Lawns

Thank you for this. I have a knife so now a job for the weekend

Hi evryoneI was wondering if anyone can help identify what type of grass my lawn is.There is a patch of grass which I have been told is couch grass, it's got quite thick stems and has a purple tinge to it, having also dug up a small patch I can confirm it has long white and quite thick roots...

Shouldn't need anything at the moment apart from watering if it stays dry. I'd hold off any form of feed until the autumn, but I'm not a lawn person; mine is more of a meadow/nature reserve, gets cut once a month April to September, no feed, no weedkiller, no watering, it's lumpy tufty and full...

Seed\young fresh grass does not do well with most types of fertilisers if applied too early. The soil you spread will have had enough to get the seeds growing. Every time you apply fertiliser it alters the soil Ph levels as all do and if you over apply it can have the opposite to what you...

Bit of progress...all thanks to kristen. Needs a cut but seems summer is over now ‍♂️ and it's too wet. I'll leave seeding till autumn but I'm happy so far

Perfect reply! Dog lichen round the drip line of the decking above. Me. Fork. Sand. Happy week ahead!

Hello Matt-L-, brace yourself! It would probably be best to start again from scratch. Hire a rotovator, go over the area thoroughly, rake, tread, rake again and sow a hard-wearing lawn seed mix. If it's not possible at the moment, plan to get it ready for September. Then, regular mowing next...

I have a 120sqm lawn- turfed with a high-quality, multi-purpose ryegrass/fescue turf. (Rolawn Medallion)Been down for 2 yrs .. over winter it was severely affected by worm casts, and as it was very, very wet from Oct .... I could not remove them with a brush, too walk on lawn would have caused...

No, no patches before it was cut.I'll start reading up. Any blanket treatments?

Hi Rusty,Thank you for getting back to me Okay having had a look on the Internet it sounds like it can be a bit of a nightmare.... It occupies a space about 1m x 1m.Padraig

I have big lawns so I'm not the right person to ask, but I reckon if managing the electric cable is not an annoyance I'd get an electric one. I believe the Bosch Rotak gets good reviews (various models I've just linked to the first one I found)Rotak 34 R Lawnmower

Thanks all for the great advice.

Agreed, but if the agronomist, is caught using the product on a non ameniety area, or an area outside the permitted time frame, they will lose their license, the reason being, this product works by paralising the muscles of the insect, and if this product gets into the water table, it will not...

Hi all,So sorry for not replying - I ended up working an intensive job and wasn't able to do much gardening at all. Fast forward three years and I'm pretty much in the same situation, but the lawn is a little worse where bramble is sprouting all over.The lawn is probably a little worse...

Thanks folks. I'm going to hold off for a while (I might appreciate having SOME grass while we ride out isolations and such).

I'd be sceptical until I had calibrated it "the once" ... but maybe overly cautious? My cheap and nasty spreader lied about its application rate ... might have had something to do with the "cheap" part!

Is the house fairly recently built? I'm just wondering (if it is) whether the builders buried all their rubble in the garden as they built the house, and wrecked the drainage

Thanks Jiffy Crushed some garlic gloves and mixed them in some water and sprayed it just at the entrance to the drive way / Did this about a week ago and since then no dog poo on the lawn. Fingers crossed stays this way. :bigthumb:Thanks Jiffy and all for advise and recommendations ...Much...

There are some domestic ones around but they are aimed at feeds and not iron. The way you do it is best as it’s contained and the dosage if you have a good sprayer will be better. Domestic type spray feeder one attached to hose tends to leak, not good with iron and they are not particularly...

Hello @Liz the potThanks for the reply and the information.I will start at 2" and hopefully that will work for my conditions.ThanksKevin