Laying new lawn over existing with heavy clay base
Laying new lawn over existing with heavy clay base
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This is my first post and I'm not got green fingered as such but capable none the less, please go easy. I've completely overhauled the rear garden from it's previous council slabbed look. I'm on the end task now and probably the most important to really set it off, the lawn.
Basically I'm reading a lot of conflicting views, loam, manure, soil. rotavate, don't rotavate, fetch the old lawn up etc etc.
As I live in Stoke on Trent the soil is predominately clay (we are known as "clay-heads" after all). The lawn has been raised by 7" in places in others it is only 2"-3". We live on a bank, the 2nd house from the end, so water will naturally run through our land, evident from the last lawn as it was mainly moss with plenty of dips sitting very wet during the winter, and summers of late!
So far I have killed the lawn with glyphosphate and dug out at the back bringing the soil down to build it up near to to the new level I want.
I was then planning on adding 2-3" of sharp sand to aid drainage compacting the lot to my new level and laying the new turf.
Can anyone see why this would harm the new lawn or not?
To finish, I have read on the RHS surrounding clay soils that golf courses lay there turn on sand bases and there grass is pretty green.
many thanks in advance.
Giuseppe
Basically I'm reading a lot of conflicting views, loam, manure, soil. rotavate, don't rotavate, fetch the old lawn up etc etc.
As I live in Stoke on Trent the soil is predominately clay (we are known as "clay-heads" after all). The lawn has been raised by 7" in places in others it is only 2"-3". We live on a bank, the 2nd house from the end, so water will naturally run through our land, evident from the last lawn as it was mainly moss with plenty of dips sitting very wet during the winter, and summers of late!
So far I have killed the lawn with glyphosphate and dug out at the back bringing the soil down to build it up near to to the new level I want.
I was then planning on adding 2-3" of sharp sand to aid drainage compacting the lot to my new level and laying the new turf.
Can anyone see why this would harm the new lawn or not?
To finish, I have read on the RHS surrounding clay soils that golf courses lay there turn on sand bases and there grass is pretty green.
many thanks in advance.
Giuseppe
Posted: Saturday 21st of May 2016 12:13 PM