How to sow lawn grass with your own hands

To create a beautiful lawn on the plot in front of the house, you need not only to plant grass, but also to properly prepare the soil. After that, you need to take care of the sprouted greens, otherwise it will quickly fade.

Do-it-yourself lawn in the country

First you need to choose the type of coverage that the gardener wants to get. It is not necessary to plant only green grass. There are the following types of lawns:

• an ordinary green carpet of field or mountain plants;
• meadow or Moorish type with a flowering layer;
• sporty look that resists abrasion well.

The technique of planting the lawn, its watering, aeration, mowing and feeding depends on this choice.

People often wonder when is the best time to sow a plot with purchased seeds or sprouts. On average, these works take from 1 to 1.5 months. To start and finish decorating the lawn in the country on time, it is better to choose a time from late spring to early autumn. Most often, gardeners begin to carry out such work from the end of May, and finish in early September. The main thing is that this period of time does not cover the winter.

Lawn grass

It is better to sow seeds after carrying out preparatory measures for laying out a lawn in the country. Most often this is done in the summer, in mid-June, but you can postpone this procedure closer to autumn.

Preparing the soil for planting seeds

First, they mark the future lawn. They clean it from weeds, debris, level it. The suburban area is divided into squares, in one of which it is planned to arrange a grassy carpet.

It will take from 7 to 30 days to independently carry out preparatory activities. If the farmer lives in the southern regions or central Russia, then you can start work in the last days of May. For the inhabitants of Siberia, this period is shifted by 1 month closer to autumn. The ground must be well warmed up, otherwise the seedlings may die.

Although there are no definitive guidelines, it is advisable to follow the following step-by-step instructions:

1. When marking an area for a lawn, you need immediately lay flower beds, paths or paths. For this, a simple technology is used using twine and pegs. There is no need to strive to give the lawn strict geometric shapes, since the sown areas will look harmonious in the absence of clear boundaries.
2. After that, leveling the site, eradicating stumps (if any), removing debris and stones. If the soil is poor in minerals, then nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers are applied to it.
3. The correct approach todestruction of weeds and harmful insects consists in treating the area to be cleaned with herbicides and preparations that kill pests. Geotextiles are often used for these purposes. It provides an even coverage of the area chosen for the lawn.

Preparing the soil for the lawn

After carrying out the preliminary work, you can start creating the herbal composition.

Step by step instructions for sowing a lawn with seeds

Before sowing grass, you need to check the type of soil in the country. It is good when it is fertile, it can let air through, retain water.If this is not the case, then the soil is dug up, and then superphosphate is added to it.

At the dacha, these works will take from 3 to 7 days. You should pay attention to the following points:

1. with increased acidity of the earth - this parameter is brought back to normal by adding chalk or slaked lime to the soil;
2. when sowing in spring - the main emphasis is placed on nitrogen fertilizers, and if the sowing of grass is moved closer to autumn, then superphosphate is used;
3. after that, the land is loosened and watered;
4. the entire section is rolled with a special roller, the mass of which can vary between 50-100 kg.

When these works are completed, they wait another 4-5 days, and then weed the weeds that have appeared.

How to sow lawn grass with your own hands:

1. First, they divide the entire territory of the future lawn into pieces of equal size. Then the purchased seeds are distributed to the marked areas.
2. Before sowing the grass, you need to spray water on the ground using a special nozzle on the hose. The soil should be slightly moist and loose enough.
3. When to sow lawn grass, the summer resident himself determines. Experts recommend performing this operation on a sunny, calm day. Selected seeds are manually scattered in the field, first along the territory and then across.
4. Gardeners often have questions about what to do if the summer is rainy, how to sow lawn grass. It is recommended to postpone this process closer to autumn.
5. After it was possible to sow the selected area, it is processed with a French rake. In this case, the seeds are covered with soil, and then everything is rolled with a roller to compact the soil. Then pour water over everything from a hose with a nozzle.

After the grass is sown on the lawn, you need to monitor its development. To do this, the emerging weeds are regularly removed, the soil is moistened, and young grass is cut:

1. The first shoots appear in 14 days. When they grow up to 10 cm, they are carefully trimmed.
2. Irrigation of the site is carried out using a spray. The soil should be saturated with moisture by 5 cm. This is necessary to strengthen the roots of the sown grass.

What to choose: seeds or roll turf

It should be noted that seeds are cheaper than rolls. In the first case, you will have to sow the site yourself, and when using a ready-made lawn, its installation is included in the price. For independent work, it is best to choose seeds of bent grass, ryegrass, fescue and bluegrass.

Field grass seeds

When choosing grass, you need to pay attention to the following parameters:

• germination;
• resistance to external mechanical stress;
• the presence of immunity to various infections;
• frost resistance and ability to withstand heat.

When purchasing rolls, you need to know their advantages and disadvantages.

Benefits:

• unpretentiousness and ease of use;
• finished carpets are well suited for uneven areas.

The only drawback of rolls is their high price.

General recommendations

To get the desired decoration of the site in the form of a green lawn, you need:

• first, choose the right place for sowing grass in the country;
• then pick up suitable seeds;
• then carefully prepare the site for processing;
• it is not enough to water the soil before sowing the seeds, otherwise they will stick together;
• mow and irrigate a new lawn every 20 days with a sprayer;
• do not wait for results throughout the year, since a normal lawn is obtained only 24 months after sowing.

Any novice farmer must decide for himself whether to use seeds or purchase a ready-made cover. If the first option is preferable, then all the instructions of the specialists must be carefully followed, otherwise all the work will go down the drain.