Often we imagine our country plot clean, neat, always with a lawn. This herb gives a beautiful, well-groomed appearance to the site, and other plants on its background acquire new colors, shades and forms. Also the lawn is very practical. Lawn grass spreads on the ground, which means that it will almost not have to be mowed. Only to grow a proper lawn is not so easy as it seems. Then they will be trampled down, then it will grow with weeds, or even not rise at all. But if the desire is great and there is no fear of difficulties, arm yourself with knowledge and forward. Let us consider the most exciting questions.
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How to start How to plant a lawn? Lawn Care Regulations What is a lawn? It is always a grass that grows not upwards, but in breadth with the help of lateral offspring. Which quickly become more acute and begin to grow actively. So in the summer only one tiny bush can cover a quarter of a square meter. And even when the grass has dried up, it may have a root with a leaf. In this case, you can take a piece of grass, chop 2 to 3 centimeters, sow, sprinkle with humus or peat, and water. And in a month you will have a new green mat. That's how it turns out a soft mulching carpet called a lawn.
Where to begin
With the choice of the type of grass for lawns. And since there are a lot of them, it's much easier to get confused. Here are a few species with their advantages and disadvantages. How to plant a lawn for the first time Pendulum meadow perfectly tolerates drought, severe frost and trampling (especially after three years of age). Forms a dense sod and quickly restores itself after mowing. If you plant it on fertile soils, when groundwater is at a depth of 0.5 to 1 meter, it will grow from 10 to 15. However, it is often affected by diseases of powdery mildew and rust. For sandy dry places, with poor soil, the sheep fescue is ideal. True, it is necessary to sow it mixed with red fescue. And when it comes back, it will give a beautiful herbage, it will be easy to bear mowing and weeding. It can also grow in poultry, especially well under the pines. But the meadow fescue is good for moderately wet and moist soils. But this herb has many drawbacks. She reaches full development in the 2nd-3rd year after sowing, lives only 4-6 years, does not tolerate trampling, can not grow on dry and poor soils. Therefore, it is usually used in a mixture of lawn grasses with a deficiency of bluegrass and red fescue seeds. Lawn grass: how to plant A grass ryegrass prefers heavy, fertile soils, it takes a half-shadow, trampling. It grows and grows evenly, already 1 - 1.5 months after sowing a dense, beautiful grass is formed. And most importantly, it retains a vivid color until the fall. The only drawback, it is much inferior in the strength of the turf to the rest of the herbaceous grasses. And little "lives", about 5 years. The most environmentally friendly and often used grass for lawns is the field. Due to its unpretentiousness and viability, it can grow in almost any conditions. But still prefer loamy and sandy loamy with abundant watering, otherwise it can burn out and lose all decorative form. But with proper care, it even goes under the snow in green form. But the spring rises later than other species. And after mowing slowly grows. Grass, which itself grows The comb usually does a good job for wet soils, but it can also carry short-lived zasu-hu. A feature of this grass for lawns is that it remains green all autumn, the beginning of winter, and early in spring it quickly grows color and growth. The grass is resistant to flooding, frost, trampling and low mowing (up to 4 cm). The next, not less important, stage is the choice of seeds. Most often they come across with an admixture of these weeds. Therefore, it is better to choose if cheap, then checked, and if new, buy better expensive. They will be full of germination, with an excellent selection of herbs.
How to plant a lawn?
Plant lawn grass can be from spring to September, the main thing is that the seedlings become stronger to frosts. With full availability of heat and moisture, they germinate on the 3rd - 4th day after sowing. The excellent quality of seeds is also indicated by their ability to save "life" for a long time: they lose it by 2 - 3% per year. And only when stored in a dry, cool place. In general, choosing herbs for gazona, it is necessary to pay attention to their properties: for damaging the garden and shady areas, moisture-loving and shade-resistant ones are suitable, and drought-resistant and light-loving will suit for open areas. Without considering this, you can not grow it at all or pretty much add to the trouble in your care.
