• Protecting the area by the use of barriers, ropes, or similar.
• Put up signage to ‘keep off’ the area, ideally also including an information board giving reasons why.
• 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. The use of a foliar feed can be helpful when root establishment is limited.
• Regular watering to prevent seed or turf from drying out.
• Selective light overseeding on poorly developed areas, especially where seed rot or damping off has occurred.
• Using a protective cover / germination sheet for seeded areas, which would be taken on and off at regular intervals to aid germination but also to keep the air flowing so as to prevent disease attack.
• Pinning down turf on banks to prevent turf slippage prior to root establishment.
• Light rolling to help firm seed bed following germination and improve root anchorage in the soil.
• 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. If any light, minor, sinkage has occurred then localised top-dressing can help maintain surface evenness.