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Hello - wonder if anyone could help....
I'm having some work done on my garden which involves landscaping a bit of it. The lawn wasn't that even and as there was quite a lot of soil left over from some excavations my contractor suggested that the area was levelled. Great - but I have a small concern - the levelling procedure was simply to spread the excess earth over the existing lawn to a depth of between 1 and maybe 10 inches - is that OK to do? Just wondering what the grass dying off underneath the soil will do to the root system of any new turf overlaid on top. Or is it perfectly OK to do this? Many Thanks David |
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turfing over turf
"David Wilce" wrote in message
... Hello - wonder if anyone could help.... I'm having some work done on my garden which involves landscaping a bit of it. The lawn wasn't that even and as there was quite a lot of soil left over from some excavations my contractor suggested that the area was levelled. Great - but I have a small concern - the levelling procedure was simply to spread the excess earth over the existing lawn to a depth of between 1 and maybe 10 inches - is that OK to do? Just wondering what the grass dying off underneath the soil will do to the root system of any new turf overlaid on top. Or is it perfectly OK to do this? Many Thanks David I definitely don't like the idea of levelling your lawn with soil and then placing turf on top of it. Ideally you should first dig your lawn and at the same time bury the existing turf, similar to a farmer ploughing a grassed field, then add the spare soil, level it to your satisfaction and finally lay the new turf. Regards, Emrys Davies. |
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turfing over turf
In article , Emrys Davies
writes I definitely don't like the idea of levelling your lawn with soil and then placing turf on top of it. You may not but apparently it works. My father used to cut grass on an industrial scale and do the "odd little job" at a smaller level. I recall him telling me just that information which he apparently gleaned from a training course at some association or other to do with being a professional Groundskeeper. If it is good enough for them it is good enough for us. -- steve auvache |
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"steve auvache" wrote in message ... In article , Emrys Davies writes I definitely don't like the idea of levelling your lawn with soil and then placing turf on top of it. You may not but apparently it works. My father used to cut grass on an industrial scale and do the "odd little job" at a smaller level. I recall him telling me just that information which he apparently gleaned from a training course at some association or other to do with being a professional Groundskeeper. If it is good enough for them it is good enough for us. -- steve auvache Over the years I have tried to smooth of some of the humps and bumps here and have always just laid straight on the old turf we have never had any problems. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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turfing over turf
maybe 10 inches - is that OK to do? Just wondering what the grass dying off underneath the soil will do to the root system of any new turf overlaid on top. Or is it perfectly OK to do this? Many Thanks David I definitely don't like the idea of levelling your lawn with soil . . . . I can see no valid reason for not liking the idea other than a gut feeling. The buried turves will soon die off and provide an excellent sponge for water retention - after all the best potting compost is that made with well rotted turves. One thing might be a problem and that's weeds in the original grass but localised application of weed killer with a stick type applicator should solve it. Regards Geoff |
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The buried turves will soon die off and provide an excellent sponge for water retention - after all the best potting compost is that made with well rotted turves. our contractor did this and we ended up with a dead waterlogged part of the lawn that is being returfed, not onto turf. JT |
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Geoff writes
maybe 10 inches - is that OK to do? Just wondering what the grass dying off underneath the soil will do to the root system of any new turf overlaid on top. Or is it perfectly OK to do this? I definitely don't like the idea of levelling your lawn with soil . . . . I can see no valid reason for not liking the idea other than a gut feeling. The buried turves will soon die off and provide an excellent sponge for water retention - after all the best potting compost is that made with well rotted turves. One thing might be a problem and that's weeds in the original grass but localised application of weed killer with a stick type applicator should solve it. Or even glyphosating the whole lot and save the hassle of spot application -- Kay |
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One thing might be a problem and that's weeds in the original grass but localised application of weed killer with a stick type applicator should solve it. Or even glyphosating the whole lot and save the hassle of spot application Kay WHAT!!! He'd have to take up the overlying turves first - it has already been turved - or are you sugesting . . . . . . . ? No, you can't be! Geoff |
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Geoff writes
One thing might be a problem and that's weeds in the original grass but localised application of weed killer with a stick type applicator should solve it. Or even glyphosating the whole lot and save the hassle of spot application Kay WHAT!!! He'd have to take up the overlying turves first - it has already been turved - or are you sugesting . . . . . . . ? No, you can't be! Oh right - it's already been done, has it? I obviously wasn't paying sufficient attention :-) Still, if it were left to me ... ;-) -- Kay |
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"David Wilce" wrote in message ... Hello - wonder if anyone could help.... I'm having some work done on my garden which involves landscaping a bit of it. The lawn wasn't that even and as there was quite a lot of soil left over from some excavations my contractor suggested that the area was levelled. Great - but I have a small concern - the levelling procedure was simply to spread the excess earth over the existing lawn to a depth of between 1 and maybe 10 inches - is that OK to do? Just wondering what the grass dying off underneath the soil will do to the root system of any new turf overlaid on top. Or is it perfectly OK to do this? Many Thanks David If the soil was to a depth of 10" then fine but a 1"scattering is not ideal. You may end up with a poor growing badly draining lawn which will make a perfect host for weeds. Do the job properly and rotavate the lot and start again. Tell the contractor he can use the lawn as a waste disposal area only if he will guarantee a good result :-) |
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