Lawns

There are a couple of things to consider when looking at the difference between "professional" grade and "diy" in terms of lawn care products.Manufacturers keep these two markets distinctly separate, and for good reasons.The professional side of the lawn care market is very high risk for...

so would it be ok to scarify the grass just now at this time of month? should I add something like a seaweed feed? was also thinking that perhaps I need to aerate the lawn? this is proving difficult as no local gardeners seem to do this and the hire of a aeration machine costs approx. £90 for...

HiIt likes full sun and well drained soil , if ? they like your soil which yours looks really healthy to me , dead easy to grow in fact problem free , just so you know they do die down in the summer months once they have flowered so dont worry as they will re sprout later in the spring.

Thanks KrisThis constant damp conditions aren't making it easy. I could do with some dry weather to let the soil dry out.

Have you considered planting an evergreen Epimedium there?

Hi, newby here, came back from vacation, and noticed my lawn worse than ever. The areas which are in direct sun have turned yellow, I guess the heat and lack of water caused this. I'm posting some pics, any idea if this will recover with water and lawn feed or will I require more?

Iron sulphate?

Earlier today talking to a neighbour from further up the road, I told him of continuous problems with my front lawn, despite my efforts doing all the things I know, read up on and searched on websites and acting on the advice. To say nothing of the time & expense involved. It isn't an absolute...

Hi Louise, welcome to GC It looks to me as though the best thing to do would be to dig the whole lot over, remove the weeds and either turf it or seed it.Turf is easier but more expensive. This is the right time of year to sow the seeds for a new lawn. Have a read of this.

Your remark makes a lot of sense, I live in Tamworth Staffordshire, and we have all had lots and lots of wet weather through this winter. hopefully if we get a good dry prolonged period that would help to dry out my lawns. We'll see.

Hi guys thanks for the replies. After a bit of reading I have discovered that seaweed feed would be more to aid soil improvement So I intend to add this first and then an early spring fertilizer that is high in nitrogen and potassium but I am unsure where I can buy this? attached a couple of...

Not sure of the particular seaweed product you used but in general seaweed is a soil conditioner. It will help with correcting the soil pH and at the same time will provide trace elements as Clueless1 rightly says. Once the seaweed starts to work, which is generally pretty quickly, the...

It needs light even in winter. If there were fallen leaves covering it for any length of time, even in winter when it appears to be dormant, it will be dying. You only have to have grass covered a day or two to see it go yellow underneath. About a week and its game over for the covered...

I hope it does too. Let us know what progress you make please.

Thanks I think my broad leaves are Daisy's I'm over run with them I'll grab some mirical grow tomorrow

Thanks for the advice, I am going to purchase a new mower next week as i dont have one at the min then feed the lawn once and do weekley cuts

Important not to cut more than 1/3rd off the length of the grass. Whatever length it gets to in 14 days they need to based the cut-height on that.

This sort of thing?

If your soil is clay then use sand, if it's sandy use mpc. I put down extra because of the birds and then cover it with mpc and firm it down, it tends to keep the birds guessing. I've used weed and feed a month before re-seeding with no problems but wouldn't use it after on the parts that are...

With the wet winter we have had it tends to wash out all the nitrogen in the soil , so now that you have clover growing means the soil is low in nutrients, so could do with a feed which will help sort it out.But at the same time it does fix nitrogen on its roots that would feed the grass if...