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A lawn always looks beautiful in a garden plot. Soft and fresh grass gives the area a well-groomed appearance. Sometimes without a lawn, the landscape design of an area looks unfinished and incomplete.

Let's talk about how to choose planting material and how to plant lawn grass on your own property.

As soon as the gardener decides on the type of garden lawn, he can already begin sowing the grass mixture. But it is worth considering that even the best planting material will not be able to show successful results without properly preparing the area for sowing the lawn. This moment is key on the path to beautiful and well-groomed area sown with green grass.

Site preparation

Now some rules and recommendations for preparing the area for sowing lawn, as well as in preparation for laying a roll-type lawn.

First of all, you need to remove absolutely all debris from the site, remove tree roots and stumps, as well as all root systems of shrubs. Remains of trees and bushes left in the soil can cause toadstools to appear in grassy areas.

It is necessary to remove the top turf layer of soil using a regular shovel or a special machine. The method with a shovel will require skill and physical strength from the gardener. This is not as easy as it might seem at first glance. Cutting the turf layer is a faster and less energy-consuming method. Yes, and in this way you can better prepare the soil.

If there are a lot of weeds in the area, then you definitely need to use herbicides, for example, Roundup. After using the drug, dead plants should be completely removed. It should be borne in mind that plants such as dandelion or clover have a developed root system and even with manual weeding, the remaining part of the rhizome will eventually grow and sprout sooner or later.

Leveling the area

This is an important step on the path to successful lawn planting. The area must be level as much as possible. When leveling the soil, specialists in planting English lawns even use building level. This is justified because this is the only way to get perfect surface lawn

Terrain planning should only be done in dry and clear weather. In this case, the slope does not need to be removed; its presence will even help drain excess water on rainy days. But even such a slope must have a perfectly flat topography.

Potholes and unevenness in the ground can be leveled in two ways:

• remove a layer of soil from hummocks and move it into depressions and holes,
• fill the lowlands with fertile soil taken from other areas.

If there is no fertile soil, then a purchased soil mixture or peat soil can easily replace it. If the soil on the site is clayey and heavy, then in order to make it more permeable to water and air, you need to mix it with river sand.

Ideal soil parameters for growing lawn grass , per 100 grams of soil:

• acidity 5.5−6.5 pH;
• humus - 2.5 - 3.5%;
• nitrogen and nitrogen compounds - 10 milligrams;
• phosphorus - 15−25 milligrams;
• potassium: 20−30 milligrams;
• copper and zinc.

Drainage

If necessary, the soil must contain drainage layer. This is an optional step, but necessary in some cases.

Any instructions for planting a lawn state that you need to properly arrange drainage. If the sowing site is not flooded and is not subject to spring floods, then ordinary digging and fertilization will be sufficient. In other cases, it is necessary to create a drainage system. This process must be combined with leveling the soil.

If the soil on the site is often flooded with water or it stands on it, then in this case you simply cannot do without drainage.

When leveling the terrain of the site, you need lay the removed layer of soil over the drainage, laid in two layers. bottom layer consists of coarse gravel, and the top one is made of sand or small crushed stone. Thus, a three-layer base will appear where the green carpet is planted. It looks something like this:

• the upper 15−20 centimeters of the layer is fertile soil,
• below is 15 centimeters of sand or crushed stone,
• then 15 centimeters of gravel.

In this case, each layer must be carefully compacted.

The type of drainage directly depends on the size of the site, the location of groundwater and other factors that need to be discussed separately.

There are cases when the lawn is located near the foundation, then you need to lay French drainage, which can be done with your own hands. This is especially true in small areas.

Soil treatment and final cleaning

In a small area you can treat the soil using a shovel or pitchfork. You need to dig the ground 20 centimeters deep. If the humus layer is thin, then the depth may be less. In this case, it is necessary to feed the soil organic fertilizers and add river sand to it. Lawn grass does not like depleted soil and simply will not grow on it.

Lumps of earth must be broken up, otherwise the soil will settle unevenly and this will not allow the terrain of the site to be properly leveled. You can break the lumps with a rake, shovel or pitchfork. During this, you need to simultaneously clear the ground of stones, debris, weeds, as well as remnants of plant rhizomes.

If the planting area is large, then it is best to use a motor cultivator.

If sowing is planned in spring, then it is recommended to prepare the site in the fall. Then the earthen lumps can be left until the sowing period. This will improve drainage. Lumps need to be leveled and broken before planting.

Before you start tamping, and this is the next stage of site preparation, you need to drive stakes around the entire perimeter and pull a rope over them. Next, you need to perfectly adjust the level of the rope, the straight line of which should be 180°. For accuracy, you can use a building level.

Tamping

Soil compaction- This is a very important stage in site preparation. With its help, possible voids are removed from the soil thickness and thereby prevent unevenness in the topography of the green carpet.

You can compact the soil either with your feet or with a special roller. Any smooth, round object with a radius of at least twenty centimeters is perfect as a roller. For example it could be metal pipe large diameter.

Compact the soil only in dry and clear weather. After compacting the soil with your feet, you need to remove shoe prints with a rake.

Needed during the entire process control the level, and if it seems that there is an unevenness somewhere, then you need to correct it immediately. To do this, you can add a layer of soil or remove it.

Fallowing the area

Many people ignore and skip this stage, because it requires a lot of physical effort and time to complete. But it has a number of advantages.

Keeping it fallow rids the soil of weed roots and seeds. This step is required for seed lawn, when laying roll parrying, you don’t have to do it.

The area needs to be steamed for two months.. The method involves constant removal of weeds and treatment with herbicides.

Currently, instead of fallowing, sowing green manure is used. They are sown on the site a month and a half before planting the lawn, and before planting the area with the plants is plowed. It has been proven to have a beneficial effect on the soil and enrich it.

Pre-sowing preparation

A week before the intended sowing, you need scatter around the area mineral fertilizers and seal them with a rake to a depth of five centimeters.

When loosening the soil, the lumps of earth should be no larger than the size of a grain of wheat.

