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help with an uneven lawn.

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  • 08-04-2008 10:09pm
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    gsxr1
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    my lawn is small.

    only 2 years old.

    the landscaper was on price and did a terrible job on every lawn on my row of houses.


    It is uneven with high and low spots all over the place.

    What could be used to sort this out with out haveing to rotovate the whole garden. not great at gardening.
    need laymans advise.

    I would like it to be lush again for summer.


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    GreeBo
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    You could try filling + seeding the low areas and taking up a sod, taking out some excess soil and resodding the high parts.

    without seeing the extent of the unevenness thats the best I can offer.
    A full rotovation job might be required but you would want to be starting it today to have lawn thats usable for summer (unless you sod the whole thing)


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    gsxr1
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    GreeBo wrote: »
    You could try filling + seeding the low areas and taking up a sod, taking out some excess soil and resodding the high parts.

    without seeing the extent of the unevenness thats the best I can offer.
    A full rotovation job might be required but you would want to be starting it today to have lawn thats usable for summer (unless you sod the whole thing)

    got out there today with a few buckets of topsoil. its beter. will reseed this weekend. thanks for the advise.


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    GreeBo
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    no worries
    FYI There are 2 ways you can fill in dips
    1) fill it to level and then reseed
    2) gradually fill it (no more than 3/4 inch at a time and rake/brush it so the grass leaves poke through)

    its a bit of a trade off as 1) takes longer if you need to repeat a few times but at least you have grass to look at, 2) is quicker if you have a big dip, but means you need to reseed and so water daily etc

    GL!


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    gsxr1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,167 ✭✭✭gsxr1


    GreeBo wrote: »
    no worries
    FYI There are 2 ways you can fill in dips
    1) fill it to level and then reseed
    2) gradually fill it (no more than 3/4 inch at a time and rake/brush it so the grass leaves poke through)

    its a bit of a trade off as 1) takes longer if you need to repeat a few times but at least you have grass to look at, 2) is quicker if you have a big dip, but means you need to reseed and so water daily etc

    GL!

    no bother with the watering . it been raining since I sowed the seed 2 days ago:).

    thanks again.


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