Allow the seedbed to cultivate for 10-14 days to encourage any weeds to come to the surface, then remove any weeds that appear by hand Thank you very informative but we are still getting the odd frosty night can I still follow your monthly schedule?. Under perfect conditions such as a lot of sunlight, but not overly hot temperatures, and plenty of rain, grass seed can take between one and three weeks to germinate. If conditions are not as perfect as you’d like, and they often aren’t, you will probably have to wait longer to see results. And as I showed you above the finished lawn after I tried to push a bit of a stripe in the lawn with my manual push mower: Lawn after 4-5 months of care from seed When is the best time to plant grass seed? With GBW grass seed, that’s exactly what you get. The dwarf amenity ryegrass gives you an overall tough base that can handle shade and bad weather, and give weeds a hard time too. Red fescue and chewings fescue seeds are in there to help get those roots established, spread to bare patches, and cope with drought. Then there’s the brown top bent that will provide the softness and colour of a bowling green.

This type of grass will tolerate the UK’s winter conditions once established, but seeds will struggle to germinate unless given warm soil to do so in. As many fescue cultivars are drought resistant, it is fine to sow this kind of seed in spring to summer and avoid cold ground conditions. How much will it cost to seed my lawn? Lawn seed is one of the easiest (or hardest if not applied correctly) ways to make your outdoor area feel like it’s brand new. With more of us spending time at home than ever before, patches, brown spots, and even weeds can prevent you from making the most of your green space. Unfortunately, as well as being high maintenance, it isn’t the hardiest of grasses and unless you have a full-time professional gardener looking after it, or you have the skill and time to do it yourself, you’d be better off using a mix of Bentgrass seed and something like perennial Ryegrass or Fescue. Poa supinaSpreaders Spreaders are a great way to evenly distribute seed and fertiliser. A variety of different types are available.’

Your garden may have a tendency to be dry or the soil may retain a lot of moisture. Both of these factors may have affected your success in maintaining a lush green lawn. Another factor that can impact lawn growth is shade; some grass species don’t grow well in shady areas. What’s more, when it grows it will be very resilient to pets and kids, and general foot traffic as long as you keep your mowing to between 25mm-40mm and don’t go shorter. Under the right conditions, you should be giving your new lawn its first ‘haircut’ by about 6 weeks after you originally sowed

Tall Fescue (Festuca species)

Getting the right balance between hardwearing grass and a comfortable soft lawn isn’t easy; tough grass can be coarse, but softer grass easily wears out. I had a bit of a dig – not too deep then I levelled the ground as best I could with my garden roller and then used a rake to make the dirt nice and fine then used the trusty lawn spreader. A few weeks later I was watering and grass coming through. Lawn sowed a few weeks before