DIY lawn

Every owner of the site can make a lawn with his own hands, because this does not require special equipment and special knowledge, you just need a desire. A beautiful lawn will become not only part of the decorative design of the site, but will also bring a lot of benefits. The main benefit of the lawn is to purify the air: half a hectare of grass absorbs about 40 tons of dust per year. The second benefit of the lawn is an increase in humidity, on hot hot days it will help to endure the heat more easily.

Газонну траву можна поділити на типи: спортивний, англійський (партерний), садово-парковий, луговий (мавританський) та універсальний.

If you sow seeds with your hands, then it is difficult to make the lawn even, as a planter does, because the grass is scattered unevenly. As a result, some places will germinate densely, while others will rarely sprout. To achieve uniformity of sowing, a portion of seeds, designed for a meter of space, is mixed with the same volume of fine sand and then sown.

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It is optimal to sow with a manual seeder, but you will not always find it on sale. The best lawn varieties are from Holland, Germany and Canada. After sowing, you need to sprinkle the seeds with earth and press them down with a log or board, so we protect the seeds from birds. We carefully water the dry earth so as not to wash out the seeds.

It remains to wait for germination and enjoy the beautiful lawn. Along with the blades of grass, weeds will also germinate, but they are no longer afraid of the lawn. After the first mowing, annual weeds will disappear, and the grass will become a thick carpet.

Доглянута трава на ділянці виглядає не менш красиво ніж квітники. Щоб газон гарно виглядав, потрібно провести почергово всі роботи для висадження газону і в майбутньому догляд за газоном буде дуже простий. Основне правило для посіву газонної трави: робити все якісно і без поспіху.

When to sow lawn seeds?

The best time to design landscape design, namely choosing a place for sowing lawn grass, is the beginning of spring. With the beginning of spring, you will immediately start preparing the site for the lawn. Lawn mixtures are best accepted in early spring, when the ground is saturated with moisture and there is no extreme heat. If, under certain conditions, you did not have time to sow a lawn in early spring, then you should not sow a lawn in summer in extreme heat, the earth dries out very quickly, and it is difficult for seeds to germinate. Wait for the autumn days, when the rains will water the soil well, and then start sowing.

First of all, you need to choose a place and prepare it, buy lawn grass seeds, sow it and take care of it, and the grass will grow well and bring beauty and benefits.

Place for the lawn

Rules for choosing a place
It is necessary to divide the landscape of the site into certain zones, you also need to take into account that not all lawn mixtures will grow equally well where you have allocated space for them. So, the English lawn needs complete openness, the absence of shade and winds. Any grass will not grow normally in a zone of constant shade.
If you plan to sow a lawn under an orchard or ornamental trees, then within the radius of the crown, the grass has little chance of survival.
If the site is located in lowlands and in waterlogged areas, then the roots of grasses will constantly rot. The lawn does not like waterlogging, so you will have to make high-quality drainage. True, there are mixtures of herbs that grow even with stagnant water, although even for them a constant excess of moisture is not recommended.
If there are elevation differences on the site, then in places of transitions the soil is prone to erosion and leaching. You need to smooth the slopes so that their steepness does not exceed 30 degrees and additionally reinforce with a mesh that will hold the soil, preventing it from crumbling.
Do not make a lawn path in a place of constant movement of people or cars. Moving in one direction every day, you will compact the earth so much that the grass will lose access to oxygen to the roots and dry out. Even sports mixtures will not help in this case, because they are designed for intensive movement of people throughout the site, and not on one narrow lane.

Preparing the soil for sowing seeds

Work procedure:
Clearing the future site of construction debris, stones, weeds, stumps are uprooted. Weed control is very important. They must either be weeded out manually, destroying along with the roots, or dry treated. In the first case, you will spend a lot of physical strength on the destruction of weeds, but you can immediately proceed to the next stage of work. During dry treatment, you will have to wait at least a week for the drug to take effect. That is why it is recommended to treat the soil with chemicals in the fall. Then the weeds will disappear during the winter, and the chemicals themselves will have time to decompose into safe elements and will not harm when planting a lawn.
Creation of a drainage system. If your site is in a lowland, you need to rid the land of waterlogging. To do this, before digging the lawn, make drainage. After rain, mark the places where water accumulates and dig deep holes (about a meter) in them. Line the bottom of the pits with broken bricks, then coarse gravel, and on it with a layer of sand; Leave 40 cm on fertile soil. Excess water will seep into the soil and enter the drainage hole through the soil.
Leveling the site and digging. In uneven areas, it is necessary to level the terrain so that the lawn has an even horizontal. To do this, pull the cords to the pegs at different ends of the site and look at the level of the differences. Pits are filled up, humps are cut off. After that, the entire area is dug up. The roots of perennial weeds, debris and stones are removed. Sandy soils are fertilized with black soil or peat. Too greasy ones are diluted with sand.

Tamping and loosening. Before sowing seeds for the lawn, you need to tamp the soil tightly, walking on it in small steps or using a board, or use a special roller. The board is placed on the edge of the site and jumped on it until the earth settles. Then move the board and continue until the entire area is trampled. You can also roll a thick log. As soon as you step on the ground, and it does not sweep under your foot, the soil is ready for sowing. It remains to slightly loosen it with a rake and sow the seeds of the lawn mixture with the density recommended in the instructions. After the earth is compacted, it is necessary to lightly loosen the top layer with a rake so that the seeds have access to air and moisture.

How to sow grass seeds?

When choosing grass seeds, you should take into account the further use of the grassy area: whether it is a lawn for outdoor games, or for a patio area, etc. When buying a lawn mixture, carefully read the instructions, which indicate the purpose of the lawn.