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Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Those living on the Ladder / Gardens: 

I'm curious to hear about your experiences with relaying your garden lawn with fresh turf.

Good idea if done properly, with rotovating etc for dealing with the clay?

Or waste of (a lot of) money given the terrain, unreliable suppliers or some such?

All sensible views and advice welcome, whether here or via DM.

Thanks!

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We had our lawn relaid by bloom gardening http://www.bloomgardening.co.uk. Billie often posts on HOL. They did an excellent job and lawn is looking lovely, despite all its battles with my 9 year old son.

You will need to loosen and possibly remove some soil and add loads of topsoil to the mix. And give the new lawn a month to bed in before walking on it..

Lawns ultimately require loads of work to keep them looking good. 

Thanks both - useful advice!

Re drainage, I guess the foxes have done that testing for us and the holes dry up fairly quickly so that doesn't seem to be an issue...

We also relaid our turf, following a 3 months of our garden being used as building materials storage during our refurbishment which compacted the surface quite badly and killed off the existing mature lawn. I think we got the grass from Amazon - it was excellent quality. We had a fair bit of clay but we turned it over and evened out its distribution pretty crudely. In the first year it became quite water-logged, and subsequently very patchy, but 2 years on it's looking very good. For me the learnings are:

- don't walk on it for the maximum possible period of time

- put as much topsoil as possible/practical

- give it time it to 'fuse' with the undersoil - that I think can take many months

- expect some patches not to catch on - re-seed regularly and don't over-water which i am told forces the grass to set in deeper roots/become more resilient

Hi Shariq,

We've laid turf in this area successfully.

As other contributors have said, good preparation & aftercare are the key to getting the best results.

Here's a good step by step guide from the RHS which will give you an idea of what's involved if you'd like to DIY:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=410

For our own lawn (we're on the ladder) we just used a patch reseeding technique:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=438

Cutting your lawn very regularly (at least weekly in the growing season) is a good way to thicken up the sward & encourage new shoots from the roots (known as rhizomes & tillers)

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/how-to-mow-your-lawn

There's also some advice here on spring & autumn care for your lawn:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=413

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=308

For general lawn advice, including how to introduce wild flowers & trouble shooting:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/garden-features/lawns

Hi

If you want to save some money, it's easy peasy to sow a lawn from seed

https://www.homebase.co.uk/ideas-advice/garden-and-outdoor/lawn/how...

Good luck

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