Lawn help

Discussion in 'Lawns' started by Bashy, Mar 28, 2008.

  1. Bashy

    Bashy Gardener

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    Hi,

    After a busy couple of weeks in the wet garden, my lawn is looking a bit the worse for wear.
    It was a new lawn last summer and was perfect, I had sooo many comments that it was excellent and looked perfect.
    After the winter it was a bit long and had worm holes all over (little piles of mud).
    Then the bad wind happened a couple of weeks ago and one of the concrete fence posts cracked and needed replacing.
    Whilst doing this the lawn was being walked on and ended up all flat and muddy.
    Then last week, I decided to do some decking (in the snow). I tried to be careful, but the lawn was very wet and is now muddy and flat, the same as where the fence post was replaced.
    I haven't mowed the lawn for about 3 weeks now, it's just so wet.
    Does anyone have any advice on how to get my perfect lawn back?
    I have weed and feed treatment but says not to use it till April, so I'm holding off on that.
    When I mowed the lawn first, the worm mud piles were still wet and kinda flattened into the lawn.
    Is this a problem too?
    Should I do anything?
    Will it sort itself out?
    Have I permanently damaged my lawn?

    I eagerly await your advice.
     
  2. Pro Gard

    Pro Gard Gardener

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    Should I do anything?

    NO


    Will it sort itself out?

    YES

    If your woried then overseed it and give it a feed of sea weed extract. Personally I never use weed and feed as its expensive, easy to over apply and a waste of time regards to weeds.
     
  3. Loofah

    Loofah Admin Staff Member

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    Chill, its a lawn and will be back to being gorgeous soon enough. Wait for a dry(ish!) spell and give it a trim and overseed any areas that have been destroyed by feet during the works you've been undertaking. No probs.
    As long as the weather is not frosty any time now onwards is fine to do the lawn feed (although Pro Guard is the pro...) as long as the lawns dry and you don't mow the lawn within about 3 days of feeding.
    The worm casts are only mud, overseed if they're a real problem.
    How's the decking looking?
     
  4. Bashy

    Bashy Gardener

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    Thanks guys. Yeah, the decking's looking great. A job I should really have done last year but kept putting it off. Well it's done now and the wife is pleased with it, and that's all that matters. It keeps her happy :)
     
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