Growing a lawn from seed, how stoned can my mud be?

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• btb3312 Posts: 11

  March 2022

  Thanks all for the advice. I'm looking at top soil, does it matter what type?  There seems to many different types.
  
  The kids will be fine waiting to go on it.  We may set up a time lapse camera to see it grow!

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  March 2022

  Probably best to have a look at what's available in your area, but yes- pick a reputable supplier. 

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• Liriodendron Posts: 8,328

  March 2022

  And go for lawn seed specifically for a hard wearing lawn - you want rye grass in the mix, I think.  Otherwise your kids will wear it out...

  Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  March 2022 edited March 2022

  Someone (or maybe several someones) on here said the topsoil from British Sugar is good - apparently it's recovered from what they wash off the sugar beets.

  My soil has plenty of pebbles of all sizes in it (naturally), and it is a bit of a nuisance when I want to spike the lawn in the areas that get compacted, but the grass has been here for longer than me and it's definitely not worth the bother of taking it all up and starting again. I would say, take out what you can of the big pebbles/stones but don't obsess over it, and don't worry about the little ones.
  

  And have a hose and a sprinkler at the ready in case there's a dry spell before the new grass gets established.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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