planting a lawn, as they can burn out the root system. It will be right to wait for the rains, and then fertilize by pouring. If during the preparation of the soil you had time to feed the land in advance, in the summer you can not make additional nutrients.
• Grass planted at the beginning of summer will be fully formed by September. Summer lawn easily tolerates wintering, rarely thins from freezing.   If the grain rises weakly, then before the arrival of the cold weather you will have four months to sow it. In this case, to ensure a normal climate, it will be necessary to stretch a white cloth over each restored site, as it was done during the first planting.

Landing lawn: technology of growing autumn sod

An alternative to spring planting of a lawn can be autumn sowing. At this time, the soil is warm enough, although the sun is not as scorching as in summer, and the air is warm and humid. Weeds do not grow so intensively in the autumn, so it will take less time to destroy them.

• When autumn sowing the grass root system is formed very quickly, the green rises even before the first frost. You can start working at the end of August or in September, the main thing is up to the first sub-zero temperatures. By this time, the lawn should grow stronger and grow by 10 cm. Planting a lawn in the fall is convenient because summer residents can prepare the soil for sowing without haste during the summer. By the time of the autumn planting of seeds, the ground will be fully adapted for laying a lawn.
• Most often, the seed contains many different varieties of herbs, but most have the same requirements for climate conditions. When planning turf planting time, you need to follow the general rule for all types of grass: sow the seeds for 40 days before the first frost.   This is enough for the lawn to rise and gain strength for the winter. Preparing the land for autumn sowing, do not forget to apply fertilizer, they will improve the growth of grass mixture at the initial stage.
• Sowing grass mixture along and across the plot, the flow of seeds when planting a lawn will be significantly less. The weather should be chosen to be windless and dry, so that the seeds fall evenly, scatter them like a fan. Top grass mixture should be sprinkled with earth, cover with peat and tamp with a roller. After laying the entire area must be watered. It should be borne in mind that in the fall it rains often, so irrigation should be carried out only when necessary.

Landing lawn in the winter

Many gardeners consider autumn weather unpredictable, so they prefer to plant lawn before winter, right before the first frosts. It is important to have time to sow the grass before the snow cover. The correct scheme and advance preparation for planting lawn grass is a guarantee that there will be no problems in the process. The lawn will rise before our eyes, and the frost will give the seeds more strength and stability. Already in March you will enjoy active shoots, and the snow will additionally moisten the grass. In the summer you will have a beautiful, matured lawn, hardened by frost and moistened with melted snow.

• Important! Planting grass for lawn in the winter way is not suitable if the turf layer will be located on a slope,   as in early spring water flows will tear the soil along with the grass. Such sowing is considered risky, since often in late autumn, the air temperature rises, as a result, the seeds germinate, and the first frosts injure the grass, preventing it from settling down. In the spring the affected lawn will need time to recover. But the risk - a noble cause, besides, adhering to the timing and technology of planting a winter lawn, you can be calm about the health of your grass. If you decide to try the pre-winter landing, then pick seeds with qualities of endurance and frost resistance.

Landing rules for turf

In order to save time, gardeners can plant trees on their land. rolled lawn.   Criteria by which you can determine the quality of the roll, look at the photo on the right. The turf layer is grown in nurseries. Matured grass with the top layer of soil is cut with a special machine and rolled into rolls. In this form, grass cover is delivered to customers, it is laid on the prepared soil, and the turf continues to grow in a new place.

