Lawns

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Scotts lawn builder with moss control is great. Rake out the black moss with a metal rake and over seed. Don't expect miracles now. growing period is coming to an end but prepare for next spring. Don't let dead leaves sit on the lawn through autumn and winter this will cause moss as the...

Well I don't have an estate. I only have 2 1/2 acres. So the total of my bulbs so far over the last 20 years is 60,000. I guess if I owed an estate with 900 acres then I could hire folks to plant a huge crazy amount.

Axl, thank you for that brilliant tip for growing grass sods in trays. :thumb: I would never have thought of it. I'm sure that will be very helpful to Krafty.

Digressing slightly...A lot of the problems with wet lawns is because of the original design. In some ways, lawns are like patios. Not all the rain that falls on them actually immediately penetrates the grass and the inevitable amount of thatch underneath. It is of no help to those who've...

Morning forum can anyone let me if and where i can buy canada green lawn seed in a 25kg bag as i have 1/2 and acre to sow. I have been reading good things about this seed and am keen to get it.Any help would be appreciated.regardstony

Yep, seed is the cheapest. And if you ask me, the least hassle and most satisfying. Now is a very good time to sow a new lawn, with warm soil and plenty of moisture about. You shouldn't need a rotovator. If the ground is in reasonable condition, just dig it over and incorporate lots of organic...

Thanks Flinty, sounds good to me.

I'm not sure exactly what you are asking but turf normally costs between £2 and £3 per sq metre. Then you have the labour of preparing the ground which depends on what is there already and how much levelling is necessary.

Cheers Riley, I didn't think I could for a while but someone said to me that it would help it to root in so I thought I'd just check. Cheers Ken

I've reseeded an established lawn that was very weedy mostly with dandiloin and large areas of moss. I let the weeds grow so they were easier to see and handle and dug them all out by hand. Hands and knees job but the best way of getting rid of them. I would suggest you leave it now to see where...

You can patch areas with turf. I did a complete run down the border of both my gardens as I was sick of moss re-appearing each year despite getting the proper treatment. It cured the problem and after four weeks you couldn't tell where it was laid. This isn't always the cae as sometimes the...

Mine took a little longer than the 14 days they said but the lawn looks great & is standing up to the dogs wear & tear I bought mine online because it was cheaper than Homebase

Take a look here. They are very helpful if you speak to them - Dan is the Sales Mgr. Very good.

Thanks for advice. I think now it is too late. By the way, the dried old soil created a lot of cracks on surface, so a lot of new soil fell into these cracks. I was quite surprised how many of these cracks I had - perhaps average distance between cracks was less than one foot and cracks were...

Without seeing it it's difficult to say but it's usually a sign of the opposite, i.e the lawn requires more water.Is there anything different about the half of the lawn with colouring? Was all the ground prepared in the same manner? Is there a tree or any plant which could be taking moisture?

To be honest if the seeds have been down 3 weeks and not germinated (providing you've kept the soil from drying out) I'd be worrying. I've just done a major job on my lawns and 3 of the 4 have an pleasing covering of new grass, one is very patchy though and like you the old grass needs a...

On the subject of mowing, they used to mow the greens on our golf course with self-propelled hand mowers. Modern technology and cost has made that no longer necessary or economic and they use a big-ride on a Toro mower now, which achieves an extremely even cut and "precision striping." One of...

Well, I've sprayed about 5 suckers with SBK. It's been about 24 hours so far, but I've seen no real change yet. How long will it take to travel back to the parent tree/plant, and then kill the suckers? JW

To Elaborate on my Early post. i had a Rotary Mower which i found was hacking the grass and leaving a Torn finish which did yellow very quickly i started to hose after each cut and this made a vast improvement to the lawn. i purchased a Cylinder lawn mower this year and the cut is far Superior....