Lawns

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!

If it's a reasonble lawn is there any reason you can't hire a turf cutter roll up your old lawn and put it back down on top of the new top soil?

Thank you all very much for the advise. I know where to come with my Gardening problems from now on.Donna

Hi SteveHow much time do you have to spend on this? It is not a little job and is likely to take you ages of pretty hard work. First off you will need to get rid of the existing turf. Either dig it up, use a turf cutter, or spray the lot with Glyphosate and wait till it dies. Be careful if...

You can hire heavy duty ones. Check yellow pages.

thanks for the reply. the light it gets is quite good and theres not that many weeds. would you just buy bags of `TOP SOIL` from a gardening shop?

I also have a sloping back garden and while I can't tell you exactly how much value you would add if you evened it out I CAN tell you that (speaking personally) it would be a shame not to be able to sit out in it in summer. My advice: get it done and enjoy the great outdoors...when weather...