New lawn Problems

 


Hi All, our old lawn was always lovely and green but not very flat for
mowing
with a flymo. So we decided to have a new lawn laid.

The old soil was dug out to a depth of 8 inch and refilled with washed
sand.

The lawn looks very pale, uneven in growth and some bald spots. in fact
we could
mow it for the first 2 months as there was no growth. It was
laid about 3 months
ago and after having the company back we are still
watering regularly, feeding
and now mowing every week.

I just wanted to know if anyone thinks the problems we are having are
from the
turf being laid on sand. Whenever we stop watering the lawn
goes yellow and
dried even though we had rain. Surely we cant be
expected to water daily now its
3 months old.

I wish we had never had the work done or had someone that was happy to
lay it on
soil as the last lawn was pretty trouble free.

My other fear is that when summer comes round again the lawn will dry
and die
and the company will say its not their problem as its been
layed a year.

We are in derbyshire U.K and as other know its been quite a wet summer
anyway.

Thanks Gav




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gavj

 

on 9/29/2009 7:39 AM (ET) gavj wrote the following:

The sand was mixed with the soil that was taken out?
Humus was then added to the soil that was taken out?
Treated soil was then refilled?


In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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It sound like someone stole your good expensive topsoil and replaced it with
washed sand, probably the worst stuff there is to grow grass on. Tell me
that is not what you really did! Who told you that this was a good idea?

 


Yeah, this is a new one.   Why on earth would you let anyone remove 8"
of perfectly good topsoil just because it was bumpy?   When you buy
plants, shrubs, trees, etc in pots, how many of them did you ever see
growing in just sand?   If you were to grow a vegetable garden, would
you plant the seeds in sand or a rich topsoil?

If the problem with the previous lawn was just that it was bumpy,
there were simpler less costly ways to deal with it that actually
work.

 


Thanks everyone for your advice, I will get the company back and see if
I can
get this sorted.

Thanks Again.




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gavj