Lawn Care Regulations
Having decided to build a lawn on your site, prepare for the fact that the first year will be the most difficult. At this time, it is necessary to take care of him most carefully. We'll have to watch not to trample, do not run the dogs, do not build snow slides in winter and, in general, treat them as gently as possible. The same attitude should be to him on wet and frosty days. And to combine, of course, these rules with leaving:
Every spring and autumn, it is obligatory to clean and vent lawn, level its boundaries and improve the top layer of the soil. Thanks to these procedures, there is good water and drought permeability of the turf, nutrition of the roots, and the occurrence of fungal infections decreases. Begin usually with a rigid mechanical cleaning and removal of debris. Especially often it is done in the autumn, when the leaves fall. Then, the upper layer of the soil is pierced to a depth of 10-15 cm. This process is ventilation. It ensures unhindered access of air, moisture and fertilizers to the corms. To improve the upper layer of the soil, you can use the equal distribution of a mixture of sand with light garden soil or lees' humus in proportions of 2: 1 throughout the whole harvest. This improves the nutrition of the roots and corrects irregularities on the surface of the lawn. And at the very end, it is obligatory to align the boundaries of the lawn, which will give it a finished, neat appearance. For this, it is necessary to straighten the lines with a sharp shovel, to update the furrows, to dress the lawn from other areas of the site.
Lawn mowing is an obligatory condition for a good ear. After all, the grass begins to grow at + 5 ° C. During the whole season, the intensity of this process changes depending on the weather conditions (in a dry and hot growth it slows down), and stops with the arrival of colds. At the first spring haircut, the lawn is mowed only on the top, and only when it actively grows, it can be cut to the length to be allowed. By the way, for each kind of grass it has its own. And this is very important, otherwise you can expose the roots, dry the soil and, in general, weaken the grass cover. In the hot summer, "light" haircuts are better to be made every 2 - 3 weeks, without removing the remains of mown grass from the lawn. Since they will be a good protection against sunburn, a store of moisture and comfort. They produce a cutting of gas only in dry weather.
Whether it is necessary to water the lawn even in dry hot weather, everyone decides. After all, on the one hand, this herb quickly rebuilt. And even if she has already managed to dry up and get fatter, in just a few rainy days she will fully regain her color and "life." And on the other hand, if the lawn is new, it needs watering often. And the necessary amount of water is 13 mm at a time.
Like any other plant, the lawn needs to be replenished. They contribute to the strengthening of the grass and help to "weed out" the weeds. Ideally, there should be three in a season. They are introduced carefully, in accordance with the recommendations of the manufacturer. Only in this case there will be no harm to the environment and the lawn itself. But it is even more important to remember that it is impossible to introduce spring-summer fertilizer in the fall. Usually it contains a lot of nitrogen, and it, as a rule, causes active growth of green mass, which is destructive for the plant with the onset of cold weather. Autumn fertilizers in which the phosphorus and potassium are contained in them serve to strengthen the root part of the plants and help them survive the winter.
We must not forget about the weeds. They are able to spoil even the best lawn. Large weeds: dandelion, plantain, daisy can grow into whole colonies, and if you do not start eradicating them in time, they can damage the entire lawn. Fighting them is easy. Since they are large enough and visible in the grass, they can be uprooted by hand using a shovel, scoop, or, in extreme cases, by replacing a block of grass. It is more difficult to deduce smaller ones: clover, sour - for this purpose you must use lawn herbicides, which destroy only the weeds without damaging the grass. Raw and shady lawns can be covered with moss. It can also be removed with the help of herbicides. The only and very important "but": all these chemical preparations are dangerous for health. Use them very rarely and in minimum quantities. But if they still processed the lawn, before the first rain on it you can not walk barefoot, sit, and even more, start playing children.
Observance of all the rules will help to create, if not perfect, then close to it a lawn with a flat surface, clear edges, no weeds, pests and fungal infections, and now everyone will ask you how to plant the same regular lawn on your site.
