Aftercare

The maintenance of a newly seeded or turfed area which helps in its establishment and development. Activities which might be typically considered include
protecting the area by the use of barriers, ropes, or similar;
hand weeding to prevent and reduce competition to the young sward;
a light top-dressing to aid knitting in of turf or protecting exposed seed or reseeded areas which didn’t germinate satisfactorily first time around;
an appropriate fertiliser to aid strong development, but not excessive leaf growth;
regular watering to prevent seed or turf from drying out;
a light topping of the grass once a pre-determined height has been reached, so as to help tillering and encourage or maintain sward density.