Lawns

Perhaps a photo would help. Never mind. I have to be honest and admit. A well maintaned lawn really sets off Do not rely upon what the label says. a garden. Me. I haven't got a lawn. Having studied and endured the course of, science and practice of turf culture. Truly. I couldn't afford...

You are probably right but the problem seemed to be getting alot worse. It started to smell of fungus and I panicked. Being the novice that I am, including my lack of patience compelled me to act! The new grass seed I am using seems to be a bit more robust, as I used it to reseed bare spots and...

I can see the good old wires in the turf. This is found on thin turf and makes it fun when you scarify. I’ve seen it quite a few times and is cost saving on turf. Normally it’s the builders who lay the turf and sometimes it’s a landscape company depending on the design of the garden so an all...

Interesting. That was not what I did! I got a sheet of A4 and fed it in between the blades and cutting bar. Rotating the blades just pulled the paper in and around untouched. Thinking that was bad I lowered the cylinder a couple of notches but that meant that it was fouling slightly on the...

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.