Over-seeding & Top Dressing

Overseeding and Top Dressing

If the lawn is patchy, thin or bare, we can spread seed and cover it with top dressing. This helps to thicken the grass and give you an attractive lawn. Sometimes there may be a large amount of moss and thatch that needs removing before seeding and this will require a scarification.

Aftercare

After carrying out the procedure, the next three weeks are key to seed germination. We recommend following the steps below:

  1. Do not mow the lawn for the next three weeks. This avoids disturbance to, and removal of, seeds as they germinate.
  2. Keep off the lawn as much as possible. This also avoids disturbing the seeds as they germinate.
  3. It is vital to water the lawn until the grass is established. Over the next three weeks, we recommend that you water your lawn every three days – ideally in the evening. Do this is with a sprinkler and move the sprinkler every fifteen minutes until the whole lawn has been covered. However, if it rains for an adequate period of time, this can replace the watering for that day. If you have a large lawn and time is an issue, we recommend splitting the lawn into three sections and watering a section each evening.

Whenever we visit your lawn, we monitor the health of the grass and look for signs of pests or diseases. We immediately advise of anything unusual we can see and how best to treat the problem. We also carry out an annual ph level test and adjust the fertiliser if necessary. At EJH Horticulture, we only use organic products and try to limit the use of plastic.

We aim to provide full customer satisfaction and therefore we guarantee all our treatments. If you are unhappy with the results of any treatment, we will apply another treatment free of charge.

If you see anything on your lawn that you are unsure of, please contact us on 07917 434744 and we will come out to assess it, free of charge.

At EJH Horticulture we love to see the whole of the garden looking great, not just the lawn. We are happy to give advice on matters other than lawn treatments where we can but, for anything else garden related we recommend consulting the Royal Horticultural Society.