First lawn, first post. In need of advice....
TeaBag wrote:
Hello all. We have recently had a house built and so the "garden" is
just soil and boulders at the moment. We're planning on getting a lawn
down at the end of the summer. We're complete garden newbies as we've
always lived in flats (apart from renting a house previously where we
did mow the lawn). Now we have the chance to start a lawn from scratch
and so would like some advice from people who know, like yourselves.
Some information:
Location - 30 miles west of Aberdeen
Soil - quite a clay soil with lots of fist sized stones
Area - about 600 sq. metres (although we'll only be laying a lawn on
about 200 sq. m of it to start with)
I have a plan but please advise on how good/bad you may think it is:
Step 1:
Spray all weeds/ground with glyphosate
Spraying the ground wastes spray. It has to get on the leaves to work.
Step 2:
Spray all weeds/ground with glyphosate again two weeks later
Ditto
Step 3:
Once all weeds are dead, rotorvate ground (to make levelling easier)
Step 4:
Level and de-stone soil (and possibly add top-soil if needed)
Step 5 (if time permits):
Spray any new emerging weeds with glyphosate
Step 6:
Remove/dig in dead weeds
Step 7:
Trample/firm soil
Step 8:
Lay turf
Are there any flaws or perhaps better ways to establish a new lawn?
Also, I was looking at getting a wide-toothed rake such as the
Chelwood 18E or 18K for raking up the stones as these rakes have a
4cm gap between the teeth. Would you recommend any other or would one
of these do the job well?
A large landscapers rake helps a lot in getting it level. (3-4 feet wide - you
can rent one) A roller also helps - it makes the high/low spots really obvious.
Getting the soil level and smooth is really important for a smooth lawn.
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