Lawns

Hi all, I laid a new lawn six weeks ago and i cut it at the weekend for the second time, only this time i went to the closest cut setting and i have skimmed of little bits of grass,now i have a few bald patches but i wouldn't say there deep patches,just a light skim of the top, i have fed it and...

Well I'm a total novice so take others' advice as well but I've reseeded several patches in my lawn. One I did about a year ago and I only really feel confident walking on it now. Another I sowed at the end of last summer and it's still really soft and the new grass seems 'delicate' so I still...

What it does is remove the compacted thatch in the grass which hinders the growth of new grass, it also removes moss when you've previously applied mosskiller a couple of weeks before. I use a flymo for convenience and this isn't the best machine to prevent the compacting of the grass. You...

I'd like to grow some wheatgrass indoors - not for the usual health tonic reasons - I'd like to have a mini lawn in my house!Has anyone grown wheatgrass? Any idea how long it will keep growing for? Can I cut it multiple times and keep it growing?Any tips appreciated.Thanks,

:gnthb: Hey Blueroses... Yes just a bit off topic, but hopefully saiwong won't mind.... Great minds think alike... Her work is fabulous, have always loved it..!! :gnthb: OK back on topic now.. :hehe:

HiYes I think you could be right - that was actually my first thought as I did spread it by hand... I'll continue to water it.However, I did the spreading in two halves over two days - there are no patches on the second bit - but perhaps my technique had improved by then!Cheers

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Yes,good top soil should be ok,sprinkle some compost if you like but I wouldn't spend to much on it. Make sure it's firm(no soft spots) where it would sink. Don't lay it on dry soil and make sure the turf has copious amounts of water for some time after. Good luck.

black birds and rooks do that, you could rig up your garden with 240v mains... then your find what ever is doing this will be fried

Hi guys,Newbie here both to the forum and to gardening. I have recently moved house and for the first time i have a lawn. (5mx20m). The lawn looks ok from the kitchen window (fairly even colour and no major bare spots) but upon close inspection is full of moss and thatch. So, after a bit...

Don't know about being ripped off because I don't know enough about the lawn. If you stick with it then wait till its taken and in the autumn have a look at getting it scarified in two directions to get as much of the stuff you don't want as possible out and then overseed. Then give it a light...

There has been some discussion recently on this subject George. I still suggest that it's okay to scarify in the Spring. I've just done about 1000 sq metres of lawn for a client. It took all day with two of us working hard, one on the machine and the other carting the thatch and moss away with...

will pop to get some from garden centre now, as it has been raining and looks like it may rain again today, just have to try and avoid looking around as i go mad and want to buy everything

Thanks for this answer: haven't been on this site for a while but on checking now I realised you had posted this very informative answer to my question quite a while ago. So - thanks!

Mmmm... with hindsight i would have done this but it's a little too late now...... Will this be safe to use near the leylandii? They are only babies (12" to 18" tall and only planted at beginning of summer last year) Any particular brand of weedkiller work best?

In addition to the above-answer (whose user I thank), I try to self-answer my questions. This subject goes on the topic: "Plant nutrition". Probably has been talked about in other threads in this forum. Threads about "FERTILIZERS". I report some meaningful excerpts from wikipedia on the topic...

Im assuming you had the clay dug out and the turf laid on fresh topsoil.

i take it u take the broom handle out??:hehe:

I would go with bean counter on this but with a slight differance, personally I'd scarify what you have, weed and feed it. Then I would seeds it all over and topdress it with a washed sand and top soil mix 20/100 (20 sand 100 soil). You can also use the top dressing to take out any hollows etc....

We had a small lawn professionally turfed a few weeks ago by a friend. He removed the top few inches of the old lawn and soil below. What was below that is as the OP described - we live in a clay area. Basically top soil was laid over the subsoil and the turf laid on top of that. We weren't...