• The soil under the rolled herbage is prepared according to the same principle as under the sowing season.   And you already know how to prepare the ground for planting a lawn. It is worthwhile to approach the implementation of each stage responsibly, it will help to avoid problems and enjoy a perfect green meadow.
• It is convenient to use a rolled lawn on a relief district and in the shaded yards. Sowing grass stands on such a territory germinate unevenly, slowly gaining strength. Roll sod unpretentious, as formed in the nursery. On the site it comes in a perfect form, that is, without weeds, trimmed and fed. The best time for planting a turf is the day after cutting from the field.
• Buying a turf, do not forget to make sure the quality of the goods. The representative of the supplier is obliged to check the status of the turf before the buyer, rolling it out and shaking it. The plate should not crumble and tear. The thickness of a mature and well-formed reservoir is approximately 10 cm. Be sure to check the composition of the herbs and the conditions of their growth. Make sure that when cutting the roots are not damaged, otherwise the turf will not take root on your site.
• Planting a turf is carried out on a surface that has been previously cleared of debris and stumps.   If the soil is depleted, it should be sprinkled with fertile black soil. Should not be in the area reserved for the lawn, weeds. The cleaned area needs to be dug and lightly rolled. Perfectly prepared surface is the key to an attractive and even sod. A week before laying the grass herd, it is necessary to feed the soil with fertilizers.

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• Irregularities on the surface are poured with earth or cut off the excess, the soil is compacted with a roller. Along the edges of the lawn align with a knife or bayonet. After laying the turf, the entire area must be watered abundantly. In order for the lawn to settle down, irrigation should be carried out for two weeks. Then grass should be moistened as needed. Ten days later, the lawn will be ready to cut.

Planting a lawn: instructions for grass maintenance

The first weeks after planting the herbage must be kept in perfect condition. He needs constant care, otherwise he will quickly lose beauty.

• Regular watering   in case of heat and drought, it is necessary for the normal appearance of the sod layer. In such conditions, irrigation is carried out 2-3 times a week, in the morning and in the evening. To do this, use stationary systems or hoses with sprinklers. For the lawn is equally harmful over-watering and insufficient, so you need to monitor the level of soil moisture. For normal growth and development, it is sufficient to regularly moisten the soil to a depth of about 15 mm.
• Regardless of whether the lawn was planted in March or before winter, t rava needs nutrients   all year round. It is best to fertilize the soil with humus, but not fresh, but two years ago. During the growing season it is better to feed the lawn grass stand with complex mineral fertilizers.
• First a haircut It is carried out when reaching the grass height of 12-15 cm. Mowing the lawn should be 4-5 cm. The process repeats depending on the rate at which the grass grows. The last mowing is carried out after the end of active growth of grass so that the lawn can grow back a little before the onset of frost. It is important to ensure that the grass does not outgrow, otherwise it will shrivel under the snow. Parquet and sports lawns are cut more often, up to two times a week during the period of intensive growth, maintaining the height of grass 3-4 cm. An ordinary lawn can be cut less often, depending on the intensity of growth and weather conditions.

Landing lawn video

For those who wish to have a beautiful and well-groomed area near a country house, information on how to sow lawn grass with their own hands will be useful. Competently planted and beautiful lawn will be a great place to relax the whole family and an integral part of the landscape.

How to grow a beautiful green lawn? First you need to choose the appropriate seed. Manufacturers offer a wide range of ready-made formulations for lawn sowing. For example, it can be a sports lawn or for a family holiday.

When deciding how to plant a lawn with your own hands, it is important to pay attention to the composition of the lawn mixture. Seeds should be adapted to the local climate, otherwise you can expect an unpleasant surprise in the form of a lawn frozen out after the winter. It is more reasonable to select frost-resistant varieties of herbs that are distinguished not only by durability, but also by the thickness of the cover. Such herbs include red fescue and meadow grass. The optimal variant of a lawn mixture is combining in equal proportion 2 of these types of grass.

An important criterion for obtaining a dense planting is an accurate measure of seeds for sowing. After the choice is made, you should follow the manufacturer's recommendations on material consumption.

Another criterion is the choice of a suitable time for landing. In any season, it is necessary to strictly follow the recommendations on the number of seeds for planting lawn grass. If sowing is carried out in the summer or spring, to the specified parameter it is worth adding another half of the norm. This is due to the fact that the spring floods and autumn rains carry off some of the seeds with the flow of water.

