Lawns

Actually, he's also a friend who took advice from another gardener before starting. They must both be rubbish gardeners...Thanks for the replies.

A well balanced low N,P and K lawn fertiliser would be a good idea to add to the soil prior to turfing. Decent turf suppliers add it to your order as a matter of course. Often they'll add their own or bags of chicken pellets. Don't go higher than about 8/8/8.

Two threads for you. Beginning to end result.Plenty of advice and discussion in them.

The problem with digging out areas of weed grass is that their roots can travel all over the place and unless you get every minuscule piece of root out, they will soon resurface.Take couch grass for instance... it's roots are a nightmare to get rid of as they spead so far and wide, plus it...

As Linz said fill holes with new turf and patch in with soil and seed. Make sure the turf is fresh . As you may only need two rolls B and Q may be best . If you ask they will tell you when they are to receive a fresh batch. So you can nip down and get it then. Tatty old turf struggles - I know...

This year has been slug and snail heaven due to the weather and their numbers have increased to epic proportions.There is always a certain amount of guilt about killing creatures but they are beyond serious pests this year and if you have dogs or cats, lungworm parasites can kill both unless...

@NigelJ , not a bad idea . At £15 for a 100 sq metre dose it is a doable cure. Never used Nematodes how effective are they , anyone ?

ie Your "grass" must be the same make as mine @burnie, Plus side to ours is because ours is hmmmm probably 75% moss it doesn't need cut quite so often in comparison to smart bowling green type lawn!

Glyphosate would mean killing about 50% of grass with it.Gonna have to try other methods.

Indeed it is Sian. I just have a few, small 'sink-holes' to level and seed, and I'll be able to expose my 50 year old beer-belly to the sun!

Many thanks....I got some pre lawn fertiliser too.. I'm trying everything the "professional" who did it last year didn't And blocking it off completely for a month (no kids,dogs ,humans lol )

You can buy nematodes which are microscpic parasites that kill leather jackets. It may be worth buying some to see if it makes any difference. Slugs can will also eat grass if there's nothing more tasty to destroy. In tidy gardens like yours, they eat whatever they can - including grass.Also,...

The weather has been so depressing recently. So rainy!I have sprayed the lawn for clover, it was growing in the new areas, it is all dead now, but the grass is fine.I reckon once the dry weather returns I am going to cut the lawn short and then scarify a day or two later!Its coming to...

The early bird! I agree, the cutting is much too low for this weather (and possibly for the type of grass - but can't tell), but it seems as though the overlapping may be giving the effect of both sides being low.

I have had this issue for the past year or so.The problem is starting to decrease now by these steps,1 - Digging out patches an reseeding. 2 - Regular scarifying then cutting, Poa Annua shreds up when scarified. 3 - Regular mowing, not too low to encourage other grasses through. 4 - Watering...

I personally would push a narrow bamboo cane through the turf, then a finger at various sections of turf (they'll heal over soon enough) to test how damp the subsoil is. It needs to be damp but not soaking wet. As seen from your pics, you're wise using boards to walk across the grass.You may...

Hopefully you'll get it fixed.A customer who moved away had an antigue Mountfield M5 (or M3... anyway it had a steel rear roller) that she instisted on being used on her lawn. It was self-propelled and was like being towed by a snail but it did the job, and the lawn always looked magnificently...

Thanks! I might have to bite the bullet and get someone into aerate the lawn for me, given that I can get my manual hollow-tine aerator into the ground!!I have used the scarifier before, but not this year... because I'm never 100% sure I'm doing the right thing and secondly because it makes...

Really well, actually happy with it right now It took off had a few cuts at highest level

Should still be fine but if your weather outlook looks like it's going to change dramatically you could do a light scarify rather than a heavy one then in the Spring do another scarify or if the grounds too wet and you are worried about doing more harm than good then wait till spring.