Rolled lawn on the site, what it is, how to choose the right lawn, how to lay it correctly, caring for the lawn
Previously, lawns from a store were most often used in areas designated for sports activities. Today, they often practice laying them in the courtyards of cottages and private gardens. Buyers instantly and dignifiedly considered all the positive qualities and convenience of the goods offered: on the ground, specially prepared, carefully place the strip of lawn, after a couple of days it will start rooting, and after seven days, it will be possible to take walks along it that is already well-rooted .
Content
- The benefits of finished lawns
- Problems arising from self-creating a lawn
- Watering grass cover, sowing and ready-made, weed control
- Stamina in relation to trampling
- What exactly you need to know when making a purchase of a rolled lawn video
- How to calculate the number of rolls
- Laying turf and roll care video video
The benefits of finished lawns
Distinguishes ready-made lawns from ordinary sowing lawnsthe presence of thick grass and the absence of weeds. Naturally, the lawn roll price is an order of magnitude higher than the one that is created independently. But after the finished sod is laid, the need to pay proper attention to the shoots, to cut the grass for a long time, to get rid of weeds, scours, mosses, bald spots and the like problems will disappear. As you can already understand, ready-made options have much more advantages than sowing ones. Let's consider some of them.
You can sow grass either in summer or at the end of autumn. Laying ready-made grass coverings can be done all year round, even in winter, when the soil is frozen.
Problems arising from self-creating a lawn
What quality of seeds you have acquired, you can only understand when the seedlings appear.
In cheap seed mixtures, quite often mixed grass seeds with unequal germination time, and sometimes the percentage of weeds is not at all low.
Sometimes, herbs with unequal germination periods, located in the same mixture, sprouting, look heterogeneous.
Almost always in additions there is ryegrass.
It rises very quickly, but has a too short period of life, only a couple of weeks.
Shoots and crops are constantly damaged by rodents and birds, as well as seeds located on the slopes can wash away the rain.
Unlike seeds of the unknown, before the appearance of sprouts, varieties of grass - ready-made lawns, their quality and cover, you can consider and evaluate in the store before making a purchase.
When creating finished grass coverings, seeds of the highest quality are used.
The standard technology of roll lawn involves the use of grasses with a guaranteed long life.
The turf condition of the finished lawn is quite dense, ready to withstand not the weather: degrees, rain, strong winds.
Watering grass, weed control
The sowing option requires mandatory daily watering for four weeks from the day of sowing. At the same time, watering must be carried out very carefully and carefully, as there is a risk of washing the seeds. With rolled green grass, the situation is different and much simpler. It is thoroughly moisturized immediately after it is laid. After that, a couple of weeks are not allowed to dry.
When sowing, for the formation of a good layer of turf, a sufficient amount of time is needed. As long as this period lasts, grass cover requires repeated weeding, and sometimes the use of chemicals. The rolled version does not need such actions in relation to itself. Weeds practically do not grow on it.
Stamina in relation to trampling
Within 3-4 months, after sowing grass seeds, you can’t walk on the lawn. It will be possible to use the lawn constantly and for its intended purpose only after a year. After laying the rolled lawn, you can immediately begin to operate it. And after two weeks, you can use it at full load.
What exactly you need to know when making a purchase of a rolled lawn
There is a big and undeniable difference between the purchase of seeds for planting a lawn and the acquisition of a rolled lawn - you can be sure of the high quality of the latter before making a purchase.
Freshness will come first - it will be excellent if you can cut, buy and lay the lawn in one day. Often you can’t do it all at once.
You must refuse to purchase a lawn if you find the following symptoms: when you unwind the roll, you smell a ripe odor; if yellowing is found in the center of a rolled roll of grass.
A good quality coating can be folded and unfolded repeatedly. However, it will neither tear nor crumble. Pay attention to the height of the grass - it should be evenly mowed.
In a rolled lawn, within normal limits, the height of the mowed grass is not more than 3 cm. The density should be - 1 stalk per 1 cmg. According to the standard, no more than two weeds per 50 cm are allowed. In other words, on a high-quality lawn, they are almost invisible. The grass must have a strong root system. Due to this, there is no way to break through the weeds. The thickness of the turf should be 15-20 cm, bald spots are allowed, no more than 40 cm in size. Do not worry about these bald spots - they will be delayed after the first mowing. It makes no sense to buy sod from ryegrass. In a maximum of two years he will look very gloomy. As part of the seed mixture, for planting a rolled lawn, for the most part, must be fescue and bluegrass seeds.
Manufacturers of lawn rolls often offer amateurs and professional gardeners a variety of curious and elegant solutions. For example, the combination of horticultural crops with decorative splits having different colors. Such a decision to decorate the garden would be appropriate during the beginning of the laying of the garden, at a time when neither tree crops nor herbaceous perennials have fully grown.
How to calculate roll lawn
In order to make the correct calculations for calculating the required amount of material, first divide the area of \u200b\u200bthe covered area by the area of \u200b\u200blawn rolls (rounding should be done up). On a large plot, with the correct shape, make margin for trimming the edges plus 2% -5% of the entire area. The device of a rolled lawn in a small area of \u200b\u200birregular shape will require an increase of 10% to the calculated. To date, rolled ready-made lawns are sold all the same width of 0.4 m.
Laying turf and roll care
Storage should only take place in the shade. In dry and hot season - mandatory wetting of the rolls with water. Laying the roll must begin immediately after providing it to your use. Unscrew the part that you did not have time to put right away - soak and wet. Remember, roll lawn should not be stored rolled up under any circumstances.
The device of a rolled lawn is produced in several stages.
- Prepare the site.
- They place strips of the finished lawn in a checkerboard pattern so that the edges touch.
- Exclude the formation of gaps between the edges, do not impose them on each other.
- When the terrain has slopes, the rolls are, firstly, laid across, and secondly, fixed with pegs. The edges of the roll, along the boundary of the plot, are cut with a shovel or knife. Do not bend the edges!
- When you have laid and trimmed the edges, roll the surface with a roller. This procedure removes unnecessary air left between the soil and the turf. A lawn that has dried out must be wet before rolling.
After rolling, the lawn should be watered. Check the state of humidity - in several places, raise the edges, moisture should pass through and moisten the soil. In the first seven days - watering is needed every day. The next seven days - watering in a day or two (depending on what the temperature was and how much rain was). Watering should be the same in all places!
Watering is best done either late in the evening or early in the morning. Grass shearing is first carried out in about two weeks. The optimum allowable height for mowing is 4-6 cm. But you should not cut the grass by more than a third. After the first month, the grass should be fed with fertilizers, which are indicated on the package.