Before sowing grass, you need to choose the most favorable day in terms of weather. It should be clear and dry. The top layer of soil should ideally be dry and the bottom layer moist.

Spring sowing is best done in April - June. When sowing in summer, abundant watering will be required, since lawn grass is very demanding of moisture and can dry out.

How to sow lawn grass in the spring on your site?

So, now let's talk about direct sowing. The grass mixture has already been purchased and now all that remains is to proceed to the most important thing.

Let's get started:

First watering

Lawn grass usually sprouts 7−20 days after sowing. If the weather is not rainy, the lawn needs to be watered regularly. But this must be done with extreme caution, using a watering can with a sprayer or a special lawn installation that sprays water jets.

As soon as the green carpet grows to 10 centimeters, it’s time to trim.

Conclusion

We figured out how to properly plant lawn grass in the spring on your territory. It is worth saying that if you follow all the recommendations for preparing the site for sowing lawn grass, as well as the rules for planting and care, then it is quite possible to become the owner of an ideal lawn covering on the site, which will be the highlight and decoration of the area.

Neat green lawn near country house- the dream of every owner who strives to have order in everything. Beginners in the lawn business do not always think about how to plant a lawn correctly, because both dill and parsley grow well in their beds. What problems can there be with grass if it grows anywhere, and even without human intervention? Actually creating a green lawn is a completely different story. Without special technologies and even without additional tools not enough.

Where can you plant lawn grass and where not?

Planting a lawn is simple, but without regular care it will quickly cease to be pleasing to the eye

A lawn can be created on almost any site. Smooth horizontal surfaces and slopes, sunny and shaded areas, with sandy or clay soils are suitable. Problems that arise are usually solved by selecting herbs - you can always find those that are undemanding, for example, to soil fertility or lighting.

If a summer resident has the opportunity to choose where exactly to lay out a lawn, then sunny areas are preferable - their grasses are covered with a dense carpet, and bald spots sometimes form in the shade.

If the area is wet or groundwater come very close to the surface - this is a reason not to arrange a lawn here.

At least until the necessary drainage work is carried out. To protect yourself from possible problems

, the lawn diagram needs to be thought out (or better yet, drawn) in advance. The area intended for landscaping may contain trees, flower beds, and some structures. Will they interfere with mowing the lawn, and how to avoid problems? All this needs to be thought through. If, for example, you intend to use a lawn mower, then between the area sown with grass and the wall of the house (fence, border) there should be a free space of 1 m wide.

Border tape will help limit the area of ​​lawn growth so that it does not “strangle” other plantings

You cannot create a lawn in close proximity to alpine hills, rose gardens and flower beds, since lawn grasses (most of which are cereals) easily colonize new territories and can destroy valuable plantings. Experts call this phenomenon “lawn creep” and recommend isolating the “conqueror” from neighbors with plastic or galvanized iron border strips dug into the ground.

As for trees or large shrubs, the problem here is that the lawn approaching directly to the trunk usually causes it to sink into the soil - the root neck of the tree begins to warm up, and the plant dies. For this reason, experts do not recommend laying out a lawn directly under a tree or bush. If planting trees and arranging a lawn are carried out simultaneously, this option is possible - to form a small hill with a flat top and plant a tree on it. Then the lawn and tree will be good neighbors.

Conditions without which the lawn will not grow

Important conditions for the formation of a high-quality lawn are:

• pre-clearance of the area from debris and its removal (burying on the future lawn is prohibited plastic bottles, no branch);
• uprooting stumps;
• digging the soil with the addition of fertilizers;
• weed control treatment;
• leveling the area and compacting it with a roller;
• sowing in 1 day throughout the entire area (for uniformity of seedlings);
• in the future - regular watering, weeding, mowing.

Which seeds should a beginner choose?

Grasses used to create a lawn must meet a number of requirements:

• be perennials;
• be adapted to the local climate;
• have a strong root system;
• reproduce not only by seeds, but also vegetatively;
• give vigorous shoots at the very beginning of its growth;
• responds well to a haircut.

A person who has not previously taken care of lawns is usually interested in what is preferable: growing a mixture of herbs or just one? According to experts, a mixture is preferable for beginners - the lawn surface is more stable and requires less attention.

Monoplantings are more often used for elite areas; they are more decorative, but more capricious in care.

Herbs are well adapted to the Russian climate:

• Some lawn crops can be called “special purpose” plants because they help the summer resident solve various problems:
• bluegrass grows better than other crops in partial shade;
• swamp bluegrass tolerates waterlogged soils well;
• dog bentgrass is very decorative, it has a rare, emerald color;

bentgrass has creeping shoots and a lighter color than other lawn grasses; it is interesting in mixes.

1. The variety of lawn mixtures can confuse a beginner, so before purchasing seeds you should ask what a particular mixture is intended for. To make it easier to navigate, they are all divided into groups:
2. Universal mixtures. They are formed from hardy, fast-germinating herbs. Able to resist weeds. Need frequent haircuts.
3. Sports mixtures. Suitable for children's playgrounds and recreation areas.
4. Meadow type mixtures. They consist of cereals and flowers, giving the impression of forbs. Not suitable for tough, frequently mowed lawns.
5. Elite mixtures. Difficult to care for, but highly decorative. Mixtures designed for specific climates and special conditions

(for example, shading).

How to plant a lawn on your property: step-by-step instructions

If the lawn is rolled, the soil is compacted under it

Direct sowing of seeds is preceded by extensive preliminary preparation. It is as follows:

1. The turf is removed from the area allocated for the lawn (using a shovel or a special machine).
2. Treat the soil with herbicides to destroy the roots of weeds (manual processing does not achieve the desired result).
3. The surface is carefully leveled, regardless of whether it is horizontal or has a slope. Earth from elevated areas is transferred to pits and low-lying areas. At the same time, the composition of the soil is adjusted - if it is very poor, purchased peat soil is added; if it is heavy clay, add sand so that it allows water and air to pass to the roots of the plants. If necessary, drainage is made from two layers - broken brick and sand, and a fertile layer of soil is placed on top.
4. The land is kept fallow for 1–1.5 months, regularly removing weeds. Sometimes this stage is skipped, sometimes they sow the area with herbs useful for the soil (lupine, vetch, white mustard) and dig up the soil together with the plants (at the end of the fallow period).
5. A week before sowing lawn grasses, mineral fertilizer is scattered around the area (40–60 g per 1 sq. m) and, using a rake, deepened into the soil by about 5 cm.
6. There should be no lumps of earth left on the surface of the soil - they are also dealt with using a rake or (if the area is large) a motor cultivator.

