Rich's British Lawn 2017

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Richard Slater

Discussion Starter · Sep 9, 2017

So after a bit of advice and quite a lot of emails back and forward from seed manufacturers. Today I laid down 324g over 9.2m² using a mix of three cultivars of Kentucky Bluegrass, or Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass if you are British.

At the moment I am only focusing on the upper level due to the fact that the fence work has taken an unexpectedly long time, so let's see how we get along.

The plan:

Leveling the bed:

Seed on the ground:

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Richard Slater

Discussion Starter · #3 · Sep 11, 2017

Shipping would be a tad painful

The soil round here is amazing, we are technically on Chalk Downland but when the town was built in the 1960s the shipped in a ton of top soil to level and protect the chalk. The net effect is that I can dig down 80cm before the chalk starts to come in, I also leveled that area with an additional 150 liters of screened horticultural grade soil and dig it in thurougly.

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Richard Slater

Discussion Starter · #4 · Sep 16, 2017

The waiting is killing me, we have lots of cloud and light showers so I am hoping the seeds have got enough UV to germinate.

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Richard Slater

Discussion Starter · #5 · Sep 20, 2017

Green Babies!

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Richard Slater

Discussion Starter · #9 · Sep 21, 2017

ericgautier said:
Woohoo! Congrats. How many times a day are you watering?

It's been raining quite a lot, one of the advantages of a maritime climate, on days where there has been no rain we have been watering twice a day. Will up that to three times a day if it gets warmer, it's been quite a cool September and the ground has stayed damp without the additional daily watering.

Also go the soil analysis in today:

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Richard Slater

Discussion Starter · #10 · Sep 24, 2017

Day 15:

I suspect only 1 of the three cultivars have come in as yet as I potted up a monostand in seed trays and only Miracle has come in.

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Richard Slater

Discussion Starter · #12 · May 6, 2018

Some pictures... finally...

Higher res and alternative photos are available on Lightroom.

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Richard Slater

Discussion Starter · #14 · Jun 25, 2018

Looking good, it's having it tough with a long spell of hot weather, however, it's doing far better than the PRG out the front. I planted out the plugs I grew to fill in some of the spaces that must have washed away and a couple of spots of Poa Annua that I hand pulled.

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