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What Is The Best Way To Fill In A Gap In The Turf?
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I have moved to a new house. In the main part of the existing lawn there is a round area which has stones loosely laying in it, I think it probably had a bird bath sitting in the middle which has been taken. I would like to remove the stones and then lay turf so that I have a large neat lawn.
What is the best way to do this so that it meets up nicely with the existing lawn and doesn't always look like a strange patch in the middle.
thanks in advance for your help
What is the best way to do this so that it meets up nicely with the existing lawn and doesn't always look like a strange patch in the middle.
thanks in advance for your help
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Whatever new turf you lay will always look different as it will be a different type of grass/mix/colour to the surrounding area. You'll get a better match by digging a turf from another part of the same lawn, cutting it slightly larger than what has been removed to allow for shrinkage before it's bedded in properly/established.
you can also do the "hair transplant" technique which takes longer to work but save you having a hole somewhere else. You fill in the existing hole with decent soil (remove the stones) then take small clumps from other places in the lawn and space them over the bare bit. They needn't fill the entire bare bit. They will establish and spread filling in the gap.
Well yes, it does depend whether there is a less noticeable area you can take a turf from. If ''a large neat lawn'' is what is most important, you're probably better off returfing the whole area or you'll be forever staring out of your window at the mismatch, which will cause you endless stress and you may die prematurely from an incurable case of patchylawnitis ;-p
Actually, if you can be patient for a few weeks, you can avoid all thr problems you're describing by just not doing anything. Thing is, the lawn grasses spread by rhizomes... the reason why grass comes up on the wrong side of the edge divider... you know... the thready little white things. Soooo,if you lawn is healthy near the bare spot, simply throw on a little fertilizer, rough it up a bit (the earth, not the fertilizer) and walk away... just walk away. Keep it lightly watered and before long, voila new grass to match the nearby lawn...
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The way I see it, if its a regular kind of lawn you have, as opposed to a fine 'bowling green-like lawn finish, them any reasonable quality turf should suffice and should soon blend in with the original grasses with the passing of the seasons.
Local grasses that have found the soil type to their liking are likely to merge in with the new and eventually dominate, making that patch harder to find, the more it becomes established.
Remove any big stones from the area and rake to a fine tilth.
When you cut the turf's to size (use an old bread knife but don't tell the wife), lay them brick fashion, so's not too many corners meet and save any smaller pieces for the middle of the patch, this way they are less likely to dry out as fast.
Give it a good drenching if no rain then treat it exactly the same as the rest of your lawn and I think it will soon blend in.
Local grasses that have found the soil type to their liking are likely to merge in with the new and eventually dominate, making that patch harder to find, the more it becomes established.
Remove any big stones from the area and rake to a fine tilth.
When you cut the turf's to size (use an old bread knife but don't tell the wife), lay them brick fashion, so's not too many corners meet and save any smaller pieces for the middle of the patch, this way they are less likely to dry out as fast.
Give it a good drenching if no rain then treat it exactly the same as the rest of your lawn and I think it will soon blend in.
Sounds like its gonna take a bit of a bashing, if the kids will be playing sports on it.
I would recommend a hard wearing turf, suitable for the UK climate. Turf containing perenial ryegrass is widely used as a sports turf.
This grass can be identified without the flower stalks by looking at the base of the tufts, which will have a redish colour.
I would recommend a hard wearing turf, suitable for the UK climate. Turf containing perenial ryegrass is widely used as a sports turf.
This grass can be identified without the flower stalks by looking at the base of the tufts, which will have a redish colour.
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