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Organic material, such as compost, grass clippings, and other natural matter, plays a crucial role in improving soil structure and providing essential nutrients for your lawn. Organic material helps break up the dense clay particles and improve drainage, allowing water and air to penetrate the soil.

A favourite of turf growers, smooth stalked meadow grass is a good choice for people with kids and pets. This is because it will naturally spread out and start to grow in the bare patches that are created when your kids play on the lawn, or your dog decides to go digging. That’s not a silly question, honest. All the products in our line-up are seed mixes, made up of different grass varieties that each have their pros and cons. With a mix of two different perennial ryegrass cultivars and creeping red fescue, the lawn you will get will be resilient enough for children and dogs once it’s grown, and if you sow at the right time, as in when the ground is warm enough, you’ll see some magic within 2-3 weeks. Football pitch vs posh lawn: If your lawn needs to withstand endless close encounters with kids, pets and BBQ guests, then go for a predominantly ryegrass mix. But if you want a smooth ornamental lawn, avoid ryegrass completely and go for bentgrass, with some fescue in the mix to help it survive underfoot. With GBW grass seed, that’s exactly what you get. The dwarf amenity ryegrass gives you an overall tough base that can handle shade and bad weather, and give weeds a hard time too. Red fescue and chewings fescue seeds are in there to help get those roots established, spread to bare patches, and cope with drought. Then there’s the brown top bent that will provide the softness and colour of a bowling green.

Best for clay soil: The Grass People seed– the deep roots of fescue, combined with perennial rye make this a winner for clay soil.

I hope this article has given you a fair idea f what you need to plan and do to grow grass on clay soil. So now go ahead and execute your plan

Planning your lawn

Mowing frequently is an important task when it comes to managing your lawn throughout the growing season. The lawn naturally gets more stressed as the weather warms up, so keeping it at a healthy height by mowing consistently will help to keep it stay strong and of course green. Present in our Classic, Shadygreen, Staygreen and Easygreen Grass Seed mixtures Tall Fescue (Festuca species) This application is designed to get into the soil and significantly improve its general structure. Above and beyond helping the soil, it will also help promote greener grass blades by creating better growing conditions. IMPRESS: Clay Master also features a high content of Tall Fescue in the mix. Fescues are typically finer-leafed and can root up to 2-3ft deep in the earth. This rooting depth is needed for heavy clay soils that are difficult to penetrate. Add organic material to your soil: As previously mentioned, organic material can help break up the dense clay particles and improve drainage in your soil. You can add compost, grass clippings, or other natural matter to your soil to improve its structure and provide essential nutrients for your lawn.