Lawns

Hello allI hope you are well.I recently had a Dwarf Cherry Tree removed from the Middle of my Front Lawn.The resulting Damage was an area approximately 4' x 2'.I Filled the Hole with Top Soil, Watered it to help it Settle, Topped it up, Watered it, Levelled it and then Seeded it.This...

A different cause, but our lawn was almost non-existent (badly-laid on top of builders rubble) and wiped out during last year's UK heatwave. It's never looked so good since. Lawns have cycles, in my experience.

You just need a fine soil and sand mix and to maintain the lawn through mechanical and correct fertiliser treatments through the year, including irrigation in the summer. Normally you would do some type of mechanical work in the late Summer to early Autumn depending on weather then seed and...

Soak area you intend to work on night before. I have lots of dasies but like shiney it looks ok from a distance. My 30 yearold mower (like new) deals with it very well.

I thought that too @JWK . Did you notice that the parts of the lawn that had grass the mower had actually produced stripes on?

Well I think you could incorporate some soil improver if its really claggy clay. How big is the area? You could need quite a lot perhaps?

I just think the grass got killed by dog pee last summer during the drought and has struggled to come back, the winter and recent rains has caused the area to puddle for short periods and allowed algae to form, hence the green scum.I'd just buy a few turves and dig it out, if the same spot...

I’d estimate that the lawn is around 50sqm, and with narrow access, so heavy machinery isn’t really an option. I think I’ll leave it for now, and give it a good forking in autumn. Thanks all

An old gardener with a better garden than mine once saw me struggling to eradicate moss from my lawn. He told me to put sharp sand on then rake it. So I did. The moss just lifted right out no bother.

that’s great news. It’s much easier once you work it out as above. All you need to do now is work out how best to apply it and a knapsack would insure accurate coverage and easier as you can now work out the flow rates/ width of spread and speed of walk to cover a set distance.width of nozzle...

Hello both, just catching up with this! LTP you're a star! Primo Maxx ii is available here and has to be the solution (combined with re-cultivation and re-sowing of the worst-affected strip in October). Many, many thanks

Be prepared for the rotovator to bounce! If you can, it might be an idea to go over the area with a garden fork at 12" / 30cm spacings too. Just stick it in as far as it will go. This will help with drainage if there's a pan of compacted soil that the rotovator doesn't reach.

This is not a Dandelion but a Daisy story. I used to use a selective weedkiller on our rear grass and it was weed-free. My neighbour's, who only ever cut his grass, was a mass of Daisies. My preschool daughter would play for hours on his "Daisy grass", making Daisy chains and just picking the...

liming reduces acidity but when liming you don’t want to over apply. It’s why it’s best to have a gentle approach or take soil samples.

Lots of great info. Well done everyone

MURDERERS!! Lol.This takes me back to my childhood. I was always fascinated with the sycamore tree "helicopters". I used to take them home and I would grow them in pots. We lived on a smallholding which had about 6 acres with it.Once the seedlings outgrew the pots, which was soon, I planted...

Thank you, that’s a very good and not often made point offering an easy way to grow deeper, stronger roots.

That’s a slow release so 50% will do very little. With slow release it’s always best to apply at correct rates. Straight fertilisers can be adjusted but the small amount you applied will do next to nothing.timing of application would have been before we had a cold spell and well before due to...

That is a very interesting idea Pete. I will get my thinking cap on.Thanks.

Ah thought maybe you had sown last year, give them a chance, they might germinate next spring when the soil warms up.