Lawns

Right I've had a lawn care company out and done what you've suggest by asking their recommendations and of course price!It looks to be about £300 per year to get treatment. This includes: moss killer now. Solid tine aerating in Jan/Feb. and then every 9 weeks a fertiliser.I also live in an...

A lot of Fungi are symbiotic with tree roots, they use them as their internet to warn each other of pest attacks.

Hi luiza.Welcome to the forum. I used seed for my back lawn, it is about 80 ft by 15 ft and I had no problems, apart from the birds, but I just over seeded it at a later date. I got a 20kg sack from B&Q for about £30. Much more cost effective and as already posted by others now is the time to...

It's good to hear you're happy there BG. Yes, I'm prepared to wait but it's so frustrating and I'm losing interest in maintaining my present gardens. There's no point in doing anything other than keeping it tidy.

That makes sense. From what I read so far, I make the conclusion that the lawn aeration tools one should use depend a lot on the type of soil they have and its condition. The more the soil is compacted, the bigger the hollow tines or spikes should be.

Thankyou so much for your replies and confirming what I thought was right

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Thank you "M"

Thanks, will try again with the photo's. On one patch, there are thick, oily black patches on/mixed up in the grass. Then next to and on top, there are these flat, round coils/spirals which then go white on top as if going mouldy. Will try again with pics!

I expect its just the close-cut with the mower that is the problem. Mature grass would recover from that (roots well established, and provided it was not repeated often!) but I fear that young turf might not. I would over-seed any bare patches with some shady-mix grass seed; we are near the end...

No it shouldn't be to late to re-seed. Grass needs a temperature of 12C or above to germinate, below that it will struggle, if it germinates at all.

Well, one of the main reasons for aerating the lawn is to alleviate compaction and if you have, as I suspect, builders debris under the turf I would leave it until you get the grass looking stronger and healthier.

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Thanks Axl - I don't think it's overfeeding as it's done by Greenthumb. So every 6-8 weeks and by the time they come it's in need of a feed.

Hi All,I've asked for a quote to prepare and turf an area of around 60m2. There will be a fair bit of preparation - mainly de stoning and levelling.How much is a 'reasonable' quote for this work?Ta Chris

I presume the grass was long when you mvoed in and first cut it, hence the "yellow lawn" in your first picture?If that's the case I wouldn't do too much or expect too much this year, and I would ease up on feeding it otherwise it will go into the winter "soft" and be prone to disease etc. (or...

I would cut it once a month (with your flail, or a rotary topping mower) and then cut some nice paths through it with a walk-behind or ride-on rotary. They will cope with occasional missed-mowings but basically you want to aim to do that once a week in the growing season. In a year, maybe...

Yes, I agree ... although there will be opinions and opinions!!If its just grass then worst case it will pop up and grow through the new turf ... adding more grass to your ... grass! What you don't want is any pernicious weeds left behind, so if it looks like you have any of those then Nuke...

Hello and welcome to the forum Sam.In your photo you have a grass flower, it's a sign your grass is getting too high so needs trimming. Set your mower on a high setting to begin with so you are taking off the seed heads and no more than a third of the leaves.Your lawn is looking very good