Piedmontboot wrote:
Hi all

Had a new lawn laid today. The ground had been covered in gravel so
already had that removed. The agreement with the gardener was that
he'd rotavate in any gravel left and add topsoil to lay the turf on.
I've just pulled one up to discover this... (see photo).I'm assuming
that the turf won't root?


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If the gravel had been removed, there must have been a lot mixed in to the soil
underneath that has been brought up by tilling it. If digging a hole a few
inches into it just brings up gravel, you may have a big problem. If it's mostly
soil, you may be fine. Without some decent soil near the surface, you may have a
problem getting the sod to root deeply into it. What I see doesn't look like it
has much organic matter, so it may not hold much water.