2 lawn options - simple, quick and with low maintenance
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THE LAWN IS NOT IN ENGLISH OWN HANDS
To create a real lawn on your site, it will take a lot of effort, time and, of course, investment. I propose to make a simple lawn in one of two ways.
WHITE CLOVER LAWN
1. Lightly loosen the soil with a plane cutter or a sharp chopper, water it well and sow the seeds of white clover (spring-early summer, autumn). So that the birds do not glue them, cover the sown area immediately with white lutrasil.
Watering the crops must be done regularly, right at the shelter. It is important not to miss the moment of emergence of shoots and immediately remove lutrasil, otherwise they will grow into the tissue. As a result, removing it, you risk pulling plants out of the soil. You can do otherwise. Cover the crops with plastic wrap. It will not allow the topsoil to dry out, and watering will not be required. And as soon as the seedlings turn green under cover, it can be removed. And don't forget to water your lawn regularly while it grows.
In the first year of life, such a lawn is a disappointing sight, since white clover grows slowly. But then the very next year it will firmly take its place under the sun, and over the years will form such a dense turf that weeds will have to “leave” this place.
White clover has a powerful root system. It is unpretentious, grows on any soil, and therefore does not require care. You can not feed it with anything, practically do not water it at all, and you can even not mow. True, in this case, it will take some time after flowering to endure the plain appearance of wilted flowers.
Their little white “hats” adorn the lawn for about three months (from June to September). A dense rosette of leaves completely covers the soil. And since the height of the lawn is about 15 cm, a mowing is not necessary. Seeds that fall after flowering will germinate and further compact the lawn. If the unsightly appearance of a faded area annoys you, you can mow it once. This is not a regular (every two to three weeks!) Lawn mowing from cereal grasses.
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FOR THE NOTICE
Do not sow red seeds instead of white clover! This plant has a high peduncle (40-50 cm), and the leaves are located in its upper part. If you mow such a lawn, it won’t add to it. In addition, the plant is highly susceptible to powdery mildew. True, he has an advantage over white clover - he is medicinal. And therefore it is better to sow it in the pharmacy garden along with other medicinal plants.
LAWN FROM MILITARY MILITARY
2. A fairly simple lawn can be created using shoots. It is low (15-20 cm), grows rapidly, creating a dense cover. It is easy to propagate by seeds, as well as the aerial part, if you cut the grass, put it into shallow grooves and sprinkle with earth.
The main thing is to ensure that the soil does not dry out. Any shoot of this grass, once in the soil, immediately roots and gives a new plant.
Hence the name - runaway. Due to this feature, it quickly creates a low, soft lawn. You can not mow it, if you have nothing but this weed on the plot does not grow. And if, nevertheless, flowers, for example, are planted there, they must be protected from the seeds of the field of grass, small and very numerous, like all herbs that the wind will spread throughout the district. It’s enough to mow the field only once (unlike real lawns), at the moment when it just starts to spike.
Polevoshnaya shoot - a plant unpretentious, but before sowing it, it is necessary to level the soil very well. Then do exactly the same as when sowing white clover.
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© Author: Galina KIZIMA, author of books on gardening, St. Petersburg
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After the winter, the lawn does not look very attractive, but this is fixable. Set aside time in early April for three important things.
1. To speed up the process of growing a new green cover, I comb the lawn. This can be done both manually, with a fan rake, and with the help of special garden equipment - a scarifier. I compost the dry grass left after combing - by autumn, an excellent biomass is obtained for applying under flowers, berry bushes and fruit trees.
2. Aerating the soil helps to avoid the rapid aging of the grass. To do this, I use a pitchfork - I bury them to a depth of at least 8 cm. There is advice on the Internet: buy special shoes with spikes and walk on the lawn in it. I do not advise: it is useless, because the punctures are shallow.
Z. I do not forget about top dressing - I buy a special granular complex fertilizer "For the lawn" with a high nitrogen content. I water the lawn and manually scatter the top dressing (be sure to wear gloves!) First along, and then across (for uniformity).
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A few years ago, friends bought a house with a small orchard. The first step was to tidy up the abandoned lawn, pretty overgrown with weeds. Behind the fence of the neighbors, the backyard area was covered with a dense emerald carpet - it turned out to be from the bent grass. The landlord explained that it was a short grass, growing rapidly and forming a dense turf with soft, pale green grass. The plant not only decorates the territory, but also has a positive effect on the state of the orchard (retains moisture in the soil, protects young roots of immature plants from overheating, softens the blow when ripe fruits fall). And in the end, the neighbor gave our friends the seeds of the field grass.
It is best to sow them in late April or early September. Lawn maintenance is simple: in the spring, a thin layer of compost is poured onto the surface and embedded in the soil with a rake. And you can use granular or liquid mineral fertilizers with a predominance of nitrogen.
In order to reduce the amount of dead wood in the spring, in October the bent grass is mowed low, leaving a height of only 4-5 cm. At the same time, there is no need to specially protect the plantings for the winter: this cereal is quite frost-resistant.