Posted by jacobsdad on April 25, 2006, 2:27 pm
"Brill" = short for "Brilliant".
Thanks to all your comments, which I have read with interest, but i
appears the argument for my questions are two sided.
As I am in UK (Colchester) we have fairly decent weather and a mix o
sun and rain I'm able to water it every night (or at least every othe
night) when there is a lack of rain, but will probably reduce this t
once every 3 nights with a heavy dousing of H20. I'll also give it som
food and will make a point in the winter of laying some of my home-grow
compost to increase the soil composite.
Thanks for your help.
JACOBSDA
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jacobsdad
Posted by Kyle Boatright on April 24, 2006, 9:59 pm
> Hi all, this is my first post, so be gentle!
> I moved into my first home in August 2005 and the garden was a concrete
> jungle - paving slabs etc. so I decided that as well as planting some
> flower boxes I would lay some turf. I know nothing about gardening but
> wanted to be a bit more green.
> I took up an area 3m x 5m of paying slabs to find about 8 inches of
> sand underneath. Because I live in a town house, it wasn't practical to
> dispose of the sand so I simply visited B&Q and brough enough turf to
> cover the area of, now levelled, sand.
> The next day I spoke to a friend who said there was no chance of the
> grass surviving on sand. I was a bit upset by that notion but have
> continued to water the lawn and today have cut the now very thick, long
> and green grass (it's been 2 months since I laid it). It appears to have
> knitted together very well and looks healthy (although I know little
> about these things). I have not fed it yet as the plant food labels are
> against this for the first 6 months of laying the turf. I have tried to
> uproot the turf on a corner to see if it has rooted - the result is
> that I actually can't pull up the turf easily becuase it has rooted so
> well.
> When I cut it today I left the cuttings on the lawn (this is called
> "mulching" so I understand and helps?).
> My question is 1.) do you think it will survive all year and, 2.)
> should I feed it now? Any tips would be brill.
> Thanks,
> JACOBSDAD.
What type of grass did you plant? Some have deeper roots than others.
Given your climate, I imagine you'll get enough rain to allow the sod to
survive. The key to long term success for you is infrequent, deep waterings.
The idea is to get the roots to go deep. Frequent waterings will encourage
shallow roots, which is what you'd like to avoid.
Feeding is good. Use a fertilizer with a medium to low nitrogen content and
high content of the other components. Again, this will promote root growth
over blade growth.
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> I moved into my first home in August 2005 and the garden was a concrete
> jungle - paving slabs etc. so I decided that as well as planting some
> flower boxes I would lay some turf. I know nothing about gardening but
> wanted to be a bit more green.
> I took up an area 3m x 5m of paying slabs to find about 8 inches of
> sand underneath. Because I live in a town house, it wasn't practical to
> dispose of the sand so I simply visited B&Q and brough enough turf to
> cover the area of, now levelled, sand.
> The next day I spoke to a friend who said there was no chance of the
> grass surviving on sand. I was a bit upset by that notion but have
> continued to water the lawn and today have cut the now very thick, long
> and green grass (it's been 2 months since I laid it). It appears to have
> knitted together very well and looks healthy (although I know little
> about these things). I have not fed it yet as the plant food labels are
> against this for the first 6 months of laying the turf. I have tried to
> uproot the turf on a corner to see if it has rooted - the result is
> that I actually can't pull up the turf easily becuase it has rooted so
> well.
> When I cut it today I left the cuttings on the lawn (this is called
> "mulching" so I understand and helps?).
> My question is 1.) do you think it will survive all year and, 2.)
> should I feed it now? Any tips would be brill.
> Thanks,
> JACOBSDAD.