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is this a good time to lay turf?
I want to extend our lawn. Is this a good time of year to lay turf, or
should I wait til spring now? TIA John |
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is this a good time to lay turf?
You can lay turf at any time John. But you will have to water it daily if we
dont get any decent rainfall or it will shrink and you will get gaps all across your lawn. Lyndon "JK" wrote in message ... I want to extend our lawn. Is this a good time of year to lay turf, or should I wait til spring now? TIA John |
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In article 3f71ad19.0@entanet, "Lyndon Thomas" writes: | You can lay turf at any time John. But you will have to water it daily if we | dont get any decent rainfall or it will shrink and you will get gaps all | across your lawn. However, now is a good time to do it, because it will have all autumn, winter and spring to establish roots before next summer. In fact, now is perhaps the ideal time. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article 3f71ad19.0@entanet, "Lyndon Thomas" writes: You can lay turf at any time John. But you will have to water it daily if we dont get any decent rainfall or it will shrink and you will get gaps all across your lawn. However, now is a good time to do it, because it will have all autumn, winter and spring to establish roots before next summer. In fact, now is perhaps the ideal time. Agreed.....IF the 'drought' breaks. If not then make sure the ground below the turf is heavily watered a day of so before laying to get water into the rooting zone (a couple of days to let the surface dry enough to work on) pk |
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"PK" wrote in
: Nick Maclaren wrote: In article 3f71ad19.0@entanet, "Lyndon Thomas" writes: You can lay turf at any time John. But you will have to water it daily if we dont get any decent rainfall or it will shrink and you will get gaps all across your lawn. However, now is a good time to do it, Agreed.....IF the 'drought' breaks. Do I deduce that out there somewhere across the Tamar there is a drought? Can I have some please??? I'll send you some rainclouds by return of post... :-) Victoria amid the mists and fogs -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall -- |
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Victoria Clare wrote:
"PK" wrote in : Agreed.....IF the 'drought' breaks. Do I deduce that out there somewhere across the Tamar there is a drought? Can I have some please??? I'll send you some rainclouds by return of post... :-) Victoria amid the mists and fogs First decent rain for months yesterday in SW london. We've had some in the past few weeks but not much. I laid some paving last week, excavating 20/25cm, and the soil to that depth was dust dry! We need a week of soild rain to make much difference! pk |
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" Agreed.....IF the 'drought' breaks. Do I deduce that out there somewhere across the Tamar there is a drought? Can I have some please??? I'll send you some rainclouds by return of post... :-) Victoria amid the mists and fogs -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall -- Typically the only rain we've had in North London was on Monday afternoon. My after school Environment Club had to spend most of the time indoors :-( But I was glad the garden got a little water but it still isn't really enough. Natalie |
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:23:20 +0100, "Natalie"
wrote: Typically the only rain we've had in North London was on Monday afternoon. My after school Environment Club had to spend most of the time indoors :-( But I was glad the garden got a little water but it still isn't really enough. Natalie I agree, I've just planted some bulbs after the rain and apart from the top inch or so the ground is completely dry. It has absolutely b*ggered our brick built shed which now has serious subsidence and will have to be torn down and rebuilt. Bah! Can anyone recommend a good builder that doesn't charge the earth in East London? "The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything -- and it works." - William Strong subbykins{Chrd} |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article 3f71ad19.0@entanet, "Lyndon Thomas" writes: | You can lay turf at any time John. But you will have to water it daily if we | dont get any decent rainfall or it will shrink and you will get gaps all | across your lawn. However, now is a good time to do it, because it will have all autumn, winter and spring to establish roots before next summer. In fact, now is perhaps the ideal time. Regards, Nick Maclaren. And less likely you'll be out there treading on it as well. -- Tumbleweed Remove theobvious before replying (but no email reply necessary to newsgroups) |
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"PK" wrote in message ... Victoria Clare wrote: "PK" wrote in : Agreed.....IF the 'drought' breaks. Do I deduce that out there somewhere across the Tamar there is a drought? Can I have some please??? I'll send you some rainclouds by return of post... :-) Victoria amid the mists and fogs First decent rain for months yesterday in SW london. We've had some in the past few weeks but not much. I laid some paving last week, excavating 20/25cm, and the soil to that depth was dust dry! We need a week of soild rain to make much difference! I have an Arolla pine which is browning because of lack of water. In the North Yorks Dales! Franz |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote:. However, now is a good time to do it, because it will have all autumn, winter and spring to establish roots before next summer. In fact, now is perhaps the ideal time. --- I agree! An extensive lawned area around a showhouse very near my house was laid just three weeks ago. It now resembles a bowling green, I can't even see the joins. Aphodius |
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is this a good time to lay turf?
"JK" wrote in message ... I want to extend our lawn. Is this a good time of year to lay turf, or should I wait til spring now? TIA John Thanks to all for all your advice - I'll crack on then! |
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is this a good time to lay turf?
"JK" wrote in message ... I want to extend our lawn. Is this a good time of year to lay turf, or should I wait til spring now? TIA John Thanks to all for all your advice - I'll crack on then! |
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