RU2102551C1 - Method for creating cultivated lawn - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agricultural technology. SUBSTANCE: this relates to creation of cultivated lawn used for sports, decorative, soil-protection and other purposes. According to method, prepared is soil vegetation mixture which is kept in fellow, watered, then fertilizer is introduced, weeds are removed, mixture of seeds is prepared, sowing is performed, grass is mowed. Process is follows. Prepared soil vegetation mixture is screened and loaded in containers with sliding-out bottom having calibrated holes. Placed on container bottom is layer of sand and containers are installed on preliminarily prepared sloping ground. At growing of sod strips in containers, performed is entire technological cycle of care up to full readiness of sod. Before transporting to lawn creation site, sod strips in containers are covered with layer of damp saw-dust at grass side and sod surface is slightly moistened. Ready sod is unloaded directly at lawn site, bottom of each container is drawn-out and sod strips are arranged on base ground or drain system. Sod strips are carefully levelled in height, tightly joined to each other and joints between them are filled with soil vegetation mixture. EFFECT: high efficiency. 5 cl, 2 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to agriculture, and in particular to methods of creating a cultivated lawn used for sports, decorative, soil protection and other purposes.

 Known methods of creating lawns, including: preparing a soil plant mixture, keeping it under steam, irrigation, applying fertilizers, preparing a mixture of seeds and sowing, weeding weeds, cutting the finished plates of the grown turf coating, transporting the obtained turf coating in the form of plates or rolls to the place of creation of the lawn.

 Closest to the invention is a method of creating a lawn, in which the grown turf coating is cut and transported in the form of plates or rolls to the place of creation of the lawn.

 The turf coating grown in this way, transported to the place where the lawn was created, should be sufficiently thin and dense. But a thin turf coating wears out quickly and requires frequent changes. And occupations, for example, in sports, on a platform with a dense coating negatively affect the health of athletes and their athletic form.

 In addition, the quality of the drainage system, on which a thin and dense turf coating is laid, is subject to increased requirements, which entails an increase in labor costs and cost in creating a cultivated lawn.

 The objective of the invention of a method for creating a cultivated lawn is to obtain a turf coating with a thickness sufficient to form a strong root system of plants used in the grass, possessing the necessary elasticity, elasticity, strength and wear resistance, not deforming during long transportation, and suitable for laying on various underlying soils and drainage systems in various climatic zones, with the possibility of varying the coating thickness depending on the functional purpose of the gas but also other factors to be considered.

 This problem is solved by the fact that in the method of creating a sod covering, including preparing the soil plant mixture, keeping it under steam, applying fertilizers to it, weeding the weeds, preparing the seed mixture and sowing, the soil plant mixture is sieved and loaded into containers with a retractable bottom with calibrated holes, a layer of sand is preliminarily laid on the bottom.

 Containers with a bottom-grown turf coating are installed on a pre-prepared inclined platform.

 Measures for the maintenance of turf cover are carried out during the entire necessary time until the turf is ready.

 Upon reaching the readiness of the turf, before transporting it in containers at the place of creation of the cultivated lawn, the turf coating in the containers is sprinkled on the side of the grass with a layer of wet sawdust, and the surface of the turf is slightly moistened.

 Then the turf-covered containers are transported to the place of cultivation of the cultivated lawn, unloaded from the vehicle directly to the construction site, the bottom of each container is extended, the turf plates are laid out on the underlying soil or drainage system.

 When creating a cultivated lawn for sports purposes, turf plates are laid out in the direction from the central longitudinal axis of the sports field to its lateral lines.

 The turf plates are carefully aligned motionless with respect to each other, with the exact observance of all the necessary slopes of the underlying soil or drainage system, are tightly joined together, the seams between the plates are covered with a soil plant mixture.

 Figure 1, 2 shows the basic design of the container. The bottom 2 of the container 1 is equipped with handles 3 and can be advanced along the guides 4 made in the side walls of the container. The bottom 2 of the container 1 has calibrated holes 5 for aeration of the soil and drainage of water from the container.

