Posted by adm on February 22, 2006, 11:36 am
Dear All,
I presume this isn't recommended, but is it do-able nonetheless ?
I have a patch of grass that is about 5m x 15m that my dog has been busy
running around on over the winter and is now badly churned up in several
places.
I don't want to dig it all up or rotovate it particularly, but I do want to
replace it with good quality new grass.
Someone told me that at this time of year, it is possible to just rake some
good topsoil over the whole thing to level it up and then to simply lay new
turf right over the top....
Good/bad/indifferent ? Any advice ?
If this is possible, can anyone also recommend a good type of turf to use -
it needs to be hard wearing as opposed to perfect looking as I have three
boys and a large dog....
Cheers,
Alasdair
Posted by H Ryder on February 22, 2006, 1:36 pm
> I presume this isn't recommended, but is it do-able nonetheless ?
my friend did this and it did work although things like dandelions grew
through after a bit. She was on sandy soil but do not know it this mattered.
--
Hayley
(gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset)
Posted by pied piper on February 22, 2006, 1:33 pm
why not reseed and feed it
>> I presume this isn't recommended, but is it do-able nonetheless ?
> my friend did this and it did work although things like dandelions grew
> through after a bit. She was on sandy soil but do not know it this
> mattered.
> --
> Hayley
> (gardening on well drained, alkaline clay in Somerset)
>
Posted by Bevan Price on February 22, 2006, 1:41 pm
> Dear All,
> I presume this isn't recommended, but is it do-able nonetheless ?
> I have a patch of grass that is about 5m x 15m that my dog has been busy
> running around on over the winter and is now badly churned up in several
> places.
> I don't want to dig it all up or rotovate it particularly, but I do want
> to replace it with good quality new grass.
> Someone told me that at this time of year, it is possible to just rake
> some good topsoil over the whole thing to level it up and then to simply
> lay new turf right over the top....
> Good/bad/indifferent ? Any advice ?
It may work, but it probably won't do much good for the drainage of water
from the new lawn, and you may get long term problems with moss growth in
the lawn. Better to re-seed as suggested by another post.
Bevan
Posted by adm on February 22, 2006, 6:10 pm
"Bevan Price" <mynameATTTTfreeukDOTTTcom> wrote in message
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I presume this isn't recommended, but is it do-able nonetheless ?
>>
>> I have a patch of grass that is about 5m x 15m that my dog has been busy
>> running around on over the winter and is now badly churned up in several
>> places.
>>
>> I don't want to dig it all up or rotovate it particularly, but I do want
>> to replace it with good quality new grass.
>>
>> Someone told me that at this time of year, it is possible to just rake
>> some good topsoil over the whole thing to level it up and then to simply
>> lay new turf right over the top....
>>
>> Good/bad/indifferent ? Any advice ?
>>
> It may work, but it probably won't do much good for the drainage of water
> from the new lawn, and you may get long term problems with moss growth in
> the lawn. Better to re-seed as suggested by another post.
Fair enough. Just rake/compress some topsoil around to fill the dips and
scatter seed and a bit of fertiliser then ?
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