sowing a lawn

Espoo

Hi
I intend sowing a lawn this year. At the moment I have very unlevel ground
where the lawn will be. The lawn is each side of a driveway. There are weeds and scutch of all sorts. Can I just level this off roughly now. spray it about august again a couple of weeks later and sow the lawn in september?
Or Do I need to spray it now before roughly levelling it off. If I dont spray
it before levelling now will it lead to weeds coming up through the new lawn
when it eventually is sown?

Cheers
Espoo

puzzle factory

level first, spray 2nd

Espoo

Thanks Puzzle
Thats what I was hoping. I don't think there will be a problem with weeds coming up due to seeds surviving deep under ground (after levelling)? The spray will penetrate deep enough I'd say? I was going to use roundup? What do you think?

Espoo

jc bamford

It would be better spray first. Spray like Roundup is taken in through the leaves and works best on actively growing weeds. Wait until the weeds and grass dies off, then level and till. There will be a whole new set of weed seeds waiting to kick in once you disturb the soil. If you get it sown fairly quickly with a bit of luck the lawn mower will take care of these at the first mowing. If you are leaving it until August you will need to spray again before you start your final tilling

phelixoflaherty

http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about287.html

antodeco

I'm spraying the whole garden first. Then I'm going to dig and level off. Respray everything again and then sow the lawn. For what it's worth, the B&Q version of Roundup is actually stronger but importantly a lot less. I've found it works perfect

Espoo

Thanks all
Yeah so I think maybe if I put on a strong dose of spray early august. Level off a few weeks later and sow lawn? This might be the handiest?

Cheers