Lawns

Hi LukeI'm not an expert by any means - logged on to post my second question and thought it was my turn to answer some! I have in the last six months successfully grown a lawn from scratch, and unsuccessfully (so far) renovated an existing lawn.The best lawn-from-scratch descriptions I've...

Welcome to the forum! I too agree with @Verdun . It is good advice. If you dig and do over, you'll only have to go through the hassle once.

The same hereG.

Exactly the same that sounds a bit weird mate

My lawn has suffered like this in the drought we’ve had; over two months of no rain. The finer grasses, the fescues, have really taken the brunt, which may be the case with yours. Mine is recovering but it is taking time. There is no real harm in scarifying but do look closely for fine new...

Happy memories. Starting work at Castle Woods, (spelled, Casil Woods, by the then park superintendant). Castle Woods being the home of Sevendroog Castle, a folly built in what is now kown as the Ancient woodlands. In that era and as far as mowers were concerned, the selection was very limited...

Ha ha, guru? Yes, I think your plan makes sense. Should be fine.

Fingers crossed Boysie Hopefully it will look fine

Welcome to the forum. Forget lifting turves. Respectfully. Turves not Turfs. My advice is. Continue to mow as usual. when top dressing perhaps add a little bit more to the lower areas.

Good morning alan kearn ...welcome I usually wait 3 or 4 weeks before reseeding however I am the impatient sort and I think a full 4 weeks is better.Ideally weed n feed applied in August and then grass seed sown in early September.So, I would sow seed before the end of September....both...

Looks pretty spot on. It’s caused by fungi in the genus Puccinia and is commonly known as a low nitrogen disease. An Autumn feed may help it to recover. To double check get a white cloth and rub the leaf and it should show brown marks.

Looks like it’s well on it’s way back to recovering.

hi - about time i posted the pictures of the lawn all done! It's worked out great. We did get down as much grade A top soil as we could (which was only a few inches/maybe only a few cm in places) and i also used pre-turf fertiliser (6:9:6). As soon as it was down i watered it and then that...

I let mine get to about 4 inches and cut it on the highest setting for the first few cuts. Make sure you have a sharp blade otherwise you run the risk of pulling it out

Im in Essex. I may rake and spread few seeds and see how it goes.

Great thread with gems of instruction how to edge lawns with excellent photos. Much appreciated. Thanks.

There will be the tree roots beneath your lawn that's what they are growing on. Honey fungus grows on the roots of trees too so can emerge in lawns/open space up to 100ft from the trees.

Yes unfortunately there is an awful lot of things which go on "behind closed doors" in the farming industry just like pretty much all other industries. Who'd have thought VW would have been up to their necks fiddling their emissions statistics! For some years I worked closely with the r and d of...

Another angle view to the lawn.

No dogs have access - I do occasionally see foxes.I removed and levelled ground, imported 26 T of screened topsoil, applied a pre-turf establishment fertilizer .. and turfed with quality turf. No treatment since ... and yellow circles appeared after about 3 weeks - before my first cut - so...