"405 TD Estate" wrote in message
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My lawn is in a poor state partially caused by the ground collecting
water in the winter which kills off a big patch of grass. Also the
grass seems poor quality and is thin with many weeds (and different
types of grass).

I want to rotovate the lawn to try and get it level but would
appreciate some advice on how to do it best.

Things I was thinking off we

Maybe kill off the original grass first by covering it

Add sand to the soil and mix it in for better drainage.

Mix the seeds into the top layer of soil rather than putting them on
top.

Will a rotovator chop the soil small enough?

Does the soil need rolling flat after doing this?

Maybe check the soil PH?



I've done a similar thing on a largish lawn. First of all I borrowed a
backpack sprayer and zapped it with Round-up.
£25 for a litre from a farm shop.

After a couple of weeks to allow the vegetation to wither (and respray the
missed bits!) I got a man in with a chunky rotavator. Cost me £35/100
sq.yards.

This left the soil quite fine but with lots of stones and plant debris on
the surface. So the next job was to rake and rake and rake.
Next I got two lengths of 4" by 2" fixed about a foot apart. then a rope
fixed so that I could pull them sideways across the area. This was
successful at levelling out the bumps etc. I found that dragging one length
of timber sideways it would tend to roll

I didn't roller it as I didn't have one but just left it for a couple of
months to settle.

Sprinkle and rake in grass seed. Can't remember but I probably did the usual
tramping it down afterwards.
I ended up with a level lawn so must have done something right.


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