One of the advantages of living in a private house or dacha is the opportunity to be closer to nature, breathe clean air, walk barefoot on green grass. .. But the grass still needs to be planted. It itself will not grow on the site of yesterday's construction site! Thanks to modern new varieties and seeds with high germination make it simple, you need to take into account only a few subtleties. Lawn grass can be sown from the time of the liberation of the earth from the snow cover to the end of summer.
Step 1: preparation of the site
The site for seeding the lawn must be clean. All garbage is removed, weed is destroyed, the site is put in order. Weeds are a source of diseases for lawn grass and hinder its growth, so the territory of the future lawn should be treated with herbicides. After a thorough clearing of the territory, they begin to form a relief. Preferably flat surface of the lawn with a slight slope, up to 3%, to facilitate the flow of water from it. The larger the lawn, the more pronounced the slope should be, it may well reach up to 30%.
Approximately 5-10 days before sowing seeds of lawn grass, according to the advice of experts, it is necessary to pour abundantly the soil, if possible - to make a complex fertilizer.
Step 2: Bookmarking of seeds
Depending on the desired type and texture of the lawn, soil type, relief characteristics and lawn lightness, a grass mix is chosen for sowing. The consumption of seeds depends on the area of sowing and the composition of the mixture. For an average density of sowing on plain terrain, about 30 g of seeds are used for 1 sq m of lawn. And to obtain a more dense lawn on the slopes, the consumption of seeds is increased to 50 g per 1 sq m of area.
Seeding of lawn grass begins with loosening of the soil, but not more than 3-4 cm deep. This work is done with the teeth of a garden rake or cultivator. Then the seeds are evenly distributed over the plot. A little trick from the professionals: divide the plot into 4-8 parts and the same number of seeds, distribute them inside each part to make the lawn uniform. After sowing seeds in the soil, they are closed with a roller or mulched. The thickness of a loose layer of soil with sand, which the lawn will be covered, should be about 3 cm. After the sowing of the lawn grass, a uniform and accurate watering in the form of sprinkling is carried out.
