Beautiful perfectly smooth lawn is able to decorate any summer cottage. If there is not much time and effort for these procedures, then you can lay the finished lawn from a roll.

What you need for growing

The rolled lawn is a ready-made carpet of unpretentious grasses. It is stacked for a short time and does not require special care measures. It allows quick and effective landscaping. Such a cover is made from a mesh base and turf.

Ready grass has several advantages, including:

• quick styling;
• preservation of saturated color in any weather;
• lack of weeds;
• quick recovery after deformation;
• lack of need for fertilizers.

To calculate the required number of lawn rolls, you must multiply the area in m² by a factor of 1.25. The resulting figure will be equal to the number of required convolutions.

In fact, to create such a coating you only need to properly prepare the site and buy a finished lawn. It is sold in standard sizes that are convenient to install: area - 0.8 m², length - 2 m, width - 40 cm, thickness - 2 cm, weight - about 15-22 kg. The price of one roll is about 180 rubles / m². When purchasing, you should pay attention to the quality of the product. The lawn should be characterized by density, evenness, uniform saturated color. It should not have bald spots, weeds, pests. The presence of a large number of white roots is welcome.

Roll grass cover can be of several types: elite, standard, shade-tolerant. Laying a roll lawn is easy and quick - it only takes a few hours. It is enough to use the instructions. But to make it yourself is a troublesome and complicated matter. There is very little information on how to grow such a coating. Manufacturers carefully preserve the secrets of producing an expensive plant carpet. He is raised using special technology for 1.5–2 years.

To grow such a coating, you will need high-quality seeds and a special net or good turf. In the latter embodiment, the basis for the roll will be a dense plexus of roots. Today, certain fields are given under cultivation of lawns. Special equipment is also needed.

In particular, you will need to acquire machines that perform such work:

• herbicidal treatment;
• plowing;
• disking;
• cultivation;
• sowing;
• watering;
• fertilizer application;
• aeration and mowing;
• harvesting mowed grass;
• cutting rolls;
• lifting work;
• transportation.

Roll Lawn Production

To produce a quality grassy coating, it is necessary to strictly adhere to the technology and carry out regular maintenance of the vegetation. Begin cultivation with the layout of the field and the selection of seed. The soil on the field should be carefully prepared. Do the preparation in several stages.

Site layout

To cultivate grass, it is necessary to select a suitable field. It should be smooth, not have slopes. It must first be cleaned of stones and debris. Otherwise, the risk of breakdown of special equipment at work is increased. The field should be divided into sections, given the width of the pipes in the watering machine. Typically, the width of the run is 20-30 m.

Soil and grass selection

For the base, you should choose sandy or sandy loamy soil. It must be easy.

The soil mixture can be composed of the following components:

• peat (25%);
• sand (60%);
• bioorganics (2%);
• sawdust (13%).

For sowing, it is better to purchase multicomponent grass mixtures.

Here are some examples of blends:

• bluegrass meadow Impact (25%) + Bluechip (25%) + Everest (25%) + NuGlade (25%);
• bluegrass meadow Impact (30%) + Bluechip (50%) + red fescue Audubon (20%);
• bluegrass meadow Impact (20%) + Bluechip (40%) + red fescue Audubon (40%).

Work before landing

Preplanting work begins with the removal of weeds. If the field is too clogged, herbicides will be required. After this, plowing is carried out. This procedure will remove the roots of weeds occurring at a depth. The next action is disking. During it, all the clods of land that were formed after plowing are broken. After that, good alignment is required. Complete the preparation by thorough rolling.

Did you know? The earliest drawing of the lawn, which is known today, is placed in one of the manuscripts found in Europe and dating to the XIV – XVI centuries.

Landing and further care

Sowing seeds is necessary with a special precision seeder. A hand-held device is used in small areas, mechanical and professional in large areas. The use of a seeder allows you to accurately and metered to disperse the seed throughout the field. Thanks to this, it is possible to achieve a tight planting of plants and get a uniformly planted lawn in the form of a beautiful, silky carpet.

At the same time as sowing, mineral fertilizers are applied in granules. They are also distributed using a seeder. Fertilizers should be complex, including the basic necessary elements - nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

Care consists of such events:

• watering;
• fertilizer application;
• haircut;
• rolling in.

Watering the vegetation is daily, except for rainy days. Humidification is carried out using special irrigation systems.

Important! When cultivating a rolled lawn, sprinkler irrigation systems designed for a specific farm should be used.

Mowing grass should be 1 time in 3 days. It should not exceed 2-3 cm in height. Drum-type mowers are used on young lawns, and rotary mowers are used on mature ones. Regular haircut allows you to get a dense grass cover. After mowing, grass must be removed. To do this, you can use a special vacuum cleaner. After collecting the grass, the coating is rolled up with a roller. This procedure is necessary for the formation of high-quality turf and preparing it for cutting.

Cutting

Cutting is started after the lawn has been watered, mowed and compacted. To do this, use a cutting machine with two knives. She rolls the cut sections into rolls. The thickness of the cut lawn is 2.5 cm. The height of the grass stand is 5 cm.

After cutting, the rolls are immersed on pallets, wrapping them in a stretch mesh. It is this material that allows you to breathe vegetation and transport it without damage over long distances. Storage of rolls can be carried out up to four days.

Did you know? The lawn mower appeared in 1832 thanks to the efforts of the English engineer Edwin Beard Badding. This person is also credited with the invention of an adjustable wrench.

So, if you select high-quality seed, properly prepare the soil and strictly adhere to the technology, you can grow a beautiful rolled lawn, completely ready for laying. It will allow quickly and efficiently landscaping any territory.