In summer, for planting grass, they also take a few more seeds than the manufacturer indicated. The hot sun is detrimental for young shoots, so it is desirable to increase the number of shoots so that some of them are guaranteed to grow further.

The most densely dense lawn in the country will grow on flat ground. Lawns that go downhill or have irregularities should be planted with seeds more densely than the manufacturer requires.

Landing

Once the planting time has been determined, the ideal seed variety has been selected, you can begin sowing lawn grass. The technology of planting a lawn is as follows:

1. Weeds are being removed on the plot. Those who want to know how to properly plant lawn grass, remember that the area must be thoroughly cleaned of weeds. To achieve this goal, you can use all known methods: cultivation, mulching, watering the area with herbicides, manual weeding. The most effective can be considered watering herbicides. These solutions remove the smallest weeds of any kind. Two weeks after treatment, all weeds are completely destroyed.
2. It is imperative to cultivate the soil so that the lawn planting is more successful. Before you sow the lawn, the land must be dig, remove stones and dried roots. Large earthen clods should be broken with a shovel. The prepared soil should be homogeneous, fairly loose and saturated with oxygen. Simultaneously with digging the land is also leveled. The pits are covered with earth, and the soil is picked up from the mounds.
3. A thick lawn will not grow without fertilizers. If the type of soil is alkaline, then it is fertilized with peat, and if acidic - with lime. Before planting lawn grass on the site, the soil must be fertilized with mineral or organic additives. The best option would be compost or biohumus. If the soil is very poor, replacing the top layer of soil will help improve its composition. For this, the area on which the lawn grass is planted is dug up, the top layer of soil is removed to a depth of 40 cm. The exhausted land is taken out, and fertile soil is laid in its place.
4. Alignment and compaction of the site - a crucial stage of work. Before sowing lawn grass with your own hands, the soil must be leveled with a rake and compacted. High-quality compaction is carried out using a garden roller or a small barrel of water. The plot prepared for planting must be compacted to such an extent that the person passing through it does not sink into the ground with its feet.
5. How to sow lawn grass on the site? To begin with, it is necessary to make shallow grooves on the rammed surface of the earth. The depth of the place for sowing should not exceed 1 cm, otherwise small seeds will not grow. Lawn planting lines are first done horizontally and then vertically on the plot. It is required to remember the seed consumption rates recommended by the manufacturer. After the seeds are planted, all the grooves must be carefully covered with earth and rolled with a roller or barrel.

Lawn care

It is not enough to know how to plant a lawn with your own hands - it is necessary to understand how to care for it after disembarkation. To obtain friendly shoots, it is important to organize the first watering correctly. The best option is to use special sprayers with the function of small irrigation, then no puddles will form on the surface, and the seeds will not float. If the seeds are planted on rainy days, then the first watering can not be carried out.

How to care for crops? If everything is done correctly, then the first shoots can be seen within two weeks after planting. The grass rises and develops unevenly, so do not panic, if at first the lawn area looks a bit bald. The real picture of the future lawn can be seen only four weeks after planting lawn grass.

In the hot season, the lawn should be watered every day.

It is necessary to mow grown blades of grass if their length has reached 10 cm. Haircut is necessary both for aesthetics and to stimulate the growth of new grass.

1. The soil should stand prepared for at least 10-14 days before the seeds fall into the ground. During this time, the soil will be able to settle.
2. In spring, the grass rises within 20 days, and in summer this period is reduced to 7 days.
3. To minimize the number of weeds that sprout with the grass, it is best to sit down in the fall.
4. Fertile land should not be dug deep, so you can avoid excessive shrinkage of the site.
5. To plot was sown evenly, it is pre-distributed into squares.
6. The first 7 days after sowing water the lawn with a watering can or with an autonomous spray. This way it is possible to preserve air access to sprouts that have not yet made their way through the thickness of the earth.
7. They buy seed material with a margin, because with low germination it is necessary to fill in empty places.
8. If the weather is very hot (above + 30 ° C), it is not recommended to fertilize the seedlings, otherwise their root system will burn.

