Creating a lawn is a process consisting of several steps, several of which are critical to the desired result, such as preparing the ground and watering. It is also worth planning the setting up of a lawn, because some stages take time if they are to bring the dream results in the form of beautifully growing grass.
Preparing the ground for the lawn is the basic stage and the most important one that should not be underestimated. In this context, it is necessary to look at them in terms of soil quality and site clearance.
Over time, which is especially visible on lawns that are intensively used and established on heavy soils, the soil layer under the lawn becomes more and more compact (the amount of space between soil particles decreases).
As a consequence, the amount of air supplied to the grass roots decreases and the lawn withers, turns yellow, withers or rots. Then it is necessary to perform lawn aeration.
The purpose of aerating the lawn is to loosen the ground and supply air to the grass root system. In this way, we will provide better conditions for the growth of grass, and the lawn will better withstand intense trampling.
Lawn scarification is a vertical cutting of the turf to a depth of about 5-15 mm.
Its purpose is to remove dead plant parts, moss and excess felt. Thanks to this treatment, we will provide the grass with better access to water, light and oxygen, and we will remove weeds and moss.
Lawn scarification is needed when the turf no longer looks like a green carpet and begins to resemble a pasture overgrown with moss. The lawn "gives us a signal" that it is time to scarify when the turf becomes too dense - i.e. after rainfall or watering, the water does not soak for a long time and when the grass does not regenerate as well as before.
