If I were to lay turf directly onto concrete will it grow?

TIA

Sean

"Dr Teeth" wrote in message
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If I were to lay turf directly onto concrete will it grow?

TIA

Sean

All concrete needs light and water to grow-so don't kill it with turf.

Ho hum - I mean't will the turf grow

"don" wrote in message
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"Dr Teeth" wrote in message
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If I were to lay turf directly onto concrete will it grow?

TIA

Sean

All concrete needs light and water to grow-so don't kill it with turf.

"Dr Teeth" wrote in message
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Ho hum - I mean't will the turf grow

Probably not. Mine dies off at the edge of the driveway where the soil is
only an inch deep. It won't drain properly either. That said though, people
succesfully grow grass on garage roofs so I guess with a couple of inches of
soil it can survive. It'll never be a bowling green though.

Why do you want to do this though? Is the concrete so thick you can't remove
it easily? What do you want to use the area for? For a kids play area for
example, maybe astro-turf would be suitable.

Martin

Just knocked down an old conservatory and the only remnants is a thick
concrete slab - just thought an easy solution would be to lay grass but
obviously not. I will think about a patio instead.

Thanks for the info

Sean

"Martin Sykes" wrote in message
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"Dr Teeth" wrote in message
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Ho hum - I mean't will the turf grow

Probably not. Mine dies off at the edge of the driveway where the soil is
only an inch deep. It won't drain properly either. That said though,
people
succesfully grow grass on garage roofs so I guess with a couple of inches
of
soil it can survive. It'll never be a bowling green though.

Why do you want to do this though? Is the concrete so thick you can't
remove
it easily? What do you want to use the area for? For a kids play area for
example, maybe astro-turf would be suitable.

Martin

In article ,
Dr Teeth wrote:
Just knocked down an old conservatory and the only remnants is a thick
concrete slab - just thought an easy solution would be to lay grass but
obviously not. I will think about a patio instead.

With a smooth surface like that, you can lay a patio on as little as
1" of sand, though using 2" is easier. That leads to a minimum total
increase in depth of 3".

You can also consider making raised beds or planters using bricks
or concrete blocks, which are very good for growing drought tolerant
plants in.


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Nick Maclaren,
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:14:29 +0000 (UTC), "Dr Teeth"
wrote:

If I were to lay turf directly onto concrete will it grow?


It may survive for a while, though probably not past the first drought
or serious downpour. We've got a very large air-raid shelter under the
lawn in one of our gardens, it's got over a foot of soil over it and
it still half kills the grass over it in very dry years.

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