Lawn grass seeds «Sports»

Lawn grass «Sports» / Lawn Playground - is a high-quality grass mixture recommended for creating grass sports fields and other lawns for active recreation. Sports lawns should be characterized by increased resistance to trampling and rapid recovery after load, so this mixture predominantly uses fast-growing cereal grasses with wide elastic shoots and leaves and grasses that form a dense turf.

Purpose of lawn grass «Sports»: to create a lawn on tennis courts, football fields, volleyball and children's playgrounds.

The seeding rate is 20 grams per 0.5 m2.

Recommendations for creating a lawn:

• The area for sowing is dug up;
• Carefully level the top layer of soil with a rake, clearing perennial weeds and stones;
• Rolling is carried out to compact and level the soil surface;
• The prepared area is watered abundantly with a large amount of water, achieving moistening of the top layer of soil by 10-15 cm;
• After watering, phosphorus-potassium fertilizers are applied to ensure the lawn takes root and the top layer of soil is allowed to dry (up to about 2 cm) for 1-3 hours, depending on temperature conditions;
• After drying, the soil is treated with a rake to loosen the surface to a depth of 1-2 cm, avoiding the formation of lumps;
• After loosening, the grass mixture is sown using the cross method, evenly distributing the seeds throughout the entire area;
• After sowing the seeds, the top layer of soil is compacted by rolling, after which irrigation is carried out using the sprinkling method to prevent the seeds from being washed out of the soil;
• The first mowing is carried out when the grass reaches 7-10 cm in height;
• After which the lawn must be fed with ammonia fertilizers to stimulate grass growth;
• If the lawn is weedy, weeds are weeded, and to combat dicotyledons and root shoots, you can also use herbicides with the active substance: triasulfuron 41 g/kg + dicamba 650 g/kg, clopiromide 300 g/l.

General recommendations for lawn care:

• Mandatory daily watering on hot days, water consumption rate 10-30 l/m2;
• Timely destruction of weeds;
• Carrying out aeration 1-2 times a year
• Removing (combing out) dead residues.

Composition of the grass mixture «Sports»:

• Red fescue (Festuca Rubra) - 65%,
• Perennial tares (Lolium Perenne) - 25%,
• Rough fescue (Festuca Trachyphylla) - 5%,
• Meadow bluegrass (Poa Pratensis) - 5%.

Sowing time for «Sports» lawn grass:

• Spring period: second half of April - mid-May;
• Autumn period: from the 1st to the 3rd decade of September.

Desirable air temperature when sowing: 18°C.