{"id":2413,"date":"2009-04-08T03:57:10","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T10:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2009-04-08T03:57:12","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T10:57:12","slug":"lawns-in-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/lawns-in-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawns in Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2415\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/lawns-in-spring\/attachment\/lawn\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2415\" title=\"lawn\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/lawn.jpg\" alt=\"lawn\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/lawn.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/lawn-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Tips for Sowing a new Lawn<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mid Spring is a good time to sow a new lawn. The soil is warming up and light showers should help germination.<\/li>\n<li>If it is too dry you will need to water the seedlings with a fine spray &#8211; do not be tempted to drown the seed.<\/li>\n<li>Select an appropriate seed mixture. They are available for a range of lawns from bowling green, prize lawn, back garden, shaded lawn etc.\u00c2\u00a0 Shake the box of seed as some mixtures settle and separate out.<\/li>\n<li>Sow at the rate of 1-1.5 oz (35 gms) per square yard and eventually cut the grass to half an inch<\/li>\n<li>Prepare the ground thoroughly, remove perennial weeds and stones. Compact and level then rake to a fine tilth, Sow when the top is dry but the ground is still holding moisture.<\/li>\n<li>Measure out a square yard at a time and spread evenly then try maintain a similar density across the whole area sown. Cast seed horizontally and vertically to avoid patched.<\/li>\n<li>Rake very gently once sown to cover the seed. If troubled by birds get a cat if trouble by cats get netting or string across the new area.<\/li>\n<li>If just reseeding a patch scratch the bare area incorporate some multi-purpose compost and sow at half the quantity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Seed Mixes<\/h3>\n<p><!--more-->There are various combinations of seed that make up a lawn. A fine mixture could be 45%  Dwarf amenity perennial ryegrass<br \/>\n10% Smooth stalked Meadow Grass<br \/>\n15%  Slender creeping red fescue<br \/>\n25%  Chewings fescue<br \/>\n5%    Brown top bent<br \/>\nA more rugged lawn for the Kids to play on might be 45%  Perennial rye grass<br \/>\n30%  Creeping red fescue<br \/>\n20% Chewings fescue<br \/>\n5%  Brown top bent<br \/>\nUse a good seed merchant for your best lawn grass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips for Sowing a new Lawn Mid Spring is a good time to sow a new lawn. The soil is warming up and light showers should help germination. If it is too dry you will need to water the seedlings with a fine spray &#8211; do not be tempted to drown the seed. Select an appropriate seed mixture. They are available for a range of lawns from bowling green, prize lawn, back garden, shaded lawn etc.\u00c2\u00a0 Shake the box of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/lawns-in-spring\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}