 The described method is as follows.

 To obtain ready-made sod-coating plates that will be used to create a cultivated lawn, the components of the soil plant mixture are prepared, which are usually used to create cultivated lawns by sowing seeds of turf-forming grasses. The components of the soil plant mixture are imported, mixed and poured into the piles.

 In addition, coarse river or washed mountain sand with a fraction of 1–2 mm is imported.

 Then, on a pre-prepared nursery site, for example, asphalted, containers are delivered and placed on hard plastic, metal, wood or other materials in which sod plates will be further grown and transported.

 The pre-prepared site is inclined in order to ensure the discharge of storm melt water and water flowing down after the artificial irrigation of the grown coating.

 After installing the containers, a layer of sand is laid on their bottom. From above, the containers are alternately closed with screens, through which the soil plant mixture is sieved into the containers onto a layer of sand. Then the surface of the mixture is leveled so that the height of the layer of the mixture throughout the container is uniform.

 The soil plant mixture is kept in containers "for steam" for 2 to 4 weeks. In the absence of rain, it is necessary to water the soil in containers twice a day in the morning, before sunrise and in the evening, after sunset.

 One week before sowing, fertilizers are applied to the soil. The day before sowing seeds, manual weeding is carried out. The next day, a seed mixture is prepared, which is sown on the surface of the containerized soil plant mixture. Sown seeds are closed from above with a layer of soil plant mixture with a thickness of 2 3 mm.

 In the future, maintenance of the created lawn turf will be reduced mainly to leveling the surface of the turf by adding soil to the plant mixture, sowing seeds in the right places, cutting the grass when it reaches a height of 8 12 cm, daily watering the turf in containers in the absence of rain.

 Sod plates are in containers until a high-quality sod is created and the formation of good grass stand is completed.

 After a dense grass stand is formed and turf is ready, containers with a finished coating are transported to the place where the lawn was created. During transportation, the turf plates on the side of the grass stand are covered with a layer of wet sawdust, and the surface of the turf is slightly moistened. After delivery of containers with turf plates to the place of creation of the cultivated lawn, the containers are put out of the vehicle to the construction site.

 The bottom of each container extends, and the turf plates are laid out on the underlying soil or drainage system.

 When creating a cultivated lawn for sports purposes, turf plates are laid out in the direction from the central longitudinal axis of the sports field to its lateral lines.

 The turf plates are carefully aligned flush with each other in compliance with all the necessary slopes of the underlying soil or drainage system, then they are tightly joined together and the seams between them are thoroughly covered with a soil plant mixture.

 Care of the cultivated lawn, in the future, is carried out in the usual manner, from conventional technology.

Claims (6)

 1. A method of creating a cultivated lawn, including preparing the soil plant mixture, keeping it “under steam”, watering, applying fertilizers, weeding the weeds, preparing the seed mixture, sowing, mowing the grass, characterized in that after preparation the soil plant mixture is sieved and loaded into containers with a retractable bottom with calibrated holes; a layer of sand is preliminarily laid on the bottom and containers are installed on a previously prepared inclined platform.  2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that when growing sod plates in containers, they carry out the entire process cycle to care until the sod is ready.  3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that when the turf is ready before transportation to the place of lawn creation, the turf plates in the containers are sprinkled on the grass side with a layer of wet sawdust, and the surface of the turf is slightly moistened.  4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that upon reaching turf preparedness, turf-covered containers are transported to the place of creation of the cultivated lawn, unloaded from the vehicle directly to the construction site, the bottom of each container is pulled out and the turf plates are laid on the underlying soil or drainage the system.  5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that when creating a cultivated lawn for sports purposes, turf plates are laid out in the direction from the central longitudinal axis of the sports field to its lateral lines.  6. The method according to PP.3 and 4, characterized in that the turf plates are carefully aligned in height with the exact observance of all the necessary slopes of the underlying soil or drainage system, are tightly joined with each other, and the seams between them are covered with soil plant mixture.

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