A well -groomed even lawn, covered with juicy green grass - the pride of each owner of a country house. The technology of seed sowing for the lawn and the formation of a beautiful lawn is not very complicated, but in practice you can encounter some features. Experts argue that the difficulties that arise are most often associated with the consequences of improper selection of seeds.
Features of the choice of seeds
You can buy lawn seeds as a ready -made fee, which is oriented for cultivation in a specific climatic zone and various operational requirements. Since the choice is quite wide, the first thing you need to decide on the purpose of the lawn itself. For example, the owner of the site realizes that the lawn territory is in a shady or vice versa - solar area, then he needs to select grass with appropriate characteristics. Sometimes for the lawn you need hardy grass, on which there will be a children's play area, and sometimes on the contrary - the green coating should be very soft and juicy. Let us consider in more detail what types of seeds can be purchased.
Elite lawn
This variety of seeds allows you to create an impeccably smooth, velvety, thick lawn of emerald color. However, for high aesthetic attractiveness, you will have to pay careful care. In addition, the lawn seeds at a price significantly exceed all analogues, and such a “green carpet” is used only for beauty, since it is extremely not recommended to walk on it a lot. Elite fees include plants with narrow needles and neat leaves. Among the most famous varieties are red, long -leafed and sheep.
Advantage This herbal coating is its decorative external attractiveness. But from disadvantages The following features can be distinguished:
- The grass does not tolerate mechanical exposure and damage, and therefore it is forbidden to walk on it.
- Under the sowing of such mixtures, it will be necessary to carefully align the surface of the soil so that it is perfectly smooth. Otherwise, all irregularities and reliefs will be unprofitable on the lawn canvas.
Wear -resistant mixture of lawn grass
Seeds of grass for a lawn with a high wear resistance coefficient are also called a general purpose collection. They find use for sowing the lawn in houses where large families with children and animals live. On such a lawn coating you can play, ride on tolokars, a bicycle and run freely. However, caring for them is still necessary. Such a herbal coating is formed from a dense turf layer, and a viable, pasture challer or Raigrace is based on. Sometimes varieties of turf -forming broad -leaved herbs are also included in the mixture.
Advantages wear -resistant mixture - rapid growth of grass, ease of care and low cost. And from disadvantages You can distinguish low external attractiveness, like an elite variety’s lawn, as well as the need for frequent cutting of the coating, since the grass grows rapidly.
A shade -tolerant grass mixture
Most plant species like to grow in abundance of sunlight, therefore, if a lack of natural lighting is noticed in the country territory, it is necessary to select a special mixture. Shadow -to -be collections include: a thin field, red and long -leafed field.
Advantages Such coating: durability, practicality in operation and resistance to low temperature. And to disadvantages This herbal canvas can be attributed to thorough care, since the grass becomes a refuge for organic microflora, worms and slugs.
Microclever and herbs collection
Environmentally friendly lawns from grass with a microclete have recently been widely popular. Such herbal coating tolerates dry weather well, and also inhibits the growth of weeds on the site. In addition, when the clover roots, nitrogen, fertilizers that feed the lawn soil are released, and it always remains green.
Among advantages Using this lawn collection can be distinguished:
- cheapness in operation, since the site does not need to be fertilized with chemicals;
- fast growth;
- ease of care, because any lawn mower is suitable for its haircut;
- attractive appearance;
- the grass tolerates a dry climate well;
- relative cheapness.
From disadvantages Such a lawn coating can be called that to remove weed plants, standard herbicides cannot be used, because They will kill the clover themselves. And also such a lawn will not be flawlessly even.
The guide of the choice of lawn fees can be seen here:
Rules for sowing lawn grass
The best time for sowing lawn seeds is the end of spring or the beginning of autumn, since at this time abundant rains are going on and the soil is sufficiently survived by moisture. This favors the rapid growth of the green coating. Send seeds in calm and warm weather.
There are several main methods of how to properly plant lawn grass, namely:
- Manual sowing, when the grass is planted "by eye." This method is the simplest, however, the most not reliable, because In this case, the grass coating will be uneven with unequal density in various places.
- Sowing with a wooden frame. A fairly popular method for which you need to design a wood frame with sides of 1x1 m. After that this attribute lies on the prepared soil and, according to the instructions on the package, the necessary volume of seeds for the frame is poured.
- Sowing with a seeder seeder. This tool can be purchased in hardware stores or building materials. In order to sow the lawn, it is necessary to fill the required amount of lawn seeds into a special container and go along the site with strips. Then the remaining part of the seeds is falling asleep and the territory must be passed across the lanes. This allows you to form a uniform coating, in addition, this method is the fastest among all options.
BASTING TASE
In order for the lawn to always remain attractive, dense and delighted the eyes of the hosts, in addition to the correct selection of seeds and sowing, it is necessary to adhere to the rules for caring for the green territory.
Seed protection after sowing
If the owner wants to create an aesthetic and flowering lawn, the seeds must be protected from eating birds until the first sprouts appear. Often it lasts from 7 to 10 days in a cool climate and from 3 to 7 days, if warm dry weather is on the street.
You can achieve the desired result with the following methods:
- Add a special aromatic mixture that repels birds to the seeds.
- Through the entire site, stick twigs that will prevent bathing birds in dust. You can also tie strips of shiny foil or rustling polyethylene to them.
- Cover the territory of the lawn with a garden canvas - this element passes sunlight well and saves heat.
Rules for irrigation of the lawn coating
To properly cultivate the best seeds of the lawn and it turned out a thick, dense coating with a developed root system, it must be abundantly watered. The young lawn must not be allowed to dry out, watering should be carried out so that humidity is maintained in a layer of soil with seeds. Depending on the temperature of the external environment and the selected type of plants, the first sprouts will appear after 4-10 days.
With proper and thorough watering, the lawn coating grows quickly enough, and after 14 days it will already be possible to carry out the first coating haircut and rolling it. Until that time, it is not recommended to walk on the soil and not let the pets on it.
Rocking the lawn coating
After the lawn is sown, and the grown grass has reached a height of 3 cm or more, you can proceed to its rolls. To do this, you need to use a garden skating rink, and in its absence, you can carefully compact the plants with your feet. This will provoke the rapid appearance of new shoots, and the lawn territory will gain density. In addition, this procedure favors the compaction of the upper soil layer with the entities, which will once again strengthen them in the ground.
Rules for the first haircut
It is possible to avoid abundant lawn coating by avoiding walking around the sown in the first weeks. After the period when the shoots are injected, try to operate the site for 2-3 months in a sparing mode. In addition to decorative grass, weed plants will appear on the lawn, but do not worry about this: most of the weeds die when the lawn is cutting.
The first cutting of the green coating is made at the moment when the grass is already reaches a height of 5 cm or more. In accordance with the chosen type of lawn grass, adhere to the requirements for the lawn mower itself. This rule does not require compliance only for a mixture with a microclever. It is also necessary to configure the lawn mower so that it cut only the upper layer of the blade of grass, about 1/3 of its height.
The guide for the sowing of lawn grass can be seen here:
