Re-seeding my lawn: no visible growth after 16 days!

 


Hi there

I know little or nothing about lawns (or gardening in general) so I am
seeking
some advice.

We moved into our current house about 3 years ago. The back garden had
been
monoblocked over. It sloped downhill quite steeply, away from the
house.

Both the monoblock and the slope were bad for our young kids, so I
ripped up the
monoblock, built a small retaining wall at the end of the
slope, and filled the
whole area with 12 tons of top soil.

I then turfed the whole area (it's about 7 meters by 5 meters).

I also drilled 6 or so holes in the retaining wall for drainage. When
it rains a
lot I can see water coming out of these, so they are
working...but perhaps 6 or
so isn't enough? The ground does seem to be
pretty squelchy, but it would do, as
it's been wet on and off
recently.

It all looked great once the sections of turn had knitted together.

Anyway, fast forward to a few weeks ago, and there was a lot of dead
grass
(yellow coloured, straw textured) so I read a little about what
to do.

I then scarified the whole area (hard work!), forked it all to a depth
of about
4-6 inches, and the stuck about 2 kilos of grass seed over the
whole lawn, as
evenly as I could. I also raked in a bag of general
purpose compost spread over
the whole lawn (not very much, but it was
all I has in the shed at the time!)

That was 16 days ago. The weather here (Scotland) has been mixed since
then
(surprise, surprise!). Some nice days verging on warm, some cold,
some raining.
The grass seed is still sitting there, in contact with
the bare earth between
the remaining grass growth, but shows no sign of
actually doing anything.

Have I given it enough time?

What else should I be doing?

All comments welcome.

Cheers,
Keith.




--
Keith Brown

 

words:


I always thought that Monoblocks were carburettors manufactured by Amal...


Relaxing with a good beer or a glass of malt. With incohol comes raption
and oblivioture. Gin the speugs huvnae hud the seed, it'll come up...


You can't keep a good grass-seed down.

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk

 



It's the same speug, an' brither (or sister) tae Cock Sparra'.

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk

 

Keith.Brown.450b8c6@gardenbanter.co.uk says...

Patience! and while you are waiting make some more drainage holes in the
retaining wall
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

 


'Charlie Pridham[_2_ Wrote:

When I forked the grass, I could see lots of open holes. These now
appear to
have closed up. Should I do it again, and brush in some sharp
sand to keep them
open?

Also, roughly how long would you expect it to take to see some growth
from the
grass seed? The box said 7-14 days, but then manufacturers of
almost anything
are to be disbelieved about almost everything.

Cheers.




--
Keith Brown