LAWN MAKING SUBMITTED BY

M. Anushiya devi
ABM-11-003
A lawn is an area where grass is grown as
a green carpet for a landscape and is the
basic feature of any garden.

 Ingeneral lawn should be wide open with

access to direct sunshine, especially in
front of a rockery and a water pool.
TURF
Grass under high maintenance
Ex: sports ground

LAWN
Grass under low maintanence
Ex: Home
 Warm season grasses
 Cool season grasses
 Botanical name Common name Texture Situation

Cynodon dactylon Hariyali (or) Arugu Medium fine Suitable for open

(or) Doob grass sunny location;

drought resistant
Stenotaphrum secundatum St. Augustine grass Coarse texture Suitable for shady

or Buffalo grass situation; requires

frequent watering

Paspalum vaginatum Paspalum grass Medium Suitable for open

sunny situation
Zoisia japonica Japan grass Coarse Suitable for poor
sandy soil; open
sunny situation,
slow in growth

Z. matrella Manila grass Medium Suitable for open

sunny situation

Z. tenuifolia Korean grass or Fine Suitable for open

velvet grass or carpet sunny situation
grass
Cynodon sp. Bermuda grass (or) Fine Suitable for open
Hyderabad grass sunny situation,
needs mowing
Botanical name Common name Texture situation

Poa annua Annual blue grass Medium fine Suitable for acid soils
and suitable for
higher elevations

Poa pratensis Kentucky blue

grass

Agrostix polystris Creaping bent

grass
Growth habits(Bunch, Rhizomatous, Soloniferoux)
Leaf tip(Pointed , Round shape tip, Boat shape tip, Boat shape in two splits)
Leaf texture (fine, medium, coarse)
Color (light to dark green)
Meyer Zoysia
 The four methods to starting a lawn are….
• Seeding
• Sodding
• Plugging
• Sprigging & Stolonizing
 Most common & least expensive way to start a
lawn.
 Methods are….
• Hand Seeding
• Hand Spreader
• Cultipacker
• Hydroseeder
HAND HAND
SEEDING SPREADER
Cultipacker
Hydroseeder
Applies seed, water, fertilizer & mulch
at the same time.
Using established turf (grass & roots) that is cut in thin
layers and removed from the growing area in strips.
 Istaken to new lawn & rolled out and fitted
together.
 More expensive than other methods,
but….
• Provides instant lawn.
• Works on slopes where seeds will wash away.
Using small plugs or blocks of sod to plant in holes about 1
foot apart.
Very time consuming, but….
Is used for many warm season grasses that are poor
seed producers.
Uses plant runners, cuttings, or stolons without soil
attached to start new lawns.
Sprigging is slow if done by hand.
Can be done by broadcasting plant parts and rolled or
disked into the soil.
Usually used on larger areas such as golf courses
 Fertilizing
the lawn thrice a year is
adequate to maintain rich greenness.
 Application of urea or ammonium sulphate
at the rate of 1 kg / 50 sq. m during
February - March, June - July and
October - November is quite beneficial.
 At times well decomposed compost at 10
kg / 10 sq. m area will be sufficient as top
dressing.
 Weeds should be removed as soon as
they appear, otherwise they spread, seed
multiply and overpower the grass.
 Fill the gaps with grass roots and fine soil.
 In the absence of rain, watering is done
regularly at weekly intervals.
 Mowing should be done at brief intervals and
never allow to produce seed stalks.
 Avoid cutting the grass too short as this can
damage the grass, inhibit a deeper root
system from setting up and give rise to
weeds.
 The ideal height of most grasses is 3 to 4
inches. Removing more than one-third of the
grass leaf in a single cutting is not
recommended.
 Mow only on dry grass and not when the
grass is wet.
Problem Symptoms Control

Iron: Spray Ferrous sulphate 25 g dissolved in

Grass turns yellow with 10 litres of water per 100 sq. metre.
Chlorosis the deficiency of
magnesium and iron
Magnesium: Spray Magnesium sulphate 100 g
in 10 litres of water per 100 sq. metre.

Lawns cut too closely

Mow enough to remove not more than 1/3rd
Improper turn yellowish and
height of the grass at a time. Keep mower
mowing often look diseased or
blades sharp.
dried

Light sprinkling
Improper encourages shallow Water the lawn to wet the soil about10 to 15
watering roots. Over watering cm depth.
causes diseases
 Pest Symptoms Control
Form small mounds around
White ants the entrance to their Apply Lindane 1.3 % dust
nests
Eat away grass stems near
Cut worms the surface of the soil Apply Lindane 1.3 % dust
causing dead spots
Eat away the roots of
Grubs grasses creating brownish Apply Lindane 1.3 % dust
dead patches
Suck the juice from grass
blades causing stripped
Leafhoppers Spray Dimethoate 2 ml/l
white, then yellow and
finally brown leaves.
Affect the roots, lawn takes
Nematodes a bleached out Apply Furadan 40 g /sq.m
appearance