Waterlogged lawn

Jony

if th elast reply is no good, then it could be a number of things. if the lawn is quite often waterlogged then drainage is poor, is tshe lawn quite compact? you say it had a plastic sheet on it before you put the lawn in, was this removed?

the yellowness again could be a number things, usualy down to malnutrition, or it could be down to constant dampness, especialy with the snow we have had. try calling greenthumb and at least getting a survey off them see what they say.

Sunnyday

paulsm wrote: »

help , I sewd? a new lawn last summer , previously it was gravel with a plastic sheet under , the grass did well in taking and was lovely until the rains thiswinter now the grass is a bit yellowy and parts of the lawn are quite wet , the soil should be sandy underneath as I live near the sea so I dont think it is clay , I have tried spiking it with a lawn airer but it is still quite wet in places , any ideas?

My lawn was also similar, last year i took the slate chippings up and levelled it as best i sould and seeded it.

It holds lots of water and the grass has taken a good beating due to the snow and also my 2 dogs, the females urine kills the grass and she also likes to run around in big circles, i`ll have a moat around the patio furniture soon if i`m not careful

I`m planning on spiking it with a fork an scattering sand on it when i can get hold of some. Does anyone know what type of sand should be used for this?

Our soil is heavy clay but there seems to be quite a bit of topsoil on top so someone has done me a favour sometime in the past. I`m planning to continually spike this year as well as raking and reseeding the doggy damaged parts and the occasional scattering of compost in the hope that eventually the grass will look decent. By my warped reasoning it should eventually be ok but i know that it will take time.

Good luck with yours!

SD

Jony

hi
in my opinion if youve got a clay based soil, spiking is pretty pointless, you really need a hollowtine aeration.
http://www.greenthumb.co.uk/hollow-tine-aeration.html

thing with spiking is that it just tends to open a hole up then close up and isnt really much better than before where as the hollow tine actualy removed a pug of soil so when it does close up it is a lot less compact and drainage is MUCH better.:beer:


or you could always plant a willow tree they are good at sucking up water!:D

jiblets1

I was told it's sharp sand from a garden centre for sprinkling on lawns, as builders sand isn't clean enough. Don't know if that's just because it was a garden centre lady telling me though..

Penelope_Penguin

paulsm wrote: »

help , I sewd? a new lawn last summer , previously it was gravel with a plastic sheet under , the grass did well in taking and was lovely until the rains thiswinter now the grass is a bit yellowy and parts of the lawn are quite wet , the soil should be sandy underneath as I live near the sea so I dont think it is clay , I have tried spiking it with a lawn airer but it is still quite wet in places , any ideas?

Looks like you might need land drainage

And yes, you should use sharp sand on lawns, not builders' sand - that has much smaller particles and can make a problem worse

We have an exisitng thread, so I'll add this to see if it gives you more ideas.

Penny. x

jiblets1

I've just ordered a black !!!!! willow for my more-than-moist section of the garden, thanks for these tips. Hopefully it will drink up a bit more...