After the soil is prepared, you can plant a lawn at your dacha with your own hands. For each square meter they will require from 35 to 50 g of seeds. To sow all parts of the plot evenly, measure out the required portion and select the appropriate container to scoop out exactly the amount of seeds that is needed each time. A frame in the form of a square with sides equal to 1 m is made from thin slats.

And here are the next steps:

1. The template frame is placed on the ground and seeds are poured onto the ground within its boundaries. Half - from top to bottom, the other half - from left to right (so they will be distributed evenly).
2. On top of the seeds, without removing the frame, pour a little peat and roll it with a mini roller or just a piece of round pipe.
3. In this way, step by step, the entire lawn is seeded.
4. After this, the area is watered with a hose with a sprayer.

Shoots usually appear on the 4th day after sowing, and after 4-6 weeks the lawn looks fully formed.

A young lawn needs more frequent watering than an adult lawn.

If the result is unsatisfactory, the lawn creator analyzes whether everything was done correctly. A common mistake among beginners is mixing seeds and sand in a 1:1 ratio before sowing (this is convenient since the seeds are small). Yes, this is what experienced gardeners do, but beginners often make mistakes - they scoop up more sand than seeds, and end up with bald spots on the lawn.

Another important question: What time of year is best for creating lawns? It is better for a novice gardener to do this in the spring:

• During the planting season, the plantings will have time to take root well and subsequently overwinter successfully;
• if errors are found in the work, the lawn owner has enough time to correct them - summer, early autumn;
• Spring soil is rich in moisture, this will help the growth of grass.

Tips from the pros: Seeds should be sprinkled thicker on the edges of the lawn than in the middle. central part, approximately doubled, and work should be carried out in calm weather so that the seeds do not fly away where they are not needed.

What minimum care should be provided after sowing with your own hands?

Automatic watering needs to be thought through before planting the lawn.

Sowed and forgot? This tactic is definitely not about the lawn. It requires serious care from the gardener or summer resident, especially in the first year. It is important how the grass survives the winter, how securely it takes root in order to delight with its beauty for many years.

One of the main components of care is watering. Moisture in the soil is especially needed during the period of seed germination; in dry soil, they will die without ever hatching. However, overmoistening should not be allowed, so as not to provoke the formation of moss, mold, and rot. The optimal number of waterings is every 3–4 days. Preferably - by spraying (or sprinkling).

Experts do not recommend rushing with weeding - it should be done only when the lawn has become stronger and you can walk on it. On average, this moment occurs after 1 month. And even after this, weed control must be done carefully - by laying a sheet of plywood and standing on it, and not directly on the grass. Some gardeners do this: they make something like short skis from pieces of plywood and tie them to shoes - in this case the pressure on the lawn is distributed more evenly.

The next important area is mowing. Thanks to him, by the way, it happens with weeds too less problems, as unwanted crops are “trimmed” without giving them a chance to form seeds and continue to invade the lawn. The first mowing can be done when the height of the grass reaches 12–15 cm; approximately 5 cm should be cut. The tool for this work must be well prepared: if the mower’s blades are dull, it will begin to uproot the plants. The regularity of mowing is once every 7–10 days in the summer, less often in the fall.

Proper preparation of the lawn for winter is of great importance - it must be trimmed and cleared of fallen leaves from the trees.

What can damage the lawn? Oddly enough, dogs. Traces of their vital activity that are not removed from the grass cover “burn out” the plants, and bald spots may appear on the green carpet.

Seeded perennial herbs With proper care, a lawn quickly becomes decorative. It will last for years if it is maintained with regular watering and fertilizing, trimmed on time and carefully prepared for winter.

The lawn is becoming an important part of landscape design in home plots, city squares, squares, parks and areas around hospitals, sanatoriums, offices and industrial buildings. Naturally, the main reason for seeding a lawn is to provide beautiful arrangement territories. In addition, planting a lawn in a dacha or in front of a building allows you to avoid the growth of weeds, which cause allergy attacks in many people.

When is the best time to sow lawn grass?

In principle, there are two main seasons for planting: spring and autumn. is no exception, so planting lawn grass is also done at the beginning and end of the summer season. Each option has its own characteristics that must be taken into account in order for the event to be successful. True, there is an exception - which can be planted from early spring to late autumn.

Planting lawn grass in spring

The primary task of the owner who decides to sow lawn grass in the spring is to prepare a springboard for the future grass carpet. It is performed in advance in the fall. A rectangular (in most cases) area is selected, which is located in the illuminated area. It is dug up several times, treated with herbicides and fertilized. Additionally, in the spring, it is recommended to manually remove the remaining weeds in order to sow the lawn in clean soil.

When to sow a lawn in spring? Planting of seeds takes place on April 10-20. At this time, it is already warm enough so that the seeds do not freeze at night, and it is not too humid, so it is recommended to moisten the soil additionally. in spring it is carried out loosened so that the seeds are not squeezed between hard areas of the soil. To avoid evaporation of moisture or erosion of seeds, the soil is rolled with a special roller. You can expect the first shoots to appear by the end of April, and by June the lawn grass should already be spreading across the area like a continuous carpet.

How to sow a lawn in the fall?

Autumn planting is an excellent alternative to spring planting. While sowing a lawn in spring faces difficulties in the form of hot, dry air and insufficient humidity, this is not an obstacle to sowing in autumn: in September-October it is still warm outside, but it rains quite often. At the same time, weeds no longer develop so quickly, so you can first plant a lawn, and after winter start removing the remaining weeds.

