Lawns

Thank you for your replies, gonna try those methods this weekend!

Hi HarryS, I stick a few spikes (broken canes about 6 ins long) under the plastic to lift it off the ground. A few round the sides to hold it down, acts like a greenhouse and raises the temp and humidity thus speeding germination.Another plus point is it keeps the birds off.

Do you mean that honeycomb plastic stabiliser?For what its' worth: I've seen it often but never seen good looking grass where it was used.

I only dry feed mine when I'm sure its going to rain "heavily" within the next 24 hoursEven that may not be enough for a new-sown lawn (but I don't know for sure)

If you can get it done in April that's fine, otherwise mid-August to mid-September - they are the "best" times, obviously some wiggle room on that if you are prepared to water to get it established "late" and so on.My preference is Autumn, the weeds are shutting down, so the grass germinates...

I've used lawn seed that was a year old and it's come up. I've also used two year old seed, but that failed. Just a guide!

It would help if you could take a picture or two so we can see what we and you are dealing with. Sometimes it's difficult to guess at the answer otherwise.

hi, There was large chippings 4" deep with a fleece liner under which we removed and dug over.There are no roots as they were all removed.The areas which are struggling look almost like dying grass and although the grass does regrow it stays really fine and very short (1cm)max.The groubn does go...

Hello and welcome to the forum Gribble. You would need the Treneague variety of camomile which is low growing and never needs cutting. It;s something I've thought about on our front lawn but never actually tried it. I'd like to hear from anyone with experience of growing it.

A pleasure Mark . Glad you have the patience to take your time . Ground will be warmed up by May and weeds will not be a problem ..Let use know how you get on later in the year . Dave

I'm guessing you would only use it where special quality was need then and you had the time to give it attention. It makes sense about being harder to establish, less bulk less root more chance of drying out.

My dog stops it, its so bad I dont know what to do mabie i will grow shrubs and some type of ground cover instead of a lawn.

What weeds are we talking about? I bet they're Dock (large leaves, very deep, thick tap root)?That being the case, I think there's very little point trying to dig them out. You won't get all the roots out and they'll just come back.Assuming there is still a lot of grass, and that grass is...

We only got down to -1c here in Cheshire last night and with the sun out, but not as much as forecast, the cold was soon gone and I recorded 89f in the Greenhouse. There's no frost forecast for tonight thank goodness. The primroses and daffs are flowering, the tulips are getting ready to flower...

Look for woodland and woodland edge species.Campions spring to mind for one, and they are happy to share their space with grass, although being much taller than grass, it would be game over for them if you get the lawnmower out.There's a little blue flower that grows in the shady parts of my...

If the ground is rock hard, then no amount of aerating it will fix it. The grass will simply die off as the roots simply can't pentrate the rock hard clay, and the roots that are already in said clay will die off because they can't breath. That's how mine was when we moved in last...

Hi GavinExpert no (but thanks) , cut corners yes and paid the price later onShow us some photos if you dont mind,a look at some more late summer see how it looksSpruce

Red thread might clear up with a nitrogen rich feed. Not much red thread about at this time of year though.

hi there. i havent been on in a while as have been busy removing the massive amount of fern roots but have started to work on the garden itself now but i am now finding alot or roots that are small roots but are in big clumps! what are they? will a rotovator help churn them up without having to...

I think evergreen complete is an OK treatment if your lawn is lousy - 40% weeds say.But if your lawn is 10% weeds then I think fertiliser + a spray for the weeds (which you can spot-treat rather than covering the whole lawn) is a better - i.e. much cheaper - solution.I get Nitrogen...