Half our lawn is currently bare earth, wiith the weeds killed off. I'd
like to either sow grass seeds in the bare part, or buy ready made
turf. Which is the better option? Seeds would be cheaper, turf would
be quicker.

When should the seeds/turf be laid down? Not much point at this time
of year? Spring? March/April?

ty for advice

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Half our lawn is currently bare earth, wiith the weeds killed off. I'd
like to either sow grass seeds in the bare part, or buy ready made
turf. Which is the better option? Seeds would be cheaper, turf would
be quicker.

When should the seeds/turf be laid down? Not much point at this time
of year? Spring? March/April?

ty for advice


Depends where in the country you are. Our grass tends to stop growing in the
summer and grow spring and autumn. So as long as it is growing you can do
both.

We had a total garden makeover this year, like on the TV, and in order to
get a lawn for the summer I laid turf. Ground preparation for turf and seed
is the same, turf is harder work to lay but it's instant green lawn even if
you can't use it as such, seed takes much longer to get a lawn but will
probably end up flatter and stronger. I say flatter as some of our turfs
were not cut with a steady thickness despite ordering better quality.
Another reason I used turf is that we have a cat and nice flat earth might
have been too much temptation, we also have lots of birds and feral pigeons
locally so seed would probably disappear. Of course having a small garden
turf was not that costly.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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On 19/10/2016 14:23, lid wrote:

Half our lawn is currently bare earth, wiith the weeds killed off. I'd
like to either sow grass seeds in the bare part, or buy ready made
turf. Which is the better option? Seeds would be cheaper, turf would
be quicker.

If you can prepare the ground and keep people from walking on it for six
months then seed would be my preference. But make sure you feather the
new seed across the edges of the good part(s). Grass comes in lots of
varieties and mixes and the new will invariably have a slightly
different colour and lustre to the existing stuff.

When should the seeds/turf be laid down? Not much point at this time
of year? Spring? March/April?

I'd go for spring once the soil has begun to warm and keep it well
watered. Some TLC and the following year it will be a good lawn.

If you want instant results and have money to burn then turf it.
(like most of the instant gratification gardening programmes do)

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Regards,
Martin Brown