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Old 21-08-2011, 03:19 AM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
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Default PLEASE HELP! I have cut my new turf too short...

Bob F wrote:
C. Leach wrote:
Hi there,

Over two weeks ago I had a gardener lay some lovely looking new turf
in my garden. I am not sure exactly what type of turf it was but it
was the runner type and the gardener refereed to it as 'professional'
if that helps...

As advised, I watered the turf every evening for two weeks and was
rewarded with a really plush green lawn. It seemed that the turf
responded really, really well to the new top soil. After two and a
half weeks it was time to mow the lawn so I borrowed my neighbors
mower and went to work.

Only when the job was finished did I realise that his mower was
actually a scarifier and it cut the blades of grass down very, very
low. It also looks like the scarifier has 'scalped' some small areas
of turf in a few places. Since yesterday (when I cut the lawn) some
areas of yellow have now started to appear.

It is disheartening to see what was once a really lovely lawn look so
bad and I am worried that I have damaged it beyond repair. It is my
own fault for not researching how short I should have cut the turf.
In addition, the grass was also wet when I cut it but I have only
just found out that was a mistake.

Aside from having the garden re-turfed again is there anything I can
do? I am hoping that with time and regular watering the garden will
return to its former plush green self but I am new to gardening and
really don't have a clue!

Any advice / suggestions / comforting words would be greatly
appreciated!

Many, many, many thanks in advance for your response,


Keep it watered - It'll dry out faster cut that short, and let it
have a few weeks to grow back. It'll probably do fine. Just don't do
that again. Probably used the highest setting any regular mower has.


Also, don't forget to use a fall fertilizer - the most important one of the
year. Check locally for exactly when to apply it.