The main thing in autumn sowing is not to delay. It is correct to sow lawn grass in late August-early September, so that a powerful root system has time to form before frost. For people who do not know at all how to plant a lawn, this option is the most optimal. They will have enough time to prepare the area throughout the summer, so the chances of success will be much higher. At the same time, the main key to success is the preparation stage, and it must be completed in compliance with all requirements.

How is the soil prepared for the lawn?

At this stage, people understand how to properly plant a lawn and prepare an area of ​​the area for this. Before the main stages of planting a lawn begin, you need to complete the following types works:

The first step is to remove debris from the area, which includes stones, branches, wrappers and plastic bottles;

to ensure the most even plane, it is recommended to uproot the remains of bushes and trees;

The area needs to rest, so it is left fallow for 1-2 months.

How to properly plant grass for a lawn?

When preparatory work finished, the period of purchasing the grass mixture begins. You can’t just do it without studying its composition in detail. Individual varieties of grass are suitable for each site, so planting lawn grass with your own hands requires careful consideration of the composition of the grass mixture.

The ideal solution would be to use a combined lawn that includes seeds different varieties. When making your own selection, you need to understand that they all must complement each other and correspond to the climate, purpose (or functional) and climate. It is best to determine which lawn is best to plant with a professional farmer who clearly understands the purpose and characteristics of each variety. He can also tell you how to plant a lawn correctly and how to grow lawn grass with ideal parameters.

When the mixture has been purchased, the planting site has been prepared and the materials on how to plant a lawn at the dacha have been studied, the planting stage itself begins. To do this, mineral fertilizers are applied (which are needed directly for the development of lawn grass) and the soil is loosened for the last time with a rake. It is advisable to choose the weather when you can sow lawn grass: it is important that there is no wind so that the seeds do not scatter, and minimal humidity in order to give the plants the opportunity to develop calmly and not receive an excess of moisture.

Many experienced gardeners in stories about how and when to sow lawn grass, they say that time does not matter, the main thing is to mix the seeds with sand and be able to distribute the mixture evenly over a given area. This really works, but beginners often incorrectly calculate the volume of sand, and the soil turns out to be too loose. But in order not to think about when to plant a lawn, a seeder is designed: seeds are loaded into it and evenly distributed over the area, without scattering across the area from the wind.

So, it was decided how to sow lawn grass and the seeds ended up on. They are carefully pushed into the ground using a rake. If you are in doubt about how to properly sow lawn grass and whether all the requirements have been clearly met, sprinkle the lawn with a layer of peat mixture of about 1 cm. After this, roll a roller over the lawn so that the seeds do not remain on the surface. It is better to water the crops from a sprinkler system so as not to clog the soil. ideally, it is carried out through a drip irrigation system, but if lawn grass and planting it is a curiosity for you, then a sprinkler with a low pressure will do.

Grass varieties for planting

Now you know when and how to plant lawn grass, it’s time to choose seeds to put your knowledge into practice. In our country, the climate is quite harsh, so even experienced agronomists cannot ensure the growth of all plant varieties. Ideally suited for domestic realities are 3 types of grass: red fescue and thin bentgrass. All of them are not afraid of heat or frost, and the root system of the plants forms a very dense turf, leaving no chance for weeds. Grass consumption is about 30 thousand seeds per 1 square meter.

As mentioned above, each variety has its own characteristics. Red fescue germinates slowly and provides beautiful lawn only in the second year. Meadow bluegrass does not grow a root system well, so you should not plant it yourself. The thin bentgrass, as such, has no disadvantages: it tolerates winter well and is not too demanding to care for. Often this plant is the main component of the mixture.

Rolled lawn: what are its advantages?

The roots of the rolled lawn came from the USA. Some state laws simply prohibit having an unkempt lawn. But it’s simply impossible to plant a lawn while laying a house so that it grows simultaneously with the building (construction takes 1-2 months): construction waste, cars and building materials clearly do not contribute to the development of an ideal lawn. Therefore, large breeding companies began to create: it is grown in special conditions from selected bluegrass, is planted on a prepared area and can be used in just a couple of weeks. This leads to the main advantage of a rolled lawn - the possibility of very quickly landscaping any area, even in the hot summer.

Besides, rolled lawn is a guarantee of high-quality composition of the grass mixture and excellent selection of seeds, which is beyond the power of novice agronomists. The grass in the roll is grown evenly due to special equipment used for sowing. The finished layer of turf protects the lawn from the growth of weeds from the first days, while ordinary seeded grass needs to be weeded regularly.

A clearing characterized by velvety grass can create a certain atmosphere throughout the entire area. Emerald shades can define a design by combining colors, paths and alpine slides. How to make a lawn at your dacha with your own hands? Everyone can do this. To form a lawn on our own it is necessary to understand how and prepare the area where the clearing will be located. At the same time, it is important to avoid standard mistakes during sowing and care.

What should you do first?

Start preparing the area for your lawn several months before planting. Especially if there is a big number perennial plants. How to make a lawn at your dacha with your own hands? Both sunny and slightly shaded places are equally suitable for it. If the shade from the trees is too large, then you will need to carefully select the grass to create a lawn. You can purchase special herbal mixtures.

If you are thinking about forming a lawn on your site, then the place should be sandy or loose. If there is high humidity, equip the area with a drainage system. Lack of moisture will have a negative impact on crops. To prevent this problem, remove the top layer of soil and make a cushion using clay. The layer thickness should be 10 cm. How to make a lawn at your dacha with your own hands? Make sure there is a good irrigation system.

When arranging the site with your own hands, dig up the top layer of soil. All debris will need to be removed. The thickness of the fertile layer should not be less than 30 cm. Have you decided to use the brought plant soil? Compact it thoroughly to compact the soil.

