The invention discloses a turf laying method by using a turf planting machine, and comprising the steps that the turf planting machine travels on the ground, and a laying apparatus of the turf planting machine successively lays blocky turfs released from a material storage apparatus on the ground one by one; and a rolling apparatus of the turf planting machine successively rolls the blocky turfs laid on the ground so as to flatten the blocky turfs laid on the ground. According to the turf laying method, the specialized turf planting machine is adopted, and turf laying efficiency and turf laying quality can be improved.