new lawn problem
 

Five weeks ago I laid a lawn with Rolawn turves – some of which had
suffered heating in the rolls – with the subsequent death of some
rolls. After telling Rolawn they provided me with three replacement
turves – which I used for patching two weeks after I initially laid
the lawn.
Due to this and the servicing of my lawnmower which took far longer
than I imagined – the lawn became very long and went to seed.
I cut the lawn back last Saturday – by just over a third – reducing
the length from 8 inches to just under 6 – to find that many of the
swards had gone spindly. Some areas have really thinned out.

Will I need to reseed these almost bald patches – or will the grass
regenerate and grow thicker and spread across the bald patches.

I was also wondering if I have overwatered. Because of the presence of
the new turf when I patched in the dead areas – I continued with the
‘new turf' regime of 20 minutes twice a day – to find that the area
was very soft (though not flooded) when I cut the lawn back last
Saturday.

I have since suspended watering the area – and intend watering for 20
minutes twice a week.

Could anyone advise me on the above.

Thanks,

Scott Whitehead

new lawn problem
 

Scott Whitehead wrote:
Five weeks ago I laid a lawn with Rolawn turves – some of which had
suffered heating in the rolls – with the subsequent death of some
rolls. After telling Rolawn they provided me with three replacement
turves – which I used for patching two weeks after I initially laid
the lawn.
Due to this and the servicing of my lawnmower which took far longer
than I imagined – the lawn became very long and went to seed.
I cut the lawn back last Saturday – by just over a third – reducing
the length from 8 inches to just under 6 – to find that many of the
swards had gone spindly. Some areas have really thinned out.

Will I need to reseed these almost bald patches – or will the grass
regenerate and grow thicker and spread across the bald patches.

I was also wondering if I have overwatered. Because of the presence of
the new turf when I patched in the dead areas – I continued with the
‘new turf' regime of 20 minutes twice a day – to find that the area
was very soft (though not flooded) when I cut the lawn back last
Saturday.

I have since suspended watering the area – and intend watering for 20
minutes twice a week.

Could anyone advise me on the above.

Thanks,

Scott Whitehead

What the hell are "turves"?

new lawn problem
 

John P. Mullen wrote:
[...]
What the hell are "turves"?

http://dictionary.reference.com/

I had to look it up myself. I figured from what Scott said that they were
rolls of sod. I found I hadn't really known what a turf was, and that it
had a plural.

--
Willondon

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John P. Mullen wrote:


Scott Whitehead wrote:
Five weeks ago I laid a lawn with Rolawn turves – some of which had
suffered heating in the rolls – with the subsequent death of some
rolls. After telling Rolawn they provided me with three replacement
turves – which I used for patching two weeks after I initially laid
the lawn.
Due to this and the servicing of my lawnmower which took far longer
than I imagined – the lawn became very long and went to seed.
I cut the lawn back last Saturday – by just over a third – reducing
the length from 8 inches to just under 6 – to find that many of the
swards had gone spindly. Some areas have really thinned out.

Will I need to reseed these almost bald patches – or will the grass
regenerate and grow thicker and spread across the bald patches.

I was also wondering if I have overwatered. Because of the presence of
the new turf when I patched in the dead areas – I continued with the
‘new turf' regime of 20 minutes twice a day – to find that the area
was very soft (though not flooded) when I cut the lawn back last
Saturday.

I have since suspended watering the area – and intend watering for 20
minutes twice a week.

Could anyone advise me on the above.

Thanks,

Scott Whitehead

What the hell are "turves"?


They're like swards.

new lawn problem
 

"John P. Mullen" wrote in message ...
Scott Whitehead wrote:
Five weeks ago I laid a lawn with Rolawn turves – some of which had
suffered heating in the rolls – with the subsequent death of some
rolls. After telling Rolawn they provided me with three replacement
turves – which I used for patching two weeks after I initially laid
the lawn.
Due to this and the servicing of my lawnmower which took far longer
than I imagined – the lawn became very long and went to seed.
I cut the lawn back last Saturday – by just over a third – reducing
the length from 8 inches to just under 6 – to find that many of the
swards had gone spindly. Some areas have really thinned out.

Will I need to reseed these almost bald patches – or will the grass
regenerate and grow thicker and spread across the bald patches.

I was also wondering if I have overwatered. Because of the presence of
the new turf when I patched in the dead areas – I continued with the
‘new turf' regime of 20 minutes twice a day – to find that the area
was very soft (though not flooded) when I cut the lawn back last
Saturday.

I have since suspended watering the area – and intend watering for 20
minutes twice a week.

Could anyone advise me on the above.

Thanks,

Scott Whitehead

What the hell are "turves"?

Plural for turf ie one turf - two turves

new lawn problem