ESTABLISHMENTOF LAWN AND MAINTANANCE OF LAWN

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ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTANANCE OF LAWN

DEFINITION:

A lawn has a charm all its own. It serves to enhance the beauty of a garden, be it large or small. It enhances the beauty of surrounding objects, whether they are trees, shrubs or flower beds.


ESTABLISHMENT OF LAWN:

Grass being one of the most hardiest perennial herbs, it is not difficult to keep a lawn in good condition provided one takes good care of it. The view of the lawn from the veranda and the windows of the house should be free and uninterrupted. A spacious lawn may be provided with beds of flowering plants, a group of shrubs or trees of attractive form or specimen shrubs as thuja orientalis or traveller palm or large succulents and there in pockets made in the lawn to form colonies of themselves and bear their beautiful flowers. Roof garden lawns on terraces have become a common sight and feature in almost all cities today. Before laying a roof lawn the drainage aspect of the roof and the load which the roof can withstand are to be considered. Good water proofing treatment has to be given to the roof along with slope to drain water into seepage collecting troughs on the terraces itself. To reduce the weight of the soil on the roof, lighter soil media like peat, vermiculite, coconut husk powder, etc. Are to be mixed with farm manure and leaf mould. The depth of medium may be around 12-15 cm. terrace lawns, apart from their aesthetic value are reported to lower the room temperature considerably.

In making a lawn it is essential that the ground be prepared properly, the surface being thoroughly dug and uniformly levelled, coarse stones, roots and other obstacles being removed and surface made smooth. Provision for drainage of excess rain water should be made if the ground is not sloppy. Let the ground settle down during the first showers. Any weed that may come up may be removed.


MAINTANANCE OF LAWN:

After making a lawn ; rolling, moving, watering and restoration of patchy places should receive regular attention.

Weeds should be pulled out as soon as they appear otherwise they soon spread, seeds multiply and overpower the grass. The gaps occupied by the weeds are filled with grass roots and fine soil.

In the absence of rain, it is watered regularly at 10 days interval.

Mowing should be done at brief intervals and never allowed to produce seed stalks.

Heavy roller should be used frequently but not when the ground is either too wet or dry. A mower should not be employed until a firm green sword has been formed. The grass is first cut with a sickle and the surface is then rolled.

To have a perfect green lawn, it is fed once a month with a liquid manure prepared by dissolving 45g of ammonium sulphate in 5 litres of water.

Once in a year, it is raked before the rain, top dressed with a rich mixture of well decomposed manure and sand. This will stimulate the grass with a new vigorous growth.

A spacious lawn though beautiful will often be monotonous. So, to break the monotony, some beautiful tree or shrub is recommended as ‘single specimen’ in the lawn.


Plants suitable for lawn:

Magnolia grandiflora, pinus longifolia, thuja  orientalis, agave americana, musa superba, hibiscus sp.,

  REFERENCE:

Introduction to horticulture 8th edition author N.Kumar

 

 

 

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