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| Laying the foundation of a good lawn
starts before you ever plant your seed. By proper preparation of you lawn site you
can avoid a lot of different problems with you lawn down the road. Aspects
like diseases, weeds, yellowing and more can often be avoided by carefully preparing your
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One of the most important steps you can
take before you seed your lawn is to take representative samples of your soil and conduct
a professional soil test. A good soil test can show you
aspects of your lawn such as pH and organic content along with recommended rates of
fertilizers and minor elements that should be applied to your site. These are all
things that you can fix prior to seeding your lawn.
- Take a soil sample of your lawn area and send it off for
testing.
- Kill off existing weeds and grasses on the site to be tilled up.
This only applies to areas that you will start from scratch on and not for
overseeding / improving existing lawns. You can use a
glyphosate type of herbicide.
- Do the first tilling of your lawn area. Then start working
on a making the initial "slope" to your lawn. Change any areas that
need filling in or cutting down to provide a more level, properly sloped lawn area.
An ideal lawn slope allows water to gently run off of the site, usually at a slope
of 1-2 foot drop per 100 feet (1-2% slope).
Also at this time you can make changes in
the slope and drainage of your lawn by moving the soil to improve these aspects. If
large areas must be moved, try and set aside the top 5 inches (topsoil) of your soil to
replace back in the same location. After tilling the lawn the first time you may
apply organic amendments and/or top soils to change the soil composition and
texture. Your soil test should show if this is needed or not. You can determine this
by doing the home soil texture test we describe on our soil test page.
- Spread any initial soil fertilizers and do the second tilling of
your lawn area. At this time you can install any lawn sprinkler systems you wish to
have in your lawn. Install sidewalks and other walk/patio surfaces. Also start
obtaining the finish grade by raking or dragging the lawn area smooth prior to planting.
An ideal finish is to get all of the lawn very smooth and level, resulting in the
top 1-2 inches of the soil being very fine composition.
- You are now ready to seed your lawn. For information on
this part of the lawn planting process proceed to Seeding
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