Need to get rid of weeds

Remove weeds from the future lawn site. Regular weeding will not help with this. Therefore, it will be necessary to use herbicides. To apply the drugs, he will use special devices that will spray the products over the surface of the weeds. The result of such actions will be that all unnecessary plants will die in a week. Several treatments may be required. To re-treat, you need to wait for new shoots to appear. How to make a lawn at your dacha with your own hands? This should be returned to only 3 weeks after the last tillage.

If the quality of the soil is not good enough, you can use fertilizers or special means.

What kind of lawn can you create on your site?

Before you make a beautiful lawn at your dacha with your own hands, you need to decide what size and shape is needed. You should also imagine what the design of the site will be. Which ones can be used in dachas?

1. Parterre. The most prestigious and beautiful lawn. Know that it is recommended to plant grass on a flat area. Crops should be selected carefully. The lawn requires thorough care, without which it will not last long.
2. Ordinary. The most common type of meadow that is included in this type of lawn is unpretentious either in creation or maintenance. In addition, it is characterized by high resistance to trampling. An ordinary lawn is the best option for family recreation.
3. Mauritanian. This lawn is also known as a grass-flower lawn. This type should be chosen only if the area is large enough. It includes several dozen different varieties of herbs and flowers. In addition, the appearance of the lawn will change throughout the summer.
4. You can use rolled lawn. It’s quite easy to create such a clearing with your own hands at the dacha. And high-quality grass cover will be obtained in the shortest possible time with minimal effort.

Lawn shape may vary. The clearing can be flat and continuous, representing narrow strips located between different flower beds and buildings. The shape can be unusual, curved or curly. Such a lawn can fit perfectly into the design of the site. Each owner of a dacha or own home, guided by preferences.

Tools required for work

As soon as absolutely all the nuances are taken into account, you can start creating a lawn at your dacha with your own hands. Step-by-step instructions do not imply any complex actions. First of all, you need to collect some tools. You will need:

1. Shovel.
2. Rake.
3. Boards. They should be long. Instead, you can use a light roller to compact the soil.
4. Seeds of those grasses that should make up the lawn.
5. Seeder.
6. Irrigation hose.

Are all the tools collected? We begin to create a lawn at the dacha with our own hands. Step-by-step instructions will be described below.

The surface must be flat

The first steps have already been described above. Will need to pick up suitable site, collect garbage, remove weeds and fertilize it. If there is a need for this, then you will need to make a drainage and irrigation system. After this, start leveling the place. The site should not have holes or hills. If all this is available, then dig the soil several times. To level it, you should use a rake. Before you begin sowing, compact the soil using boards or a roller. It is not difficult to make it using a piece of pipe for this purpose.

The choice of grass must be approached carefully

Before planting, use a rake with fine teeth. You need to sow perpendicularly, first along and then across the site. Divide all the seeds into two parts. Mix each of them with sand. After that, start sowing. If the area is large, use special seeders. The sowing depth should not be large - no more than a centimeter. Due to this, seed germination can be increased. There are a huge number of different varieties of grass. They differ in color, appearance and requirements for care. It is recommended to carefully select mixtures based on the site. You can use the help of consultants from specialized stores.

Watering and lawn care

Using a rake, mix the seeds into the top layer of soil. After sowing, the soil should be compacted using a roller. Due to this, conditions for grass germination will be improved. In addition, the seeds can be protected from attacks from birds and wind. After sowing, the area should be watered. It is recommended to do this carefully and carefully. As soon as the first entrances appear, the site must be watered regularly.

Be sure to mow your lawn. This is the main condition for caring for him. It is recommended to mow regularly, starting from the moment the grass reaches 8 cm in height.

A simple option for the lazy

Are you wondering how to make a lawn at your dacha with your own hands? For the lazy, there is an option that is different minimal costs strength You just need to use a roll covering. This is a special mesh with turf 5 cm thick. It is rolled up. In this form, it must be transferred to the installation site. The site must first be prepared using the methods described above. It is necessary to get rid of weeds, fertilize the soil, and level the area. These operations will help prevent air from entering between the ground and the coating. Spread the lawn over the area, roll it with a roller and water it thoroughly. After all the steps taken, you will receive an even, stable coating with a rich green. Such lawns are distinguished by the fact that the grass on them grows much faster than seeded grass. You can use this method of forming a clearing if you need to obtain coverage in the shortest possible period of time.

The lawn needs to be decorated. What do the reviews say?

The lawn occupies a fairly important position in the design. For this reason, it is necessary to ensure that it fits harmoniously into the design. Take this point into account if you want to answer the question of how to make a lawn at your dacha with your own hands. Feedback from people who have already created clearings on their plots showed that additional design is necessary. And it is best to use bulk materials for these purposes. The most popular are colored pebbles, granite crushed stone of a fine fraction and which can differ in different shades.

Do you need to make a lawn at your dacha yourself? In spring you can plant coniferous shrubs and a variety of flowers. As the reviews have shown, by mid-summer you will already have a very beautiful meadow. You can also display greenhouse plants in pots. They will look decent against the background of green grass. An excellent addition would be benches, various figures of gnomes or other heroes from fairy tales. Why not decorate your lawn with flower beds? It is too good idea. European design can be achieved with the help of rural attributes. For example, you can use wooden benches, wheelbarrows with flowers, various garden sculptures. Remember that only a neat and well-groomed lawn can demonstrate the good taste of the owner of the site.

The fun process of creating a lawn

IN this review the answer was provided to the question of how to make a lawn at the dacha with your own hands. You saw photos of what this process looks like and what results can be obtained as you read the review. They are able to demonstrate better than any words the beauty that the site will receive. But there are no difficulties in the process of creating a lawn as such. Everything will depend on how much you want to decorate your area. We wish you good luck in this creative and exciting process.

A well-groomed green lawn around the house can significantly improve the landscape design. In addition, it emphasizes the exterior of the building and helps create a special aesthetic appeal plot. But to sow any lawn grass you need careful preparation sites. Subsequent care of the cover will also require a lot of time and effort from the owners. You can learn more about how to plant a lawn with your own hands and which herbs are best to choose in our detailed article. We also told you everything about the rules for preparing a site for sowing lawn grass, the requirements for subsequent watering, cleaning and fertilizing the land. By following simple recommendations, you can grow a beautiful and healthy lawn on your garden soil. Don't forget about useful tips to care for him different times years and you can achieve perfect look your garden and yard.

