Lawns

thanks kristen

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This is what I am now thinking of doing!!! Val

Good plan! It's a very odd dilution rate. Your email probably fell into the 'too difficult' pile and the person couldn't be bothered checking properly. I have self heal too, mostly I just let it get on with things! Once it spreads too far I pull a large clump up at a time. Otherwise I'd go...

Don't let it urinate on the grass. Dog urine can cause patches in lawns.

You've clearly worked hard! Another tip: a radox bath after a days graft like that will ease your muscles

Good find Mowgley Looks like they must be stock of last years model , from the reviews - all in 2011.

You need to dig it over to 9" deep (or rotavate if you can get a rotavator into the ground at this time of year - depends how heavy your soil is). Then break up and clods and firm it. The make it level (e.g. my towing something across it) Then rake a seedbed Then sow the seed evenly. ...

Ah, OK. That makes the job a bit harder I'm afraid, particularly with a large area :( Worth considering the "speed of cut" of the mower you have / and ones you could afford to buy. If the cutting time is more than you are comfortable with you will probably start to resent it and/or it...

What sort of soil do you have? If it's clay it's probably best to dig it over before planting and maybe add some sand to stop it 'clogging'. But I see no reason why you can't plant straight away as long as you loosen the soil particularly in and around the planting hole. Sandy soil would benefit...

I recently did exactly this, was trying to do as my mother said and get rid of the moss, She handed me the weed killer, and i sprayed in patches... abit to much , and the grass around the area i had sprayed started to turn brown, and die. But i dug up the patches, and sowed b&q grass seed into...

Thanks! I'm going to buy some weedkiller tomorrow and hire a rotovator in a couple of weeks. Thanks all for your help!

Possibly its just been cut "when long" a few times. If you cut it regularly that may improve it hugely (not to say that you can't help it along too though). Try not to cut more than 1/3rd off each time, otherwise you'll get the yellow patches that look like the ones in your photo Killing the...

Great thread... Just out of interest, what size of plot are we talking here?

If you must lay turf now you may have to commit to a fair bit of watering,depending of course on the weather. But remember,watering turf isn't a quick ten minute splash,you have to sprinkle for a good couple of hours each time.Bare in mind the water has to penetrate the turf before getting into...

I never use the combination feed/weed/moss killers,tend to be Jacks of all trades. Better to treat the various problems separately.

If you chuck down a couple of bags of sharp sand now, and then rake that it, it will rip the moss out by the handful. How much to use is a matter of judgement based on loads of factors. As long as you don't leave the grass actually buried, I don't think you can over do it. I once enlisted the...

I would have said its too late for Spring sown grass, and a bit early for Autumn sown. My recommendation would be that you wait a bit (September), by then the weed seeds will be shutting down for Winter and your grass will get started without the weed competition [that it would get if sown in...

I only wish my landlord was like you! I actually have no idea who my landlords are - everything goes through the management agency.