Lawns

That definitely looks like a dog. I've not had that myself with my dogs, but mine are much smaller and in a much bigger garden. For friends with labradors, that's what their gardens tend to look like.

He’s not using the grass anymore as he’s 8 months and trained to go on another part of the garden. It’s a rental property so don’t want to spend money on turfing. I am not shy of the work so was hoping it would be fixable with some effort

The best way is to keep the soil damp and not saturate the area constantly. Hopefully the weather cools down a bit so it’s not so hot. This hot weather just bakes the ground so water evaporation is at very high levels.

Thanks @Graham B - I will look properly at those tomorrow (just about to go to bed).I might be onto a little bit of a winner as my neighbour is in need of some grass seed as well. so we could order together and reduce the delivery cost

What made you select Praxy as your choice of herbicide?How was it applied, rates and did you spot weed or a complete coverage?What was the weather like when you applied this?When did you first notice the issues.Did you apply any treatment before or after the herbicide?If a knapsack or...

Thank you all for replies and recommendations

Thank you

I use Comfrey. Alys Fowler: making liquid feed from comfrey.

Cheers John, I understand that grass seed takes 3 weeks to show and 8 weeks before 90% of it germinates. So there will be enough time for it to establish before the weather deteriorates? I could get them to start the Glyphosating mid August, as it takes two weeks to kill the grass. The reseeding...

If the ground is very heavy as mine was, then a good pick axe would be better than a fork. This is just to get the heavy large stone out before the rotovator gets to work on the tilth of the soil. The machine will make the ground a good crumb as you go over it and allow the tines to break up...

That's brilliant. Thanks so much.I went out earlier today and saturated the lawn just as you said. Will water again in a couple of days and see how I get on.

Just an update.... 5 weeks in and the ;awn if looking good again.... thanks for all the advice

Mine lawn is still green no mains water used we have still got a leak outside on the mains which was fixed 2 years ago

you were not far off to be honest, what tends to happen is many use more water in a knapsack to penetrate the moss so the ratio is adjusted. Iron is not too bad when it comes to ratio and application. I should have worded my reply slightly different also as not to confuse the answer.

Strange as the dead parts almost follow some kind of pattern.

Re Guinea Pig. If you should re consider you would need two as they suffer from loneliness. You could use a broad-leaf weed killer.

Thanks!

I soon hope to mow my new lawn for the first time (it was seeded over a month ago and is nearly ready for its first cut).My mower usually mulches the grass but on a new lawn for the first cut or two should I be adding the grass collector instead on mulching?

The germination time is just how long it takes to get out of the seed. It doesn't even mean the shoot has reached the surface yet. A grass plant is no different from anything else you'd sow from seed. You'll get an initial shoot with one or two fine leaves, then it grows and bulks out with...

Anything which cuts out the light, like a trampoline, is going to kill the grass underneath it. Your best bet is to buy a box of grass seed and a bag of topsoil from a garden centre. Sprinkle the seed over the bald patch, then sprinkle about a half-centimetre layer of topsoil over the patch to...