Lawns

Thank you both for your helpNGF

Just a tip on starting off a new lawn which I have done on previous occasion. I normally mix my grass seeds with a good multi purpose compost in a wheelbarrow. I leave it for about five days in the garden shed, turning it once a day, whereby it will start to sprout, I then sow it on the...

thanks for the advice i,m sorry i took so long to reply but i had to go out, i,ll pass on the info thanks again Duncan

I would do the following if you don't want to returf and that would be my way.Rake the lawn to remove the moss and the accumulated debris. Moss can be sign of compacted soil.Aereate - use a garden fork, and dig in, lever back a little, and add sharp sand to increase the drainage, then sow...

Thanks for the replies, it looks as though my choices are limited. I would happily bring in a company, as Will suggested, but most are little more than cowboys who might do more harm than good. I can't really gravel the area because it's about 1200m2. I'll do as Fran suggested and look around at...

Thanks for the pics e17ab.It looks to me as though this is Baby's Tears, also known as Angels Tears or Mind Your Own Business (Latin Soleirolia soleirolii) - if you run a google images search for that, you'll probably find a few more pictures to compare yours to.A broad leaf selective weed...

Why do you want to kill them, though? They are unlikely to be doing any significant harm [at least in my experience].Do you have any fruit trees or vines nearby? It seems to me to be more likely that they are living there.

Borage it is then :DI haven't ever had to treat Borage so I don't know how effective a weed and feed would be. Personally I prefer to do the two things separately, using a broad spectrum selective weed killer. I wouldn't worry too much about the clover though - anything short of Agent Orange...

Hi Bayleaf - I've given swompy a reply but I think that particular lawn might be beyond help - time to call in the astroturf!

Hi Lawnmowerman,Yes, you can add a granular fertiliser, but you're right, you ought to use a straight fertiliser without added selective weed killer.There's no need to wait before applying fertiliser - so go for it, but don't overdo it or you'll be mowing 5 times a week

There isn't much you can do to 'treat' a soil before you lay turf, but you might want to apply some pre-seed fertiliser to the soil before you actually lay the turf - this makes sure that the nutrients move down into the native soil, as opposed to sitting in the half inch of soil that the turf...

Hmm, sounds like Italian Ryegrass to me - not something you want to try and grow a lawn out of Dwarf Ryegrass germinates quickly, and is very wear tolerant, but as its name suggests, it doesn't grow like an agricultural crop.

Hi Mike,How long since the turf was laid? If it's fairly new, you might consider giving it a bit longer to let the roots go deeper before you do anything. Established turf has an amazing capacity to firm soft ground, and once the roots develop further, you'll find that surplus water is removed...

Hi Darius Could well indeed be the coarser grasses as Steve suggests but sounds like Couch grass to me, I have it in my garden, although considerably less than when I moved in - its a matter for perseverance :rolleyes: ! check out this link ...

I rang Scotts UK helpline and was instructed to treat them with a 50% solution of vinegar. Unfortunately this didn't have any noticeable effect on the stains but bleached the surrounding areas so they now look worse than before.I think you're right - they'll just have to weather, but past...

Hi Dave If the lawn isn't too big & you're not squeamish theres another method, which is watering the grass & covering the area with opaque plastic sheet over night, in the morning they will have come to the surface & you can pick them off & dispose of them in any way you like (try leaving some...

Thanks Fran, I currently have very small shoots in about 7 places in the garden, 98% is still not growing though but we will persevere for a few weeks

Sounds like your garden is waterlogged, esp if it is wet after a dry period. For advice on drainage for a lawn, look to a good book about lawns. Also, you could look to advice from a good garden centre, they are always pleased to help. Do buy a soil testing kit, quite cheap and easy to use.

Hello allWe have a major viral like moss disease on our lawn. It's curly edged, top side blackish, underside white and it has has spread rapidly over the lawn.We recently put in extensive drains and sumps, re seeded the worst affected areas, but to no avail.This year it's as bad as...

Also - when cutting your grass after usung these products dont put the clippings on the compost heap. Should tell you this on the instructions!