Only if all the rules are followed will it be possible to grow a beautiful lawn without weeds and bald spots.

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Here you can see in the photo how you can decorate the landscape design of any area with the help of a lawn.

Planting a lawn involves several stages. All of them are important because the decorative qualities and durability of grass cover depend on them.

The lawn can be made in different styles: garden, flowering, classic or meadow. In any case, you need to choose the right type of grass, determine the time of planting and prepare the soil for sowing.

When to sow lawn grass with your own hands

There is no strictly defined time for planting a lawn. On average, the entire process takes 4 to 6 weeks. The most suitable period is considered from May to September. Despite this, for each pore has its own rules of landing, which should not be neglected.

1. Before the onset of cold weather, the grass will have time to root well and grow stronger;
2. There is time to eliminate the shortcomings (reseeding, redevelopment);
3. In the spring there is a lot of moisture in the soil, which will facilitate the rapid ascent of the seeds;

Before sowing lawn grass in the spring, it is necessary to clear the land of weeds and treat the soil with herbicides. It is best to start when the snow completely melts and dry, calm weather sets in. It is also worth waiting for weeds to grow, as spraying herbicides on “bare” ground will not work (they act only on the leaf apparatus, therefore it is useless to water the soil to destroy the root system). If you do not take into account this rule, weeds drown out young grass.

June is considered to be the most suitable summer month for sowing lawn grass, at this time the soil contains more moisture than the succeeding months. But if you establish an uninterrupted irrigation system, you can sow the seeds in August, moreover, by the middle of summer the activity of insects decreases and the growth of weeds is dulled. If you carry out proper care: in time to fertilize and produce mowing - the grass will have time to get stronger before the onset of frost.

The most favorable period for autumn planting is the first half of September. Since at this time the soil is saturated with moisture (falls in the form of dew), and the grass will have time to rise before the cold weather.

Lawn grass: how to plant and pick up grass mixtures

The finished grass mixture is selected according to the type of lawn. As a rule, it is indicated on the package: for what kind of lawn the contents are intended, in which place it is necessary to sow the seeds and the type of the recommended soil.

Most manufacturers bring seeds from Western Europe and are already in place engaged in their arrangement and packaging. But not all foreign herbs take root in our conditions. Therefore, before sowing lawn grass, carefully select the desired composition.

For the Moscow region and central Russia a mixture of bluegrass and fescue will ideally suit (“Ideal” from Premium line). They form a dense bright green carpet and can be cut short. Dark colors lawn will add the content of bluegrass in the composition. In any case, you should not buy the mixture, where rye grass is 50-60%, because it is subject to freezing and keeps a dense grass stand from 3 to 5 years, after which it completely drops out.

First of all, on the site where the lawn is planned, it is necessary to make a marking, remove all weeds and make alignment.

1. The markings are performed according to the plan of the dacha plot, using pegs or pulling a fishing line. At the same time laid flower beds and paths. It is better to avoid strict lines and rectangular shapes, then lawns and flowering meadows will look more natural.
2. Treating the area from the weeds, before sowing lawn grass, Roundup or Argument (herbicides of general action). Usually weeds are destroyed 14-20 days after treatment. Particularly overgrown areas are sprayed several times at intervals of two weeks.
3. After the weeds have dried, their remains are scraped off and the soil is leveled. If there is a need, you can cover the area with geotextiles, it will prevent the germination of the seeds of the remaining weeds.

How to plant lawn grass, fertilize and prepare the soil

In order for the seeds to quickly and evenly grow, it is necessary to create appropriate conditions for their growth.

