M Lawn needs desperate help

Hi All,

The garden at the rear of my house is beginning to look more like a medow. I need help in what I can do to identify what is growing in this mini rain forest of a garden and what methods/tools/chemicals can be used to kill the overgrown weed. I have attached some pics for reference.

Around 10 years ago my sister has the grass that comes on rolls laid on the bare soil and it was supposed to be top quality grass. It certainly did look like that for a few months, but then all hell broke loose.

In the rear of the garden we have an apple, pear, passion fruit plant and walnut tree all which give fruit. But their branches all overcast the grass which has stopped grass growth and caused weed to grow instead (see last pic)

Shall I buy a rotovator and pull the whole lot up? What are my options? I would like the lawn to get to bowling or atleast looking like grass condition.

Thanks

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Why are you asking again? :cnfs: You are already getting excellent advice on this thread:

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/help-my-grass-p353096.html#post353096

 

So as to put it in the right subsection I think-don't worry about where it is posted so much-we're all nice here and you won't get told off.

 

As lollipop said I wanted to put it in the right section. :gnthb: As I'm new here I didn't want to break any forum rules or look the court jester by posting in wrong places.

 

I sincerely hope you aren't jostling for my position!! lol

 

Your last photograph looks like regular mowing would do the trick - although the photo is taken a little low down, so hard to see how many bare patches there are.

You need to rake up the cut grass - leaving that on top will smother the grass that is underneath. (Its fine to leave very fine lawn clippings on the lawn, but you have to cut often and not leave much behind for that to work!)

 

Where can I buy shade tollerant grass seeds from please? I have dug up the weeds under the walnut tree to leave bare soil. From what I understand from previous posts what products do I now need to fertalize the soil and treat the weeds incase they grow again (I will do this before I throw the seeds on). I will get top soil before I sow the seeds.