Simple Rules For New Lawn Maintenance

Online, June 4, 2013 (Newswire.com) - For keen gardeners planning to lay new turf it is important to follow a few simple guidelines. As the summer months approach more and more people are carrying out [url: http://www.kennedysturf.co.uk/doc/1.pdf]maintenance work[/url] in their gardens. If you are looking to put down new turf it is important to do your homework first.

Kennedy's Turf, based in Salford near Manchester are experts in laying and caring for turf. They have these top 10 tips for people caring for new lawns. Follow these simple rules to keep your new turf in tip-top condition.

1. It is important to lay new turf as quickly as possible. Get it down once delivered.

2. The new turf should be watered every single evening for two full weeks. In hot weather water in the evening and the morning.

3. If you can put your turf down on a wet day it will yield better results.

4. When the weather is particularly dry avoid using granular fertilisers on new turf.

5. If gaps should appear in your new turf blend in some decent compost and step up the watering.

6. Compost gives turf a better chance of keeping in moisture.

7. Cut your new lawn after three to five days. This will help encourage growth. Repeat every seven days while grass is growing.

8. Do not cut the grass with blunt instruments - sharpen your mower blades.

9. If it is hot, nudge up the mowing height on your mower.

10. Water regularly and if there is a drought and you are unable to use a hose pipe, a watering can will do just fine.

The new turf should be fully established three to four weeks after it was put down. It will need less watering at this point as its roots will have taken over. Be cautious of over watering. The natural rainfall across the UK should be enough to keep an established lawn moisturised.