Aftercare will determine the look and durability of any lawn.
Watering
Watering your turf is the most important step you need to take to ensure a beautiful and long lasting lawn.
Water is essential to the growth of your turf because it carries nutrients to the roots. Getting the quantity of water right is important. You need to ensure that enough water is provided to reach the bottom of the grass roots. The only way to determine the depth of your roots and whether or not the water has reached them is to dig a small hole and check.
June-September you should water mature turf about once a week. New turf may require watering twice a day for the first week, then 2-3 times a week, then, after 3-6 weeks, once a week. Once your turf is established, it is best to water it well before noon, so it will dry off before evening. During the spring and autumn, the turf will require much less water than the summer, and during the winter the turf does not need to be watered at all.
Mowing
Mowing your turf is the second most important activity you can do to maintain a beautiful lawn.
Grass is dynamic and responds to changes. Your new turf was delivered at about 25mm high because it provides a high quality appearance. If you dramatically lower the height of cut or let the grass grow too long before cutting it, you can injure or even kill your lawn.
Dark green leaves can withstand the intense rays of the sun, but those parts of your turf near the soil, which are shaded by the leaves, are very sensitive to the sun. Your turf was mown just before delivery and will need mowing whenever it gets longer than about 30mm. This could be as soon as 2-3 days after it is laid. Make sure that the turf is well rooted before you use a rotary mower, because the draught created by a rotary mower could lift the turf.
Mow the grass as often as it needs it throughout the year. Your lawn will grow at different rates as the temperature changes, after you fertilise or water.
Watering
Watering your turf is the most important step you need to take to ensure a beautiful and long lasting lawn.
Water is essential to the growth of your turf because it carries nutrients to the roots. Getting the quantity of water right is important. You need to ensure that enough water is provided to reach the bottom of the grass roots. The only way to determine the depth of your roots and whether or not the water has reached them is to dig a small hole and check.
June-September you should water mature turf about once a week. New turf may require watering twice a day for the first week, then 2-3 times a week, then, after 3-6 weeks, once a week. Once your turf is established, it is best to water it well before noon, so it will dry off before evening. During the spring and autumn, the turf will require much less water than the summer, and during the winter the turf does not need to be watered at all.
Mowing
Mowing your turf is the second most important activity you can do to maintain a beautiful lawn.
Grass is dynamic and responds to changes. Your new turf was delivered at about 25mm high because it provides a high quality appearance. If you dramatically lower the height of cut or let the grass grow too long before cutting it, you can injure or even kill your lawn.
Dark green leaves can withstand the intense rays of the sun, but those parts of your turf near the soil, which are shaded by the leaves, are very sensitive to the sun. Your turf was mown just before delivery and will need mowing whenever it gets longer than about 30mm. This could be as soon as 2-3 days after it is laid. Make sure that the turf is well rooted before you use a rotary mower, because the draught created by a rotary mower could lift the turf.
Mow the grass as often as it needs it throughout the year. Your lawn will grow at different rates as the temperature changes, after you fertilise or water.