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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 |
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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"? |
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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. |
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"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 |
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