Content
- Creating and maintaining football pitches - that's the way it is in the stadium
- Prepare the seedbed - this is how to do it right
- Sow football turf - that's what happens with skill
- Fitness training for football turf - this care is important
- Tips & Tricks
Creating and maintaining football pitches - that's the way it is in the stadium
What fun to play football with the kids in the garden. So that the lawn does not flatten, he should be properly created and maintained. We reveal how the plan succeeds in stadium quality.
Prepare the seedbed - this is how to do it right
In order for a football lawn to withstand counter-attacks and blood clubs, you set the course with the professional preparation of the soil. For the following work, choose a dry day between April and June, because at this time ideal climatic conditions for the installation of a football pitch prevail. So do it exemplary:
In order to put the turf seed in a good mood, experienced hobby gardeners work ripe compost and horn meal into the upper soil layer. Then sprinkle the surface and let rest for 14 days.
Sow football turf - that's what happens with skill
Once the ground has settled, the plaice is ready for the delicate grass seeds. Now the soil gets its final touch, by weeding again and create a crumbly Feinplanum. Use a spreader to spread the seeds. Then use the rake to lightly insert the light germs and solidify the seedbed with a roller.
In the following period, the freshly sown football lawn must not dry out at any time in order not to endanger the germination of the seeds. Depending on the variety, you can look forward to the first seedlings within 8 to 21 days.
Fitness training for football turf - this care is important
Before you go hunting for goals with your children on your own football pitch, the green is brought into top form. If the stalks have reached a height of 10 centimeters, they receive the first cut. Mow a maximum of one third of the grass tips. The following care measures keep the football turf fit:
At the end of the summer and at the beginning of the new outdoor season, a strained, vermooster lawn is lovingly cared for. They breathe new life into green by scarifying, aerating, sanding and fertilizing. If a pH test proves a score below 5.5, you can compensate for the shortcoming with lawn lime in an instant.
Tips & Tricks
The choice of a suitable seed creates the best conditions for a durable football pitch. The research society Landschaftsentwicklung und Landschaftsbau e.V. has looked closely and found out the ideal mixture. Look for an offer with 60 percent meadow grass (Poa pratensis) and 40 percent ryegrass (Lolium perenne).