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How to lay the pefect lawn

Preparing the soil

You need to prepare a bed of 4" deep good quality top soil. Remove the weeds - especially any tap roots from dandelions. Dig and level, removing weeds, stones. If you have poor soil then look at using some of rolawn's blended loam product which is designed to improve soil structure. Do not compact the soil - this can cause drainage problems.
Prepare in good time for when the turf arrives. It should be laid immediately.

Do not lay when the ground is frozen or waterlogged.

If you have problems with waterlogging then this needs to be addressed prior to putting down a new lawn. You may need to improve drainage by putting in french drains or drainage pits.

If you're replacing a law then remove it to a depth of about 2" ensuring roots are removed.

A heavy soil may need sharp sand, well decomposed manure or garden compost adding to help the soil texture. A sandy soil will alsol need compost adding to feed up the soil giving the turf a healthy bvase to grow into.

The process of digging, raking and then treading down will give you an even surface. It make take two rakings and treadings or more to get a good even surface.

When you lay the turf don't use a wheelbarrow on the bare soil or newly laid turfs. Use planks to walk it down to avoid compressing the soil.

Just prior to laying the turf you can apply a dressing of general purpose fertiliser.

To lay the turf in straight lines you need to start off with a straight line. Using an existing wall or border is ok if you've checked it's straight. Using a garden line (two sticks with a length of string inbetween) will ensure a good straight edge. it's best to start off as you mean to go on, as pulling it all up to relay it isn't very practical.Avoid short ends near the end of rows, re-arrange turfs to avoid short bits at the edges as these will dislodge far too easily.

Butt up the turf rolls closely as you would do wallpaper.

Once you've got it all laid out and rearrnaged to avoid short ends trim off the end pieces.

You can put spare odds of lawn into the compost bin if you don't need to use it anywhere.

If you can't lay the turf immediately uou should aim to lay it as soon as possible. Being rolled up means the grass will go yellow and die. The longer is it left the more chance of the turf dying or taking longer to recover. If you're buying turf ainm to have the time and weather to lay it.

If you have to leave it longer than a day or two you'll have to unroll it onto a "holding bed" and keep it watered.

Do not use a roller on a newly laid lawn. Tamp it down carefully with a rake - and with the pressure of walking on planks as you lay the grass. Avoid pressure points on the lawn.

Don't pull turf - it won't stretch well! If there are cracks then rolawn do a product which is ideal - their blended loam, which can also be used to adjust levels.

Once it's down you need to water it. Water it well and ensure it's had enough water by looking at the bottom corner. Watering in the morning and evenings reduces evaporation.
Once established a lawn will only need watering during extreme dry times.

Mowing within the first week is possible once the lawn has started to take. If it is disturbed by the mowing, replace and leave it longer this time.

Just trim the lawn lightly the first few times.

Alternate the direction you mow the lawn in.

Short clippings are fine to be left on the lawn but longer clippings need to be removed.