Poor Lawn

Hi,

I relayed my new lawn last year.
It's gone from nice to poor now...
I want to redo the whole lawn.
Shall i just spread top soil all over the lawn, then just reseed it all over.? i made some holes with a folk

Someone who has done this, please give me some advice

Cheers.

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner M-Anthony.

A few questions for you first please. Are you in a new build house? Does the lawn get a lot of feet trampling over it? Is your soil clay?

 

Hi and thanks,

It's old building. it was clay before, but we dug over 100 bags of dirt last year.
So maybe there some clay still underneath. only one child uses it, but not often.

Cheers.

 

Thanks. The reason I asked if it was a new build is, the builders tend to dump all sorts of rubbish and rubble in the garden and cover it with a few inches of soil, then turf. It doesn't make for a good lawn.

Your garden will still have a clay base and that makes a difference to drainage. When you spike the lawn it would be a good idea in future to brush some sharp sand into the holes, this will help keep the soil open and aid drainage.

Starting again I would dig the whole surface over to about a spades depth. Dig in a good amount of small shingle or sand, firm down then rake to level and follow by seeding. Grass roots only grow to about 4in/10cm in depth but the lawn will still need the drainage. Don't feed the lawn in it's first year as there will be enough nutrients in the soil to sustain it, feeding can make it outgrow it's strength.