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sFive 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 in message om... sFive 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 Sounds like to me it needs watering well every day plus feeding with a liquid lawn fertiliser this should soon improve things along with regular mowing |
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I'd agree with the watering. The turves have very shallow roots until they bed in. When my brother-in-law laid his lawn, he was advised to water for about an hour each night - it takes a shocking amount of water! He kept this up for a very long time and his lawn has taken nicely. FYI, as a general rule I've always heard that if you need to water, water long. The water needs to have time to penetrate down to encourage rooting otherwise only the top inch or so of soil gets wet and the roots stay high up. As soon as you stop watering, the roots are too shallow to find their own moisture! Paul DS. |
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