help with lawn weeds

Hi all,

Firstly I'm new here and haven't got that much experience with gardening.

I have these brown flowery weeds on my lawn.

They have been there for a while but have now increased in numbers. I have been using an all in one weed/moss kill, grass feed about twice per year but they appear to be getting worse recently.

I have no idea what it is or how to get rid of it, any advice would be great

Thanks, Chris

 

Hi JWK,
I wouldn't have said lawn was waterlogged, although the area where it is worse can become a bit squidgy over the winter months.

Thanks for your advice, I'm glad to know what it is and how to treat it.

How often should I sacrify and aerate? would you do this in addition to using moss kill?

Thanks again

 

Good ID John Never seen anything like that , looks a bit scary to find in your lawn ! Good luck with the treatment Charve .

 

Thanks again for your advice

 

whilst waiting on the proper tools arriving I have been aerating the lawn with a garden fork. the top few inches are pretty wet although not saturated at the surface, below about 3/4 inches the soil appears to be pretty compacted.

I think it's started when my neighbour put it a double fence which blocks out the sun at the worse affected area (about 1 metre wide strip at the top of the garden) until the evening.