1. It is necessary to establish the soil composition, its structure and moisture content. If it is alkaline, peat is added, sour is chalk or lime, dense and heavy is manure or biohumus.
2. At the same time, mineral fertilizers are applied: macronutrients (NPK 6-22-28, NPK 21-6-17) are evenly scattered over the surface, and microelements are diluted in water with the calculation: ammonium nitrate and superphosphate 40 g per square meter, potassium sulfate 30 g per sq.m. In the spring, they focus on nitrogen supplements, and in the fall - on potash and phosphate.
3. After the fertilizer, the ground is leveled with a rake, and then compacted with a garden roller weighing 50-100 kg or with a round metal pipe. If after that there are still irregularities, they are aligned and rolled again.
4. Rolled area is left alone for 10-12 days (so that the soil is up). If during this period weeds sprout on the plot along with compost or humus, the upper ground ball is gently loosened with a rake.

How to sow lawn grass with your own hands

Seed consumption, as a rule, is indicated on the back of the package, but you should not strictly adhere to the proportions;

1. To evenly distribute the grass mixture, visually divide the area into zones, and then roughly divide the contents of the bag between them.
2. If the soil is dry, moisten it with a watering can, let the water soak.
3. For sowing, use seval. If it is not in the household, you can resort to the manual method. To do this, stir the seeds with fine dry sand in a 1: 1 ratio. Then, following the advice of professionals who know how to sow lawn grass correctly, it is necessary to scatter the mixture first along the site, and then across. Moreover, the edges should be sown twice as thick as the middle.
4. After the end of the landing, rake the seeds lightly with earth and then compact the future lawn with a roller.
5. At the end, moderately pour the sown area of ​​the watering can or hose with a spray.

Lawn care

Before planting lawn grass on the site, you should know how to properly care for sprouted seeds, until they finally get stronger.

1. The first shoots appear in a few weeks, and the bulk - in a month.
2. In dry weather, watering is carried out daily, to a depth of 5-7 centimeters.
3. When the green cover reaches a height of 8-10 cm, proceed to the first mowing. Remove only the tops of the grass 1.5 - 2 cm.
4. After the grass begins to creep tightly, mowing starts to be carried out more often (every 5-7 days), this allows you to form a strong root system of the plant.

Total

Well-groomed green lawns - the decoration of any suburban area. There is nothing difficult in how to plant a lawn with your own hands, if you follow the recommendations. Thanks to our advice, you can easily cope with the task.

Who doesn’t want to have a perfect green lawn on a private plot or on a country cottage, exactly the same as in the photo in a magazine? Not a lawn, but a dream. And, of course, every gardener knows what work is hidden behind glossy images in fashion magazines. In such a case as planting and caring for lawn grass, there are many nuances and trifles that need to be paid attention to. Otherwise, all the labor and funds invested will simply go nowhere. For example, the question of when to plant lawn grass is of great importance.

Spring or autumn

The time of sowing lawn grass has no strictly limited framework. You can start planting grass already when the earth has warmed a little, from early spring. Of course, there is a direct dependence on the climatic conditions and the region where sowing is planned. It is advisable to do this, in principle, until late autumn, before the first frosts have come. And definitely, it is too late to plant grass when the first snow falls. There is, of course, the best time for this: the end of summer, when several factors very well coincide, which are necessary for successful sowing. The earth is very well heated and has optimum moisture. In addition, weed plants are no longer as active as in spring, and sown grass will have time to ascend before the frost. Sprouted seeds will have time to strengthen and will be fully prepared for the winter.

If you choose the autumn season for sowing, then you need to take into account several factors, and only then make your choice. It is better to sow the lawn in the garden and the cottage at the very beginning of September or in November, when the soil will slightly freeze. Why? It's simple.

If the first month of autumn is chosen for planting, the grass will have time to ascend before the onset of a cold and snowy winter. And if you plant in the land slightly touched by frost, the seeds will undergo stratification during the winter period, which will allow them to become stronger and more resistant to the various diseases to which the lawn grass is exposed.

