Lawn Condition Assessment Sheet
Look the whole lawn over on the same points before buying feed or hiring a scarifier. Writing down what each zone shows makes it clear which problem to tackle first.
GG-19 1 page
Garden and growing · GG-20
New Lawn Seeding and Turf Establishment Record
A free printable new lawn record: ground preparation dates, seed or turf label details, sowing or laying, daily watering and emergence, and the first cuts.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Keep the whole story of a new lawn in one place so a patchy result can be traced. The label figures, the preparation and the first weeks sit on the same two pages.
Who it is for
Homeowners, gardeners and landscapers sowing a lawn from seed or laying turf.
How to use it
- Copy the product, cultivars, lot, purity, germination and label rate before the label goes in the bin.
- Date each preparation step as it is done, with what you found.
- Record the sowing or laying day and the weather.
- Fill in a line each day you water or look during the first weeks.
- Log the first cuts and any patches resown, then write the date you call it established.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: The ground preparation, the seed or turf and its label, the sowing or laying, then daily watering and emergence until the first cuts, so a patchy result can be traced back to its cause.
The label's figures, your dates. Sowing rate, sowing time, watering amounts and the first cutting height come from the seed label, the turf grower or your guide, not from this sheet. Copy purity, germination and the rate exactly as printed, and keep the label or a photo of it with this record.
Write-on lines: Area · Size · Sun or shade · Soil test ref · Recorded by
Seed or turf — copied from the label or delivery note
Also printed: Product · Supplier · Mix and cultivars · Lot · Purity · Germination · Label rate · Bought · seed mix or turf · as on the label · batch · % on label · per area · amount
Preparing and sowing — date each step as it is done
Also printed: Step · Done on · Notes · date · source, depth, product, weather, amount used · Old turf and weeds cleared · Dug, rotavated or cultivated, stones out · Topsoil brought in · Levelled, firmed and settled · Fed as the soil test advised · Final rake to a fine, even surface · Sown or laid · Raked in, rolled or covered · Watered in
Page 2
First weeks — a line each day you water or look; cover is your own estimate
Also printed: Date · Day · Watered · Rain · First shoots · Cover · Rooted · Problems · Notes · when, how long · date seen · estimate · turf: tug test · birds, wash-out, weeds, dry edges
First cuts and after
Write-on lines: First cut on · Height set · Second cut on · Patches resown: where, when · Fed since sowing: what, when · Date you call it established · Signed
Questions
Why is no sowing rate or cutting height printed?
Because they differ by seed mix, turf type and use, and the supplier's label is the right source. Copy the label rate into the seed table and write the height you chose, so the record shows what you actually did.
What is a tug test?
Gently lifting a corner of newly laid turf to see whether roots are holding it down. Writing the date it first holds gives you a simple measure of how the turf is rooting.
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