Advantages and disadvantages of lawn

A beautiful lawn near your home will not only improve your landscape, but will also be truly useful. The presence of a lawn will prevent soil erosion (both wind and water). Therefore, the planted area will retain its shape throughout the entire period of growing lawn grass. Green spaces will also help clean the air. It is important that constant mowing prevents the appearance of flowers on the lawn and, accordingly, eliminates the formation of pollen. Therefore, relaxing on the lawn will be completely safe for allergy sufferers. As for the disadvantages of a lawn, these include the need for frequent mowing and watering. Lack of timely watering will lead to drying of the cover and the need to replace it. Therefore, before planting a lawn, it is worth assessing your capabilities for caring for the grown cover.

Types of lawn

When choosing the appropriate type of lawn, you need to take into account many factors: whether people will walk on it, whether it will be located in the shade or in the sun. The following types of lawn coverings exist:

• gardening (standard, ordinary): it has good resistance to trampling, shade tolerance and frost resistance; however, in spring it will require the most frequent haircuts; forms a dense dark green cover;
• parquet: costs more than usual and does not tolerate trampling; germinates slowly, but after growth is complete forms a dense, low, bright green cover;
• meadow: includes both grasses and low-growing plants (for example, clover); suitable for planting in a sunny area, tolerates infrequent trampling;
• Moorish: it is a cover of a variety of low-growing flowers and herbs, creates a beautiful colorful cover, but requires frequent watering and does not tolerate shade, and is not suitable for trampling;
• sports: forms a low, dense cover that is resistant to trampling; Needs constant (usually weekly) haircuts to maintain its characteristics.

Rolled lawn is a separate type. It can include a variety of herbs (not low-growing flowers!). It stands out for its ease of installation.

Composition of lawn mixture

Resistance to trampling and the possibility of growing the cover in the shade or in the sun directly depend on the characteristics of the plants included in the lawn mixture. Picking up the right composition mixtures, we recommend using the following hint:

1. To land on sports grounds or as paths: meadow bluegrass, red fescue, perennial ryegrass.
2. For children's playgrounds and play areas: perennial ryegrass, meadow grass, red fescue and thin bentgrass.
3. For a shaded area: perennial ryegrass, bluegrass.
4. For an area with infrequent watering: sheep fescue and red fescue, meadow grass.
5. For areas with high soil moisture: giant bentgrass, sandy wheatgrass.

It is also worth considering the simplified classification of mixtures. Road (airfield) includes plants with a powerful root system that are well resistant to trampling. The universal mixture is suitable for sowing in open areas where people will not walk. The Moorish mixture additionally includes forbs, allowing you to obtain a variegated cover of grass and flowers.

Selection and calculation of seeds

After studying information about different grass mixtures and types of lawn, you can start purchasing seeds. You can determine the required amount of grass mixture according to the following scheme:

1. Measure the area to be sown.
2. Calculate its area.
3. For light soil (with a high percentage of sand) you will need about 30-40 g of seeds per square meter. For heavy soil (with predominant clay) you will need 40-50 g of seeds per square meter. meter. Accordingly, for each hundred square meters, 3-4 or 4-5 kg ​​of grass mixture may be required.

Additionally, it should be taken into account that the Moorish mixture also includes small (and therefore light) seeds of low-growing flowers. Therefore, for such a lawn it is recommended to take the mixture at a critically low level (for light soil - 30 g per square meter, for heavy soil - 40 g). For universal and road mixtures, you can take seeds according to the upper mark (40 or 50 g per 1 sq. m).

Increasing the number of seeds will not produce a more beautiful or dense cover. On the contrary, such an approach will lead to uneven plant growth and problems with germination.

Lawn planting methods

There are several ways to plant lawn grass, allowing you to choose best option sowing for your site. Work can be done using the following technologies:

• Using a seeder.

First, you will need to pour the required amount of grass mixture into the seeder itself and walk with it along the prepared area. Keep in mind that for simplicity and uniformity of sowing, you need to divide the planted area into separate squares and sow on them, using the previously determined norm of the grass mixture.

• Manually.

Does not guarantee uniform sowing, but is the most easy option. Before work, the area is divided into squares, the rate of grass mixture is mixed with sand 1 to 1 (for 40 g of seeds - 40 g of sand). Sowing is carried out along the selected area, then across. Therefore, it would be rational to immediately divide the prepared combination of sand and grass mixture into 2 parts.

• Using a tin can.

Superior to hand sowing. To work you will need tin can make small holes (slightly larger size seeds used). The work is carried out similarly to manual sowing (including adding sand and walking along the site lengthwise and crosswise).

Features of seasonal planting

When sowing, it is important to take into account the season when the seeds are planted. Depending on weather conditions, seeding requirements may vary significantly. So, if the work is carried out:

• in spring;

Sowing the lawn should be done after the temperature has normalized and there is no frost. The gentle spring sun will ensure good germination and prevent plant death due to heat. But you need to be very careful: it is mandatory to clear the area of ​​emerging weeds, which also germinate well in the spring.

• in summer;

Summer planting is attractive due to the possibility of preliminary complete cleaning of the soil from weeds. True, planting should be done in well-watered soil and after 6-7 pm (when the sun will not burn the seedlings).

• in the fall.

Autumn planting is carried out 1.5-2 months before frost, when the temperature is still quite high. Before planting a lawn, the area is cleared of old grass and weeds; a mandatory requirement is the application of fertilizers, which will help strengthen the seedlings. Plus autumn planting lawn, the possibility of rooting grass in winter and maximizing germination is considered.

