Subtropical Garden & Pool Services cc
Water in Randburg

Subtropical Garden & Pool Services cc offers turnkey garden and pool services including but not limited to the following services:-.
Cobble edging services.
Indoor and outdoor pots, office, house, pool, incorporating Rent a Domestic for all your garden, repair and renovation services.
Landscape design and construction services.
Irrigation systems.
Rent a Gardener (Pty) Ltd, mulch and topsoil services.
Tree felling and trimming services.
New concrete or fibreglass swimming pools, lawn dressing, herbicide and pesticide services.
Instant lawn services.
Compost, fungicide, water features and koi pond services.
Fertiliser, factory and shopping centre cleaning services.

Roll on turf allows you to enjoy a lawn of instant beauty and maturity without the usual time-consuming hassles of seeding or planting runners. The following steps are the basic steps to a beautiful lawn. With a tape, measure the area of your planned lawn. Include these measurements on a sketch of the lawn area, with the length, width, and any unusual features. If you are having difficulty we will be happy to determine the amount of instant roll on lawn you will need from your sketch. Prompt installation on the day of delivery is crucial to a strong beginning for your instant lawn. Eliminate drainage problems by having soil slope away from foundations, etc. Rake and smooth the soil removing rocks, roots, and any debris. Roll the area lightly with a roller 1/3 full of water. This will firm the soil surface and reveal low areas that need more soil. Spread the fertilizer evenly and rake into the top quarter inch of soil, this will feed the lawn while it becomes established. Water the prepared area to settle soil and provide a moist base for the turf. On hot days watering around midday will be necessary to keep the lawn moist. Avoid watering when conditions are windy to maximise watering efficiency. To maintain very presentable, a mature lawn on deep draining soil will require watering twice a week for 20-30 min per time. 30 mm twice a week is the maximum water requirement for most established lawns. Roll on and shredded lawns are very susceptible to dehydration and dying off in the first 5-6 weeks after planting. Therefore they must be kept moist continuously during this period. To accurately determine a watering program which achieves this, and remains efficient, requires an astute evaluation of the environmental conditions present. Temperature and prevailing winds are the most important environmental factors to consider. When determining your watering program, other environmental factors to consider include the protection the site gets from sunlight, strong winds and the quality and depth of the topsoil. EXAMPLE OF A WATERING PROGRAMME: for a new lawn in the height of summer in an area which receives strong easterly winds with no protection. Care should be taken not to water when the wind is actually blowing as it will severely reduce the precipitation rate i.e. If watering in the wind is unavoidable compensate by watering for longer. After 5 weeks, as for any lawn situation, deep rooting should be encouraged by reducing the frequency of watering from 7 times a week down to 1-2 times a week, over a period of 2-3 months. Lawn should be watered with a fixed, below ground irrigation system, preferably professionally designed: ideally it should be matched to an automatic controller. Hand watering should be AVOIDED as it is too uneven and can erode the soil by pitting. 10 minutes per day are quickly lost in evaporation (within the first two hours after the sun is up), leaving the grass roots close to the surface and exposed to the heat of the day.