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HELP- Minimum depth of soil for lawn
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| Shudderdun@hotmail.com 2005-09-28, 9:21 pm |
| I am in the process of laying land drains in the form of buried
perforated pipe covered by stone chippings, as my lawn floods every
time it rains and simply becomes a bog.
Can any of the subscribers advise me of the minimum depth of soil I
require on top of the stone to support grass /lawn
Many Thanks.
Rick.
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| Dwayne 2005-09-28, 10:21 pm |
| We had grass on 2 inches of soil over a yard of sand. The more soil you
have will reduce the amount you have to water to maintain your grass.
Dwayne
<Shudderdun@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1127950353.329647.264590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I am in the process of laying land drains in the form of buried
> perforated pipe covered by stone chippings, as my lawn floods every
> time it rains and simply becomes a bog.
>
> Can any of the subscribers advise me of the minimum depth of soil I
> require on top of the stone to support grass /lawn
>
> Many Thanks.
>
> Rick.
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| An Oasis 2005-09-29, 5:21 am |
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> Can any of the subscribers advise me of the minimum depth of soil I
> require on top of the stone to support grass /lawn
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We recommend a minimum depth of 100mm to clients! If you are prepared
to pay more increase it to 150mm. What you need to do, for minimum
maintainence is to get the roots to grow as deeply as possible.
Richard
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An Oasis
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| Janet Baraclough 2005-09-29, 11:21 am |
| The message <1127950353.329647.264590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
from Shudderdun@hotmail.com contains these words:
> I am in the process of laying land drains in the form of buried
> perforated pipe covered by stone chippings, as my lawn floods every
> time it rains and simply becomes a bog.
> Can any of the subscribers advise me of the minimum depth of soil I
> require on top of the stone to support grass /lawn
We put permeable fabric over the gravel, then a bare two inches depth
of soil then re-laid the turf on top of that. You can't even tell where
the drains run. It would be rare here for lawns to go weeks without
rain, ymmv.
Our land drains shift a LOT of water on rainy days; make sure yours
lead to somewhere with enough disposal-capacity.
Janet
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| Shudderdun@hotmail.com 2005-09-29, 8:21 pm |
| MANY THANKS for all your contributions.
Rick.
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| adder1969@yahoo.co.uk 2005-09-30, 7:21 am |
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Janet Baraclough wrote:
> Our land drains shift a LOT of water on rainy days; make sure yours
> lead to somewhere with enough disposal-capacity.
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> Janet
With so little topsoil might one run into the problem of it not
retaining enough moisture, i.e. drying out too much in the summer?
My garden used to waterlog too but when I dug it I found it was very
compacted clay. I've since dug out the clay and replaced with sandy
topsoil and that in itself has been enough so far to get rid of the bog
effect.
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| Janet Baraclough 2005-09-30, 3:21 pm |
| The message <1128075329.995095.58850@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>
from adder1969@yahoo.co.uk contains these words:
> Janet Baraclough wrote:
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> With so little topsoil might one run into the problem of it not
> retaining enough moisture, i.e. drying out too much in the summer?
Of course, in a dry area of the UK, which mine is not. That's why I wrote
" It would be rare here for lawns to go weeks without rain, ymmv."
which you edited out when quoting my post..
Janet (Isle of Arran, west Scotland)
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| Janet Baraclough 2005-09-30, 5:21 pm |
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For the benefit of newbies who have never encountered the inimitable
and multi-skilled cormaic in urg, here's the url to his website,
jampacked with his free professional advice on drainage etc. Well worth
adding to your favourites/bookmarks for all kinds of garden
hardlandscaping projects.
http://www.pavingexpert.com/
Janet
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