Sowing new lawn

[NewhouseOldhouse]

Hi

I am in the process of sowing part of a new lawn that was made up of popular trees, all types of hedging and other randoms items whihc I have removed.

I had a digger in before lockdown and they have level out but still a lot of roots which I was planning to cut away myself.

I would say its about 80 to 100 sq mtrs and am looking advice on whether to use screened or unscreened topsoil as there is a good difference in price and I would say I might need about 10 ton of soil.

Would anyone be able to advise please?

 

[Munroast]

If you are sewing your own I will guess you just want a basic lawn? (not a bowling green)
I would just buy unscreened, after you have levelled it, rake it a few times, seed it and blind it with a couple of mm of sharp sand - then water the fark out of it for the rest of the year. you will have problems with weeds doing it in the spring, but weed n' feed it next year will sort that.

 

[NewhouseOldhouse]

I got 2 ton of screened soil today just to see but will need another 10 ton and that's around £350 as opposed to unscreened at £170.

Thats why I asked

 

[NewhouseOldhouse]

Another thing what size of a bag of grass seed would i need for the lawn approx?

 

[Munroast]

have a look at what the unscreened soil is like before buying - I have bought it before and it has been fine with not too many stones in, but have heard tales of very stony stuff. You need to see what they will be brining.

 

[oldbutnotdead]

As long as the unscreened hasn't got any boulders in it I'd use that. Screened can end up (when compacted) not draining very well

 

[Halitosis]

Buy decent seed from a specialist like Boston or similar. Their websites will advise how much you should buy and there are various mixes to suit uses from ornamental to family, shady, slow grow etc. Worth it considering the overall cost