Content
- Drain Meadow - Instructions for drainage drainage
- Why is the meadow wet?
- How to dry the meadow - what you have to pay attention to
- Lay the drainage
- Tips & Tricks
Drain Meadow - Instructions for drainage drainage
If the meadow is wet, this can be a real problem, especially near the house. Moist meadows are often overgrown with moss, which is also a sure indicator of too acidic soil. Even a regular puddle formation in always the same places indicates a lack of permeability of the soil. How to find a remedy.
Why is the meadow wet?
The fact that the meadow is wet is usually due to a lack of permeability of the soil. Especially heavy loamy or clayey soils tend to prevent water from seeping in, but instead accumulate on the surface. This happens especially in meadows, which lie in a depression, because here the water can not escape even to the sides.
How to dry the meadow - what you have to pay attention to
Of course, you first have to be careful not to dry protected wetlands or wetlands - this is subject to licensing, whereby the required permit is now granted only rarely. These meadow species are rare biotopes and are considered worthy of protection. Of course, things are different with the wet meadow in front of your house, which of course you have to drain - otherwise it can happen that the excess moisture eventually lands in the masonry and causes their destructive work.
Lay the drainage
When laying the drainage pipes, make sure that they do not lead them into the sink but run parallel to the slope. It is also important that the pipes end either in a septic tank, in a stream or in the sewage system. In addition, you should run from top to bottom - that is, with a slope - because water is known to only downhill, but not uphill flows. And so you lay the drainage pipes:
Tips & Tricks
If the meadow is not close to the house, you can turn the wet meadow with the help of a soil improvement and the right plants to a true wetland biotope and create a coveted habitat for many rare plants and animals.