Preparing the site and soil for planting

Growing a lawn is not easy, but if you strictly follow the recommendations of experts, it is quite possible to achieve good seed germination and create a beautiful cover. First of all, you need to completely clear the area of ​​any stones or obstacles, and draw up a lawn planting plan. For example, if lawn grass will frame a flower bed or trees in the garden, then pegs should be placed to mark the edge of the cover. You also need to consider whether the lawn will be adjacent to paths and borders, or whether flowers and shrubs will be located between it and the fences. Additionally, to prepare the site you will need to purchase everything necessary materials: cover sheet or pipes for drainage, forks, rakes, hand roller and seeder. Such preparation will help to immediately resolve all issues and not be distracted from the process of planting lawn cover.

Soil cultivation: chopping and weed removal

In order for the sown lawn grass to germinate well and grow quickly, it is necessary to create optimal conditions for it and achieve the correct soil composition. So, the first step in preparing the area for planting with a lawn is to remove weeds. They need to be uprooted, eliminating the possibility of subsequent growth. Particular attention at this stage should be paid to weeds that have a large root system or spread shoots over the surface of the ground: they all need to be removed. Next, the site is dug up. It is recommended to dig the soil to a depth of no more than 25 cm. During the digging process, it is also important to remove previously hidden pieces of rhizomes, both from cultivated plants, and from weeds. During the digging process, it is important to fluff up the soil well to create proper air access to the top layer.

Availability drainage system under the lawn is a guarantee of rapid drainage of melt and rain water. There are several ways to organize proper moisture removal:

• Multilayer soil (natural drainage).

The top layer of soil (about 20 cm) is removed, a layer of crushed stone and a layer of sand (5 cm each) are laid. The soil is poured back on top. Such arrangement of the site will ensure timely removal of water.

• Laying drainage pipes (the best option for wetlands).

Along the perimeter of the summer cottage where the lawn will grow, as well as inside this perimeter, asbestos drains are dug in at a distance of 40-60 cm from each other. A cushion of sand and crushed stone with a thickness of about 30 cm should be made under them. Another 10 cm of crushed stone is poured over the drains. Next, a 10 cm layer of sand is poured and geotextiles are laid. Next, the soil itself is poured (thickness about 20-25 cm).

When laying drains, you need to take into account the slope of the site and arrange proper water drainage.

After completing the preparatory work, you should begin leveling the soil where the lawn will be planted. The work can be done with your own hands, but land owners must follow our step-by-step instructions:

1. Divide the area into separate areas: this will make it easy to achieve evenness of the entire soil without sudden changes.
2. Large lumps of earth (which could have formed after installing drainage or during the digging process) need to be broken up with a shovel.
3. Between the selected parts of the site you need to install pegs and pull a rope, which will serve as a guide to the evenness of the ground cover.
4. Using a rake, carry out the initial leveling of the ground. For large areas it is recommended to use manual cultivator. A very popular method is to “smooth” the surface with a board. In this case, a rope is tied to the board and the board itself is pulled across the surface, thereby allowing you to quickly and easily level the top layer of earth.

Fertilizer and compaction

Proper “feeding” of the plants will help ensure good growth of the lawn near your dacha or residential building. To do this, you can add compost or manure to the top layer of soil. They will enrich the soil and allow lawn grass to grow quickly. For clayey (heavy) soils good decision will introduce a small amount of sand. But in sandy (light) soil, on the contrary, you should add a little clay or black soil. After the soil is saturated, the soil is compacted under the lawn. You can do the work in the following ways:

• With a hand roller (its weight should not exceed 150 kg).

Rolling should be done effortlessly: the soil will settle slightly under the weight of the roller itself.

• With a board.

The board is laid on the edge of the area that will be planted, and the owner walks along this board. Next, he places another board in front of him and steps onto it. The work is repeated until all the soil is compacted. The main thing is not to leave the board on the ground to avoid the appearance of depressions and the creation of differences in the lawn itself.

Fallowing a plot - what is it and how to do it

To completely get rid of weeds and normalize the soil, fallowing is carried out. In agricultural technology, fallow is an unseeded field that is “gaining strength.” That is, it is plowed and left unseeded. For lawns, the fallowing procedure will not take a whole season, but only 1-2 months. Therefore there will be the right decision start work at the end of March in order to be able to sow seeds by May. During the fallow period, emerging weeds must be constantly removed. Periodic combing of the soil with a fan rake will help awaken dormant seeds. They will help saturate the top layer of soil with air and thereby speed up the process of weed germination. Then all that remains is to manually remove harmful plants. An alternative to fallowing can be considered sowing green manure. For example, 1.5 months before sowing the lawn, sweet clover and lupine are planted. After this period, the area is plowed. Thus, the grown shoots will be “dug” into the soil. They will help enrich the soil and create favorable conditions for the growth of lawn grass.

Sowing and its features

Having completed all the preparatory work, choosing the appropriate grass mixture and calculating the best way its distribution on the site, you can sow a lawn. Carrying out this procedure yourself is not difficult. The following step-by-step instructions will help with this:

1. Divide the entire area into separate squares and prepare the required amount of grass mixture for each square.
2. Sow the lawn along and across each square, trying not to leave empty areas and at the same time not to “overpopulate” individual parts of the soil.
3. Carefully walk the sown areas with a rake: this will help to slightly deepen the seeds into the soil. It is advisable not just to comb the soil with a rake, but also to lightly pierce the ground with it.
4. Use a roller to compact the seeds and level the top layer.
5. Water the area with a small amount of water using a special nozzle with a “fog” mode for the watering hose.

Advantages of laying rolled turf

Unlike a regular lawn, a rolled lawn does not require sowing. It is usually sold in small rolls measuring 0.8-1 m by 2 m. But even for such a lawn, the soil needs to be specially prepared. In general, the organizational procedures for all types of lawns are the same and include: cleaning the area, removing weeds and leveling the soil, arranging drainage, applying fertilizers, and compacting. Next, the rolled lawn is simply unrolled and laid on the prepared ground. This technology saves a lot of time. In addition, immediately after laying the lawn you can enjoy luxurious landscape design. Due to the fact that there is no need to plant a rolled lawn, you can update the look of your garden or yard in just a couple of days. Another advantage is the uniformity of the cover and the absence of “bald spots” on it as a result of poor seed germination. However, after receiving the rolls, you should immediately begin laying them and initial watering. Otherwise, the grass will begin to dry out and may partially disappear.

