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Top lawn is looking a bit healthier and the new shade tolerant seed has taken. A good dose of some 6-9-6 fertiliser as advised here has really helped.
Gave the garages and stables a quick spray with some scotts soluble lawn feed and the grass has sprung back into life. Was previously a mud bath over winter due to the high traffic it experiences. Still some large areas to seed once I can ensure the bloody chickens wont eat all the seed!
Gave the garages and stables a quick spray with some scotts soluble lawn feed and the grass has sprung back into life. Was previously a mud bath over winter due to the high traffic it experiences. Still some large areas to seed once I can ensure the bloody chickens wont eat all the seed!
jagnet said:
Max M4X WW said:
After a couple of months, a couple of types of seed, some topsoil, some fork action and its now looking like this..
A few thin patches to sort, but its looking pretty good!
That's a noticeable improvement to put it mildly A few thin patches to sort, but its looking pretty good!
Shade is going to be your biggest headache looking at that, hence the large amounts of moss that was there and the slower germination nearer the fence. Keep it on a high cut especially over winter. Have you used shade tolerant grasses in your mix?
Zato said:
Max M4X WW said:
Max M4X WW said:
Edited by Max M4X WW on Friday 29th May 23:05
Max M4X WW said:
What mower would people recommend for a lawn this size? Don't mind a manual if its not too much effort!
One of my mowers is a Husqvarna 64:
With no front roller it can cope with long grass having a cutting height of up to 55mm. Blade width is 40cm which is fairly respectable for a manual mower. The downside to mowers like this is around the edges of the grass if it's not a fairly level transition to paving; when the front wheel has to float in the air it's quite easy to let it dip and scalp the edge. Also, it won't cut as close to the edge as I'd like without putting a wheel over, or if trying to cut up against objects such as your fence. Being very light, stripes in the grass are faint at best but that lightness does make it very easy and convenient to use.
The old Ransomes Ajax and Webb Witch manual mowers give a good cut and generate lovely stripes with both a front and a heavy rear roller but the grass does need to be really quite short to use them.
I'd be inclined towards something like the Husqvarna or similarly designed Brill razorcut and a garden roller (or even a broom) for striping afterwards.
Edit: it's also worth noting that as the cutting height gets lower, the modern manual mowers also usually benefit from a second cross pass over the lawn to get a perfectly even cut on denser turf. The slower blade speed versus powered mowers and with fewer cutting edges it's to be expected, but their ease of use and convenience makes it a compromise that I'm happy to put up with. If the lawn is big enough to make that an issue then a manual mower probably isn't the right one for the job anyway.
Edited by jagnet on Saturday 30th May 07:55
Update time!
Originally (on page 7, 19th April):
So I reseeded some areas + topsoil over them:
Today; the seeded areas are beginning to blend in. Definitely looking better. I've put the mower on a higher setting too as recommended (I've reverted to using the push mower - a cheap Challenge one for £32 quid. It works quite well).
Originally (on page 7, 19th April):
CoolHands said:
Today; the seeded areas are beginning to blend in. Definitely looking better. I've put the mower on a higher setting too as recommended (I've reverted to using the push mower - a cheap Challenge one for £32 quid. It works quite well).
Edited by CoolHands on Saturday 30th May 17:07
Some Gump said:
Pfft, manual mowersindeed. This is pistonheads.
Old school cylinder petrol mower or hand in your man card =)
Old school cylinder petrol mower or hand in your man card =)
popeyewhite said:
Some Gump said:
Pfft, manual mowersindeed. This is pistonheads.
Old school cylinder petrol mower or hand in your man card =)
Old school cylinder petrol mower or hand in your man card =)
Very nearly large enough area for a ride-on mower.jagnet said:
+
Going to need a bigger shed.
but to be honest its got me hooked on Grass improvement! (If it stays like it) so may be more keen on keeping grass on a bigger scale in the future (I had planned to dig up and lay astroturf)Thanks for the mower ideas, I will look at them tomorrow.
Max M4X WW said:
The previous lot was this stuff, which seems to be doing great
I've just put some of that down on my front lawn along with a load of topsoil (after having forked it and put down iron sulphate and Verdone). I did also order some 6-3-6 as suggested on this board but it hasn't shown up yet.
Anyway, that's the easy one done. The rear lawn is far bigger and in a far worse state - might begin to decompact the worst areas today
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