Methods of Lawn Making

Authors

  • M. Velmurugan
  • M. Anand
  • V. Davamani
  • K. Rajamani
  • L. Pugalendhi

Keywords:

Lawn making, Turfing, Dibbling, Astro turf

Abstract

Lawn is known as green carpet and serves as the basic feature of any landscape garden. This mainly brings the integrity among the garden components and breaks the monotony. There are more than five grass species are available in the nurseries and recently Paspalum vaginatum is suited for open sunny locations and withstand salinity. Among the different methods of lawn making seeding method is seldom practiced because poor seed germination and delay in establishment. Dibbling is most commonly adopted method by the landscapers and turfing is followed as instantaneous method. Astro turf is an artificial method employed in airports and sports grounds where no maintenance is required at all.

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Author Biographies

M. Velmurugan

Dept. of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (641 003), Tamil Nadu, India

M. Anand

Horticulture Research Station, Yercaud (636 602), Salem, Tamil Nadu, India

V. Davamani

Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (641 003), Tamil Nadu, India

K. Rajamani

Dept. of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (625 601), Tamil Nadu, India

L. Pugalendhi

Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (625 601), Tamil Nadu, India

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Published

2020-05-11

How to Cite

[1]
Velmurugan, M. et al. 2020. Methods of Lawn Making. Biotica Research Today. 2, 5 Spl. (May 2020), 190–192.

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