Lawns

Need to give mine a good mow when I get the chance, I was going to make a thread about but it's good to know I'm not only one in this predicament. The rain over the last month or so has made it all shoot up after that dry summer. Silly grass, when will you learn.

I had a dreary patch here where the lawn was a disaster in an area dank from being heavily shaded. Re-sowed with "Shady Mix" and it is much better now (I leave the grass a bit long [my choice, don't know if that is actually necessary], but other than that I would describe it as "Normal lawn...

I sowed my lawn last year at this time ( just pebbles when I moved in) but did not look much all winter and people telling me it was rubbish till this spring it soon filled out and looks amazing now so I would say sow it now too it will not look much till spring but when we start getting a bit...

I sowed some yesterday after scarifying one of our lawns.

Your welcome Jason.

All picked and disposed of

Yes Kristen, overseeding is a good idea

Cheers Kris , I'll feed it with my seaweed lawn feed as soon as we get some rain to moisten the turf. And follow instructions as above next year. Thanks for all the advice , its appreciated. Tricky devils lawns !

It tells you the heights on page 7 of the download that is attached.Rusty

just remembered i have a pic of the actual tree i took a couple of months ago when it was alive but its definately all brown now and leaves crinkled like they are dead

Fingers crossed for a bit more heat for you Calum. If we're lucky we might get an Indian summer.

Yes, lightly treading it in does help.

An autumn feed is really important for the health of the grass, as Potassium is easily washed out of the soil, so it is a good idea to replenish it annually with a feed high in K. You won;t see a direct benefit from it, but you will certainly get stronger, healthier grass the following...

looks 1000% better ,well done

Thanks again for the advice.... Unfortunately you were correct, and I officially hate bind weed!

Looks like animal urine spots to me? especially as the ground around them is so lush and unaffected. Water logging surely couldn't be so localised?

you really are a great daddy Clue

Sorry Clueless.......but not if you're working with a sandy soil, it's best to use topsoil. My back lawn was re-turfed four years ago. The firm that laid it put down sand first and it's been a nightmare ever since to keep it fed/weed free and with this years dry summer it's just not growing.

Apparently he has had an offer from a guy at work who will provide and lay turf at mates rates, but he needs to prep the ground in advance. I am not convinced that either turf or seeds are a good idea to be honest, I would much rather he laid weed suppressing membrane and then put a load of bark...

I have sown luxury (no ryegrass) seed in the past, and subsequently wished I hadn't. I don't have the time, or inclination, to look after it properly, and it looks manky in drought whereas my rougher grass looks fine.If you only sowed the grass 2 weeks ago I would immediately overseed with...