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Bumpy Lawn
I had a lawn laid about a year a go and it is very bumpy. I rolled it
several times after laying but this had little effect. I know I should be calling back the idiot who laid in the first place but is there something I could try myself? Previously I hired a roller that I filled with water but this did not seem very heavy. Are heavier, larger rollers available and would they be any use to me? TIA G |
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"Mr G" wrote in message . .. I had a lawn laid about a year a go and it is very bumpy. I rolled it several times after laying but this had little effect. I know I should be calling back the idiot who laid in the first place but is there something I could try myself? Previously I hired a roller that I filled with water but this did not seem very heavy. Are heavier, larger rollers available and would they be any use to me? TIA G Rather than lower the high sots rause the low areas (1) Cut grass (2) Mix washed sharp sand horticultural grit with a little lawn seed. (3) Use sand mixture to fill in low spots -- not too much at a time leveling spreading with plank of wood.. (4) Gently water (5) Wait a few days to a couple of weeks It takes a few applications -- but it works. |
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Mr G wrote:
I had a lawn laid about a year a go and it is very bumpy. I rolled it several times after laying but this had little effect. I know I should be calling back the idiot who laid in the first place but is there something I could try myself? Previously I hired a roller that I filled with water but this did not seem very heavy. Are heavier, larger rollers available and would they be any use to me? 'Don't think rolling is the answer. I know they roll cricket pitches but they end up bone hard and bare and need constant watering. If the humps are discretely obvious and few in number, I would slice round three parts of the hump, take out some soil and redistribute that in the next hollow. Otherwise I would suggest a generalised top dressing of the hollows with top soil - a little at a time so as not to create big bare patches. It will take a surprising amount of top dressing to level a lawn but short of taking it all up and starting from scratch and doing it right next time, I don't think there is an easy answer. -- ned |
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"Mr G" wrote in message . .. I had a lawn laid about a year a go and it is very bumpy. I rolled it several times after laying but this had little effect. I know I should be calling back the idiot who laid in the first place but is there something I could try myself? Previously I hired a roller that I filled with water but this did not seem very heavy. Are heavier, larger rollers available and would they be any use to me? TIA G roller will not make it flatter try setting your mower low and scalp the bumps also water then scarify the high areas taking the surface off then spike and re sow some seed or the other option top dress your lawn using 70/30 mix sand/loam and use a lute to level off |
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Thanks for the reply (and the others). What is a loam?
G "pied piper" wrote in message ... "Mr G" wrote in message . .. I had a lawn laid about a year a go and it is very bumpy. I rolled it several times after laying but this had little effect. I know I should be calling back the idiot who laid in the first place but is there something I could try myself? Previously I hired a roller that I filled with water but this did not seem very heavy. Are heavier, larger rollers available and would they be any use to me? TIA G roller will not make it flatter try setting your mower low and scalp the bumps also water then scarify the high areas taking the surface off then spike and re sow some seed or the other option top dress your lawn using 70/30 mix sand/loam and use a lute to level off |
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"Mr G" wrote in message . .. Thanks for the reply (and the others). What is a loam? G loam is soil |
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