Levelling and turfing

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:02 pm

You did a good job on that Fred

DWD

Geewizz · Post by **Geewizz** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:51 pm

fred99 wrote: how long should I leave it before giving it a roll?

If you have prepared the soil properly and tamped down the rolls as you laid them then you shouldn't need to roll it for a few years. Rolling only flattens the bumps in a lawn caused by irregular growth, weeds or differing areas of drainage. Your new lawn will be free from these for a good while yet.

Simon Site Manager · Post by **Simon Site Manager** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:29 pm

Where did Fred get an avatar of my misses?

S

fred99 · Post by **fred99** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:39 pm

Simon Site Manager wrote:Where did Fred get an avatar of my misses?

S

I made it when she was at mine the other night

fred99 · Post by **fred99** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:44 am

Its been down for 3 weeks now and is growing well.

How long should I leave it before I mow it?

Hardip · Post by **Hardip** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:41 pm

fred99 wrote:Its been down for 3 weeks now and is growing well.

How long should I leave it before I mow it?

let her wiggle it some more.

Geewizz · Post by **Geewizz** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:17 pm

fred99 wrote:Its been down for 3 weeks now and is growing well.

How long should I leave it before I mow it?

Ideally you want to leave it until the flower heads start appearing and then trim it so that you are taking no more than a third off the height of the tallest blades of grass. From then on you want to be trimming it a couple of times a week throughout the summer, gradually lowering the cutting height on the mower over the next month.

fred99 · Post by **fred99** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:42 am

Geewizz wrote:
fred99 wrote:Its been down for 3 weeks now and is growing well.

How long should I leave it before I mow it?
Ideally you want to leave it until the flower heads start appearing and then trim it so that you are taking no more than a third off the height of the tallest blades of grass. From then on you want to be trimming it a couple of times a week throughout the summer, gradually lowering the cutting height on the mower over the next month.

Thanks mate.