Hello,
we currently have a problem with the grass edges along the roadside burning. This is partly due to the concrete base underneath, which drains water underground, and partly because the grass edge stones/the road heat up, causing increased evaporation. Watering only helps to a limited extent because the concrete base means there is only a small amount of soil and therefore limited water capacity.
Many people in this housing development have the same issue and solve it by removing the grass, for example, and creating a gravel bed or something similar, or they have simply accepted the situation.
Are there other solutions? Would moisture-retaining granules possibly help?
we currently have a problem with the grass edges along the roadside burning. This is partly due to the concrete base underneath, which drains water underground, and partly because the grass edge stones/the road heat up, causing increased evaporation. Watering only helps to a limited extent because the concrete base means there is only a small amount of soil and therefore limited water capacity.
Many people in this housing development have the same issue and solve it by removing the grass, for example, and creating a gravel bed or something similar, or they have simply accepted the situation.
Are there other solutions? Would moisture-retaining granules possibly help?
ypg schrieb:
Ignore it! It will recover once the weather gets a bit more humid.
Lawns do require a lot of care, but they are also very resilient and will bounce back. I can’t confirm that – in our case, the top 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches) are basically “burned,” and there’s little recovery. There are a few green blades here and there, but you can’t really call it a lawn. I water these patches regularly, but it doesn’t help.
Either remove the concrete underneath or learn to live with the sparse remains.
Wastl schrieb:
I can’t confirm that – in our case, the first 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches) are also "burned," with little recovery – just a few green blades here and there, but you can’t really call it a lawn. I water these strips regularly, yet it doesn’t help. Either remove the concrete underneath or live with the sparse remains. Grass doesn’t recover overnight, but during the next moist season. A single blade needs about 4 to 6 weeks. By the way, our strip is 1 meter (3 feet) wide.
As already mentioned: grass needs care, possibly it was cut too short, or it simply wasn’t watered for a few days. The blades dry out. A lawn consists of many different grass plants. Each blade is part of a plant.
I have never seen grass fail to regrow from the root, even if something was standing on it for weeks. And dry periods lasting several weeks hardly occur here... The roots should stay moist since the soil in Germany doesn’t dry out that deeply.
I turned necessity into an advantage.
Under one roof overhang, there was a strip about 10 cm (4 inches) wide that always stayed dry. Solution: edge stones 16 cm (6 inches) wide. It looks neat and eliminates the need for trimming edges after mowing. Simply placed in gravel, tapped into place, and done.
Under another roof overhang, the strip was almost half a meter wide. Solution: a path made of 50x50 cm (20x20 inches) paving slabs. As a trial, these were first laid only on gravel. The effect is the same as with the edging stones, as they were laid flush with the top edge of the lawn. A side benefit: you can walk to the garage and storage area with dry feet, even when the lawn is wet. And it looks tidy.
Under one roof overhang, there was a strip about 10 cm (4 inches) wide that always stayed dry. Solution: edge stones 16 cm (6 inches) wide. It looks neat and eliminates the need for trimming edges after mowing. Simply placed in gravel, tapped into place, and done.
Under another roof overhang, the strip was almost half a meter wide. Solution: a path made of 50x50 cm (20x20 inches) paving slabs. As a trial, these were first laid only on gravel. The effect is the same as with the edging stones, as they were laid flush with the top edge of the lawn. A side benefit: you can walk to the garage and storage area with dry feet, even when the lawn is wet. And it looks tidy.
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