It should also be borne in mind that the grass planted in the autumn can be supported with fertilizers with a high content of potassium and phosphorus to make the roots of future shoots stronger and more powerful. But the nitrogen content in this fertilizer should be minimal. This will increase the resistance to the effects of low temperatures on an immature plant.

Those experts who believe that it is better to sow grass in spring also have their own reasons for this opinion. Long-term observations show that lawn grass, sown in early May, rises and develops most actively. Summer sowing allows you to enjoy the result even in the current season. Although grass planted in spring or summer will require more laborious and thorough care. Water and free such a lawn grass from weeds will have much more often. To fertilize the soil, where lawn grass will be planted in the spring-summer period, it is more expedient and better to use fertilizers containing many nitrogenous compounds. This will contribute to the growth and active full development of plants.

In favor of the opinion that planting lawn grass is better in early spring, says the need to take into account the composition of the mixture of seeds that you choose for planting at your backyard or in the country. If there are grass species that are characterized by slow growth, then this should also be taken into account when choosing a season for planting. This, for example, many types of fescue or bluegrass.

  Lawn grass should be planted only when dry, as calm as possible weather has been established. Seeds are extremely light, even a small gust of wind can spread them a great distance throughout the site. It is easier and more convenient to sow grass in dry and grainy soil, and to plant lawn grass in a moistened with irrigation or rain land is generally problematic. But immediately after sowing the grass can and should be poured abundantly. It is better to do it in two stages. First plentifully fill the entire sowing area with water from a hose, preferably having a spray nozzle. Water so that on the ground stood a pool of water. Wait until all the water gradually goes into the soil, and then you can begin the second stage of irrigation.

Experts believe that only sown lawn grass should be watered for at least two hours. The earth should be moistened about thirty centimeters deep. Only if this condition is met, it is possible to achieve high-quality and simultaneous shoots.

When planting lawn grass of any kind, it is important to adhere to the general universal recommendations:

Lawn care in the first year

Caring for a lawn that has already appeared is not very difficult, but patience and painstaking work will be required from an amateur of emerald grass color. In the first year of your lawn, try to walk on it as little as possible, let it strengthen, do not load young grass. Our pets can also pose some threat to the state of the green carpet, so make sure that the animal does not cause significant harm to the lawn. Also, the work on cleaning the lawn from weeds will become constant, there is no getting away from it. And, of course, it is necessary to study the technology of proper cutting of lawn grass. The first time you can not cut more than 1 centimeter of grass. In the future, to maintain the appearance you need lawn, haircuts need to be regular, but do not forget that it is not recommended to cut the stems more than one-third.

If you buy a cottage exclusively for recreation or want to get a clean and well-kept yard without significant costs, safely plant all the lawn grass. She draws up not only pieces of land in front of the house, but also a garden, and sometimes a green lawn with a pool replaces beds with vegetables. Consider the main points and rules of 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 without spending a lot of energy, your option is. Of course, time will save you significant costs, because the cost of one roll seems quite reasonable, but when calculating the yard area and the number of rolls needed, the final costs are quite impressive.

Sow the seeds in the summer months or in the fall before frosts begin. If you start work around September or October, then next season you will get a thick grass carpet. Some gardeners claim that seeds planted during the summer months grow better.

We suggest planting lawn grass with seeds, as this saves money, the process is not that complicated, and as a result you will get the same green yard, just for a longer period. So, consider the main stages and expert advice when and how to plant lawn grass.

Lawn grass - planting and care

Lawn care is relatively simple, but always regular. After planting lawn grass in the spring or autumn, try not to give a strong load on these places. The first year, try to walk as little as possible and of course protect the landing from pets.

Lawn mowing is a pledge of a clean well-kept plot and one of the methods. When cutting do not cut more than one third of the height of the stem. The first haircut is carried out with a vein in dry weather and is cut only 1 cm. Periodically, let the lawn "rest", then its root system will be strengthened and it will last a long time.