In general, with lawn seed the adage that you get what you pay for holds true. Fork over the soil at the base of the bare patch, and scatter additional top soil over it if necessary, to create a crumbly seed bed for the lawn seed.
Scatter the seed over the patch at the rate given on the packet normally around 20 grams per square metre and rake it in to cover the seed and prevent birds eating it. Grass seed without this might need the added protection of a taut piece of fine netting or chicken wire stretched over the area.
If you think your lawn is looking a bit thin, you could use this time to over-seed the whole area and create a thicker sward. Like all seeds, grass seed must have a regular supply of water to germinate. Many of the repair kits come complete with extra ingredients, to hold onto moisture and help the seed imbibe water. Once it has germinated, take care when mowing to avoid cutting the new grass too short. Just keep it lightly trimmed until it has had a chance to establish and thicken out.
You can also fix a bare patch with turf — either bought new, or cut from another part of the garden. Lay the piece of new turf over the bare patch and cut around its outline through the grass below. Put the new turf aside and lift the square of old grass out, lightly forking over the soil surface.
The new piece of grass will be the same size and shape as the hole so you can simply put it in place, firm it down and water it in. Take a sharp half moon edger and cut a rectangle out of the grass that includes the offending bare patch at the edge. Use the blade of the edger to slice below the rectangle and prise out the piece of turf. Raking it covers it and helps it get more water," he says.
So, Kyle rakes half of the Patch Perfect seeds and leaves the rest uncovered, per the directions. Next, he goes one step further than the instructions and promises to water the Patch Perfect plot at least two times a day over the next week.
During this test, Cape Girardeau was very dry and no rain was in the forecast for the next week. Therefore, this watering is needed to grow any grass. Now, get this: the commercial says this seed is so powerful, it grows on bricks! We'll test that, too! I'll check back with Kyle and Paul. In the meantime, I head to my photographer's lawn. Once there, I see a neighbor's dog made some "spots" in this yard, and wouldn't you know, Patch Perfect promises to take care of pet urine spots, too!
It claims to neutralize the faded area and regrow grass in those spots. And now, it's six days later. Here's what my test found. There's nothing growing," says Kyle. There are a few sprouts here and there, but we all have to get down pretty low just to spot those! It's definitely not the results we were hoping for.
As for the brick plotyeah, you guessed itabsolutely nothing! There's no place for it to put down its roots! Finally, the results on the pet urine spots are actually quite comical. The fertilizer in the Patch Perfect actually caused the grass around the spot to sprout up! It definitely didn't cover the spot, as promised. Here' s the kicker.
Even the priciest grass seed costs significantly less than buying rolls of turf, but it does require more patience and work to create a lawn from seed than from turf. That's not a silly question, honest. All the products in our line-up are seed mixes, made up of different grass varieties that each have their pros and cons.
To see which varieties each mix contains, check the 'Key specs' under each bite-sized review below. We've listed the main ingredient first, food label-style. Ryegrass is the most common type of grass seed. It's coarse, versatile, hard-wearing and fast to grow. Technically speaking it's a 'bunch grass', which means it's a cool-season grass that thrives in most soil types and conditions.
Fescue is also hardy and versatile but a little finer than ryegrass, so it's softer beneath your feet and creates a thicker look. It's also good at growing in the shade, unlike most other grass varieties. Its main downside is that it needs warm soil to germinate, so it won't grow if sown in cooler months. Bentgrass is a fine ornamental grass that can be mown very short for a beautiful velvety lawn.
It's rather high-maintenance, so it's usually mixed with fescue to make the lawn harder-wearing and weed-resistant. Many all-purpose grass seed mixes include a dash of bentgrass to soften the overall look of your lawn. Football pitch vs posh lawn: If your lawn needs to withstand endless close encounters with kids, pets and BBQ guests, then go for a predominantly ryegrass mix.
But if you want a smooth ornamental lawn, avoid ryegrass completely and go for bentgrass, with some fescue in the mix to help it survive underfoot. Sun vs shade: Most types of grass prefer full sun, but fescue is a shade specialist and will also grow in sunny spots. Mowing height: Fine ornamental grass can and should be mowed quite close — as low as 1cm. Coarse ryegrass performs better if you let it grow a little more — up to 4cm.
That said, any type of newly-sown grass should be left to grow up to around 7cm before you cut it for the first time. Weeds: Coarse grass is good at competing with weeds, but fine grass isn't. So, if you have a soft bentgrass lawn you'll have to work harder to keep weeds at bay. Loam is best for grass because it drains better than clay but holds moisture better than sand. Fescue grasses fare OK in clay-heavy soil, while finer grasses can thrive in sandy soil.
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