How to break a nice lawn?

Lawns should not be planned in the lower ranks, they like regular watering, but can not stand the proximity of groundwater and prolonged flooding. Another important point - the lighting. In places where the sun is only occasionally, the lawn will grow weak and thin, no matter what efforts you have made any. Lawn grasses prefer a fertile, not too acidic soil. You may have to pour a layer of a mixture of peat humus (on a lawn the size of a hundred square meters will need a car mix). Prepare the soil before you begin planting, you must clear the area of ??all stones and other debris. Then you should get rid of weeds, to treat the site with herbicide Roundup (the norm is indicated on the packaging). A couple of weeks after that must be dug and divided the territory of rakes literally all lumps of earth. Smooth out the area and tamp the soil. Well, if you can rent a water katochek lawn. Did not work - not terrible, take a large sheet of hardboard, put on the ground and walk on it. Transfer to another location and then walk around until you compress the entire site. The top layer should not be too tight, keep this in mind. It is advisable that the site was smooth and at the same time had little inclination for gathering water. What kind of grass to buy? Novice is better to start with unpretentious resistant to trampling mixtures. Usually they are in different grades are marked with "sports". Your lawn will not look like emerald velvet, but to be able to run it safely, children and pets, go to adults. Most stable upland grasses - they form a large coarse stems and leaves, little bushes. This group includes the hedgehog team, wheatgrass, fire, foxtail, couch. Grass-roots grass have thin stems with narrow leaves, they are very whimsical and very bush. By grassroots grasses include Kentucky bluegrass, red fescue, bent grass, Grebennikov. The mixture usually includes several types that differ in growth rate and development to the lawn continues to grow in all weather conditions and loads. In the most stable mix is ??dominated by upland grasses. Getting sowing Go tell that to sow the lawn at any time - from April to September, yet will not start freezing. Weather for planting is best to choose a quiet, calm, and preferably clear. Land should not be too wet. If it is hot outside, you must first moisten the soil. Normal rate - 40 - 50 g seeds per 1 sq. km. or 4 - 5 kg per sq.m.. When buying seeds, note that for overseeding and subsequent "repair" the lawn will need some extra pounds of seed per one hundred square meters of lawn. Seeds should be divided into 2 equal parts, and as evenly as possible sow (throwing fan) plot, first lengthwise, then crosswise. It is convenient to seed along with fertilizer - just evenly mixed pellets lawn fertilizer with the seed. It remains to sprinkle the seeds with a thin layer of loose peat (0,5 - 1 cm) and slightly prikatat. After that, it is desirable to water the lawn very carefully - with a sprinkler. In no case be watering the lawn with a hose! Step on the sown area is extremely undesirable, so if you need to put on the lawn of the board and go over them. The first shoots should appear within a week. As soon as the grass grows by 7 - 10 cm, it should first carefully cut to 1 cm when feeding? The lawn is desirable to feed three times a season. In spring and summer - with a predominance of nitrogen fertilizer in the fall - potassium. Spring after the snow melts, but before the start of the grass grow, it is necessary to hold the first feeding of complex fertilizers with a predominance of nitrogen (marked with "Spring"). Nitrogen combined with phosphorus, potassium and trace elements quickly restore the lawn after winter. Rate - an average of 30 - 50 grams per square meter. meter. Typically, application rates listed on the packages. Better do it before the start of the grass grow. What if the bald spots on the lawn waiting for the grass otrastet miraculously stupid. On the damaged areas should be sitting down to the same grass mixture that comprises the main lawn. Here's how: - low mow the affected areas of the lawn, remove them from the cut grass and weeds - proryhlite topsoil paw or cultivator, smooth surface - densely subfamily lawn grass seeds (about twice as thick norm) and sprinkle them with peat layer of 1 cm - prikatayte place overseeding the lawn, close these sections with pieces of spunbond prishpilivaya him to the ground with sticks (protection from birds) - how to water the entire lawn (watering only place seeding properly, because water can dilute the peat and seeds).