What can you say about a live lawn in rolls?
In any local area adjacent to a private house, dacha, country cottage, the presence of a well-groomed full-fledged lawn will give not only the comfort of living, but also a favorable climate, a harmonious atmosphere. The presence of a dense, bright, well-groomed lawn around their own home is not only a matter of prestige for each owner. This type of landscaping guarantees the recreation of a useful microclimate, a special atmosphere and gives maximum opportunities for decorating your own plot.
You can supplement the lawn with small and medium-sized architectural objects, artificial reservoirs, rock gardens, flower beds, flowerpots. The quickest and most effective way to get your own lawn is to use a live lawn in rolls.
Growing technology
Live lawn in rolls is a modern method of landscaping territories of various areas. Such products are sold in the form of a kind of garden blank, the production of which implies the observance of a certain technology.
Live roll lawns are harvested in the following way:
- processing and delimitation of a special site for planting seeds;
- sowing lawn grass in prepared soil;
- growing emerged seedlings;
- at the time the vegetation reaches certain indicators, the layer of lawn stands is cut off together with the sod of standard thickness;
- cut pieces of turf with grass are rolled up, in the form of which they are sold.
This type of lawn is not only convenient for transportation and storage, but also provides maximum convenience when planting on prepared soil.
Video about growing a roll lawn:
Preparing the soil for planting a lawn in rolls
First, you need to decide where the lawn and the area of the landscaped area will be located. It is at this stage that special attention should be paid to all the manipulations performed. Incorrectly done work or neglect of the recommended procedures threatens not only poor growth of vegetation, but also its complete death.
Requirements for the planted area:
- good lighting;
- the shadow typical for this area should be present for no more than four hours;
- the place under the planned lawn should be chosen dry;
- plan an effective drainage system in advance.
Benefits of ready-made lawns in rolls
The most important difference that distinguishes turf rolls from other types of lawn plantings is the simplicity and speed of the device. If the owner of his own land has no time to spend time and effort on sowing and growing grass seeds, then buying and spreading a roll lawn will be the best solution in terms of decorating the local area.
The advantages of such a lawn include:
- cultivation takes place in accordance with the norms of agricultural technology;
- the composition of the lawn consists of crops and completely excludes the appearance of weeds;
- as a result of the work carried out, the soil surface is completely covered with a dense layer of high-quality grass;
- the formation of voids due to the lack of seedlings is excluded.
But speaking about a live lawn in rolls, it should be noted that this is a rather expensive way of improving the adjacent territory, since the cost of products can reach about 500 rubles per 1 square meter.
Features of stacking rolls
Despite the speed of recreating a lawn using turf rolls, there are some guidelines to follow:
- preliminary soil preparation is required;
- the area for the lawn must be leveled and rolled;
- sufficient looseness of the topsoil should be maintained in order to maximize the adaptation of the grass root system;
- after purchasing rolls, they should not be stored, pushing the planting date;
- you can calculate the required amount of material using the formula: S of the territory is multiplied by K = 1.25 (constant coefficient).
It is necessary to lay sod rolls with a lawn in a checkerboard pattern. You should also make sure that the flooring is made with a slight overlap of one layer on the next. Such a laying technique will relieve voids and ensure reliable bonding of all laid layers.