How to properly care

You need to not only sow, but also care for your lawn correctly and, most importantly, on time. Of particular importance is its protection, fertilization and other care at different times of the year. By following simple recommendations and implementing each of them step by step, you can avoid problems with the lawn disappearing or partially withering or freezing.

• Summer and autumn.

After the grass grows, it is imperative to organize proper watering. Fertilizers may also be required during the summer. In autumn, watering should be reduced (especially in areas with frequent rains). Timely removal of emerging weeds will also be mandatory. In November, you should do the last mowing and remove fallen leaves from the lawn.

• In winter.

So that the lawn does not disappear in winter and can grow again in the spring, you need to stop watering. Exercise is also not recommended (for the sports type) - it is better to avoid walking on plants. If snow is rare in your region, covering them with agrofibre will help protect plants from frost.

• In the spring.

Preparing your lawn for the new season begins with removing the old grass. But work should only be carried out on dry grass and in dry weather. Old germinating weeds must be removed. Next, the soil is aerated (for example, by piercing the soil with a pitchfork). It is necessary to exclude the accumulation of melt water, but after the weather becomes dry and warm, nitrogen fertilizers can be applied.

Watering

During the process of lawn germination, care should be taken to water it moderately and carefully. That is why the supply of water from a hose to young shoots should be avoided. It is necessary to use a special nozzle with a “fog” mode, which will help to gently spray the grass. Watering your lawn in spring and summer should be done early in the morning or late in the evening. It is recommended to water young plants little by little but often. But rooted herbs can be watered generously once every 2-4 days (depending on the prevailing weather and air temperature). In the autumn, watering should be reduced: choose the frequency of watering individually. The main task is complete absorption of moisture and good drying of plants. As for automatic watering (for example, when using an automatic sprinkler), water from it should be supplied in small portions, eliminating the formation of puddles on the lawn.

Fertilizers

Fertilizers should be applied to the lawn at different times of the year. In this case, the composition of the substances will vary depending on the season. Choose the right fertilizers for good growth The following tip will help you with your lawn:

• In the spring.

Immediately after the snow melts, you need to apply liquid fertilizers, which include nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. This combination will ensure a stronger root system, healthy lawn grass growth and disease resistance.

• In summer.

Constant exposure high temperatures, bright sunlight can lead to depleted lawns. The addition of nitroammophoska will help maintain its healthy appearance and condition. It is recommended to use it at the end of June or beginning of July. In mid-July and early to mid-August, potassium salt should be added. But at the end of August it is recommended to introduce potassium-phosphate mixtures. Such saturation of the soil will ensure thick and dense growth of the cover, its resistance to diseases and negative influences.

Properly trimming your garden lawn is quite simple using modern trimmers and lawn mowers. The first cutting is carried out when the lawn grass has grown by 7-8 cm. Repeated cutting is carried out once a week. When performing this work, it is recommended to follow some simple requirements:

1. Trimming should be done no earlier than on the second day after watering in the evening. The lawn mower will have difficulty moving through wet soil, and both the lawn mower and the trimmer will cut the wet shoots unevenly. Grass cut at lunchtime may begin to “burn” and turn yellow.
2. Each new strip of haircut should be perpendicular to the previous one. This rule will allow you to make neat cuts and get an even and thick cover.
3. After mowing, it is recommended to lightly spray the lawn with water to maintain the strength of the sprouts. Fertilizing plants is also allowed (unless, of course, it has not been done in the last 1-2 weeks and would be appropriate).

Combing and aeration

Combing the lawn involves removing old plants and weeds and allowing air access to the grass root system. Typically, combing is done in the fall after the last mowing of the lawn. But it is also recommended to repeat this procedure in the spring before the start of the new season. Combing will help revive the plants and provide them with excellent growing conditions. In summer, combing cannot be carried out, otherwise the entire cover will be damaged. As for aeration, this procedure is aimed at breaking up the soil crust that forms during the process of watering and drying the soil. Aeration is performed once a season - in the fall after combing. But it can also be carried out at other times, if the lawn grass begins to hurt, puddles remain in some areas and water does not pass through. For aeration, you can use a pitchfork or special tool- aerator. The depth of the holes created in the ground should be from 7 to 15 cm.

Weeding and weed control

In the first year after planting the lawn, there is no need to pull out weeds. Timely mowing will help protect your lawn from weeds. They will prevent the growth of weeds (as well as the emergence of new units due to seeds and shoots), help the lawn grass to become stronger and “kick out” such neighbors. In the second year and after, you need to manually remove weeds - weeding or uprooting them. A new lawn needs to be sown in the resulting hole after digging it out. For lawns that have been growing for more than 3-4 years, the use of pesticides is allowed. But they must be used very carefully: take the required amount of pesticide into the spitz and inject it into the stem of the weed. When moss appears on the site, unscheduled aeration is allowed. If moss has grown on the lawn under trees, it is recommended to trim the branches and provide sunlight access to moss.

Conclusion

Planting a beautiful home or country lawn with your own hands is not easy. But if you follow detailed tips from experts and take care of your lawn grass on time, then achieving an ideal green lawn around your house will not be difficult. If you wish, you can plant as usual green lawn, which will complement flower beds and create a dense cover where you can walk. Such a lawn will not only decorate the site, but will also allow you to create original play areas for children and recreation areas for adults. Among the variety of grass mixtures you can also find original covers with different meadow flowers. Such an ensemble will decorate in an unusual way personal plot and will help to highlight artificial ponds or small garden forms in a non-standard way. The main thing is not to forget to remove weeds on time, apply fertilizers and, of course, water the lawn on time. Then it will not only form a thick cover, but will also be able to become even brighter and denser in subsequent years.