laying grass seed in stoney soil. cousin messed garden up, need info

newbie2013

Ive a back garden about 20x15m i need reseeded and would like some info on what to do next.

I had some pigs on it last year and they made a mess of it so i thought id tidy it up this year. The land was abit dampish so i thought id put some drainage pipe/stones etc to drain it better for a nice lawn this year. My cosin said he'd do it seeing as he had a mini digger for the weekend so i left him at it.

This area had good topsoil over the top but when my cousin was doing the work he didnt scrape the soil off and relay it after the pipes went in. No, he just dug everything up and now the soil is all mixed in with alot of small and big stones after he spread it all out again once he was finished laying the pipes. I could kill him for doing this but he done it for free
so i had to bite my lip

Ive been trying to rake them all out but theres no end insight Ive managed to get most of the large stones out but anytime i rake the soil, theres still plenty of small stones.

Im wanting to know can i just go ahead and lay new grass seed even thou theres quite alot of stones still mixed with the soil. If i can, how much grass seed will i need and is there anything else i can add to make it grow quicker.

Im going to leave the garden for a week to settle, then give it a light rake and lay double the grass seed that i need so i have no problems with bald patches.

Audioslaven

newbie2013 wrote: »

Ive a back garden about 20x15m i need reseeded and would like some info on what to do next.

I had some pigs on it last year and they made a mess of it so i thought id tidy it up this year. The land was abit dampish so i thought id put some drainage pipe/stones etc to drain it better for a nice lawn this year. My cosin said he'd do it seeing as he had a mini digger for the weekend so i left him at it.

This area had good topsoil over the top but when my cousin was doing the work he didnt scrape the soil off and relay it after the pipes went in. No, he just dug everything up and now the soil is all mixed in with alot of small and big stones after he spread it all out again once he was finished laying the pipes. I could kill him for doing this but he done it for free
so i had to bite my lip

Ive been trying to rake them all out but theres no end insight Ive managed to get most of the large stones out but anytime i rake the soil, theres still plenty of small stones.

Im wanting to know can i just go ahead and lay new grass seed even thou theres quite alot of stones still mixed with the soil. If i can, how much grass seed will i need and is there anything else i can add to make it grow quicker.

Im going to leave the garden for a week to settle, then give it a light rake and lay double the grass seed that i need so i have no problems with bald patches.

Fecks sake 20 X 15 meters is huge... come on you would have that raked in no length. Why the hell were you not there when your friend was doing this? I would put down the seeds, put on a good shot of 0:10:20 and roll it to put down some of the small stones.

newbie2013

Audioslaven wrote: »

Fecks sake 20 X 15 meters is huge... come on you would have that raked in no length. Why the hell were you not there when your friend was doing this? I would put down the seeds, put on a good shot of 0:10:20 and roll it to put down some of the small stones.

Ive been raking it for 2 days already Ive most of the large ones out but theres small ones right throgh the soil. Everytime i rake it im bringing more stones up. Id be here all spring if im to get them all out

newbie2013

Audioslaven wrote: »

Fecks sake 20 X 15 meters is huge... come on you would have that raked in no length. Why the hell were you not there when your friend was doing this? I would put down the seeds, put on a good shot of 0:10:20 and roll it to put down some of the small stones.

What do you mean when you say a good shot of 0:10:20

Audioslaven

newbie2013 wrote: »

What do you mean when you say a good shot of 0:10:20

0 10 20 (0 Nitrogen, 10 Phosphate, 20 Potassium) - its a artificial fertilizer. You will get in any farmers coop.

newbie2013

Audioslaven wrote: »

0 10 20 (0 Nitrogen, 10 Phosphate, 20 Potassium) - its a artificial fertilizer. You will get in any farmers coop.

Is it expensive and how much will i need.