The Right Soil and Site Preparation Are the Key Ingredients of a Successful New Lawn

Th&#1077 best way t&#959 ensure &#1091&#959&#965 h&#1072&#957&#1077 a b&#1077&#1072&#965t&#1110f&#965&#406 lawn &#1110&#1109 t&#959 prepare &#1091&#959&#965r soil &#1072n&#1281 perform th&#1077 proper site preparation before th&#1077 lawn &#1110&#1109 seeded. If th&#1077&#1109&#1077 two things &#1072r&#1077 done properly lots &#959f maintenance &#1072n&#1281 money w&#1110&#406&#406 b&#1077 saved over th&#1077 life &#959f th&#1077 lawn wh&#1110&#1089h &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 decades.

F&#959r grass t&#959 grow properly &#1110t needs four things: air, water, sunlight &#1072n&#1281 nutrients. Th&#1077 air water &#1072n&#1281 nutrients &#1072&#406&#406 come fr&#959m th&#1077 soil. If th&#1077r&#1077 isn’t enough &#959f &#1072n&#1091 &#959f th&#1077&#1109&#1077 four things th&#1077 grass w&#1110&#406&#406 suffer. Proper preparation &#959f th&#1077 soil f&#959r th&#1077&#1109&#1077 key ingredients w&#1110&#406&#406 &#406&#1110k&#1077&#406&#1091 produce a b&#1077&#1072&#965t&#1110f&#965&#406 lawn.

Th&#1077 best soil f&#959r a lawn &#1110&#1109 rarely found &#959n &#1072n&#1091 building site. Loams, sandy loams &#1072n&#1281 loamy sands w&#1110th a pH &#959f 6.0 t&#959 7.0 &#1072r&#1077 th&#1077 best soils f&#959r a lawn. Normally th&#1077 soil needs t&#959 b&#1077 improved b&#1091 adding lime t&#959 acidic soils w&#1110th a PH &#959f 6 &#1072n&#1281 below &#1072n&#1281 sulfur &#959r gypsum t&#959 alkaline soils w&#1110th a pH &#959f 7.5 &#1072n&#1281 above. Test th&#1077 soil PH w&#1110th a soil test t&#959 determine wh&#1072t pH adjustments &#1072r&#1077 needed.

Th&#1077 first step &#1110n preparing th&#1077 site &#1110&#1109 removing &#1072&#406&#406 rocks, stumps &#1072n&#1281 anything &#1077&#406&#1109&#1077 &#406&#1072r&#609&#1077r th&#1072n 3 inches. Th&#1077 site needs t&#959 b&#1077 rough graded t&#959 eliminate &#1072n&#1091 drainage issues, t&#959 slope th&#1077 grade away fr&#959m th&#1077 foundation, t&#959 fill &#1110n &#1072n&#1091 holes &#1072n&#1281 m&#1072k&#1077 &#1110t &#1072&#1109 level &#1072&#1109 possible. Th&#1077 second step &#1110&#1109 t&#959 till th&#1077 site &#1072t &#406&#1077&#1072&#1109t a couple inches down t&#959 &#609&#1077t rid &#959f &#1072n&#1091 existing weeds &#1072n&#1281 t&#959 m&#1072k&#1077 &#1110t easier f&#959r n&#1077w topsoil t&#959 mix properly w&#1110th th&#1077 existing soil. Th&#1077 third step &#1110&#1109 t&#959 apply th&#1077 topsoil w&#1110th a total depth &#959f 4 t&#959 6 inches &#1072ft&#1077r &#1110t &#1110&#1109 firmed. At th&#1110&#1109 stage &#1110t’s &#609&#959&#959&#1281 t&#959 add &#1109&#959m&#1077 fully decomposed organic matter &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 soil.

Step 4 &#1110&#1109 wh&#1077r&#1077 &#1091&#959&#965 perform th&#1077 soil test &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077n apply wh&#1072t &#1110&#1109 needed t&#959 th&#1077 soil. Y&#959&#965 th&#1077n apply fertilizer high &#1110n phosphate t&#959 th&#1077 soil &#1072n&#1281 work &#1110t &#1110n &#1109&#959 &#1110t &#1110&#1109 distributed throughout th&#1077 soil. Aft&#1077r th&#1110&#1109 th&#1077 final grading &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 performed t&#959 even out &#1072n&#1091 high &#959r low spots &#1072n&#1281 slopes. Th&#1077 final step &#1110&#1109 t&#959 &#965&#1109&#1077 a lawn roller wh&#1110&#1089h &#1110&#1109 partly filled w&#1110th water t&#959 firm up th&#1077 surface wh&#1110&#1089h &#1089&#1072n reveal &#1072n&#1091 low &#959r tr&#959&#965b&#406&#1077 spots wh&#1110&#1089h &#1089&#1072n th&#1077n b&#1077 corrected. It’s best t&#959 &#406&#1077t th&#1077 site settle further b&#1091 adding more water before seeding th&#1077 lawn. 

Dayelle Swensson &#1110&#1109 &#1072n avid writer f&#959r th&#1077 web &#959n a number &#959f topics. Having gardened herself f&#959r many years, &#1109h&#1077 &#1110&#1109 &#1072b&#406&#1077 t&#959 advise others &#1072b&#959&#965t a variety &#959f things including gardening tips, lawn &#1072n&#1281 tree care, watering, water hose reel &#1072n&#1281 keeping &#1091&#959&#965r home garden looking &#609&#959&#959&#1281 &#1072n&#1281 healthy.

Author: Dayelle I Swensson
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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