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  1. Drumsie

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    having moved into my house at the end of the summer I now have about 11m x 10m lawn to look after. When I moved in the grass was full of weeds, moss and other stuff. I scarified the grass in the autumn nut the wet mild winter filled it with moss and weeds again. After a couple of runs with the scarifier the moss and weeds are going but I'm left with patches of something. Can anyone identify what it is or what I can do to get rid of around 6 patches of it?
     

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    Did you use a weed and feed product before scarifying?

    It's hard to zoom in to get enough detail to see what the mysterious brown patch could be; looks like moss with a serious FeSO4 hangover.
     
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      Hi, thanks for your reply.

      I'll try get a close up tomorrow (in daylight)

      I did not use a weed and feed product.

      I was planning on using a seed and feed but don't have a weed killer in it. I thought I would be best to lift out the moss that's in the grass before applying it so once I had scarrified I assumed this would lift out but it was missed by the machine.

      There is also some fungus in the grass that the scarifying has broken up.

      I was planning on forking the ground to get some air into it before I used the seed and feed
       
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      IMG_1342.JPG Hi, I have managed to get a close up picture of the problem area

      Any advice is appreciated

      Andrew
       
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      The brown looks like dead moss to me. Forking will definitely help before new seeding
       
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      I could be wrong but the brown stuff looks like dried "stove pipes" i.e. spore bearing tips of a forthcoming Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) uprising :thud:

      The pipes look like a mysterious kind of fungus and to have so many in a small area means that you could be in for somewhat of a battle :psnp:

      Do these look familiar?

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        Hi,

        Nothing has been allowed to grow that big but here is a close up of ones pulled from the ground just now
         
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        Thankfully it's not Horsetails :dbgrtmb: as they are almost the worst-case scenario for many gardeners.

        It could just be red thread. Here's a link that may be useful for diagnosing and treat this grass issue: Red thread/RHS Gardening
         
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          Thanks for the info mowerman, I have already forked and scarified so will look at getting nitrogen into the soil before trying the chemical route

          Thanks again
          Andrew
           
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