Grass experts

[Gio G]

So, wanting to put more feed and weed down.. Put the last lot down over 4 months ago. I recently cut the grass around Saturday midday (not too short).. I see that we are forcasting some rain (heavy) in the next few days.. Which creates a good opportunity to put it down..

Should I start spreading it out, knowing the lawn was only cut a few days ago?? Don't want to start scorching the lawn and end all my good work..

Also, the instructions suggest spreading when the grass is dry.. Any advice would be great..

[miniman]

www.greenthumb.co.uk

Seriously, for the price of some reasonable fertiliser from B&Q they will come and do it for you, properly.

[SwanJack]

If you don't need to get rid of any weeds/moss, you can put down Evergreen After Cut Conditioner straight after cutting. IIRC doesn't need to be watered in either.

[Simpo Two]

Gio G said:

Should I start spreading it out, knowing the lawn was only cut a few days ago?? Don't want to start scorching the lawn and end all my good work.. Also, the instructions suggest spreading when the grass is dry.. Any advice would be great..

'A few days' sounds OK to me. Granules are best put on in dry weather (if the leaves are wet they will stick and then scorch)

SwanJack said:

Evergreen After Cut Conditioner

'Aftershave for your grass'. Hmm, the marketing boys have been busy. Whatever happened to 'blood fish & bone'?

[selwonk]

I've used After Cut for a couple of years and it suits my lawn a treat.

[JustinP1]

selwonk said:

I've used After Cut for a couple of years and it suits my lawn a treat.

+1

Now is a perfect time.

I do about 3 treatments during the summer, and then 2 in the autumn of the special winter version.

You get a good fast result, thickening and greening. The effect is very noticable as you have to mow is twice as much for the next three weeks!

I don't think it is a great long term solution though, more of short term prettiness.

[Gio G]

Thanks guys... Just put down some Evergreen Complete Lawn Care, just before a huge deluge of rain, which was great timing.... Interested in the after cut lawn feed.. Should I maybe wait a few weeks/month before applying any of this? Ideally letting the feed and weed soak in, don't want to over do it...Any tips?

[LaserTam]

I would have thought that you wouldnt want to putting it on more than once a month, probably 6 to 8 weeks in between applications.

[Simpo Two]

Gio G said:

Thanks guys... Just put down some Evergreen Complete Lawn Care, just before a huge deluge of rain, which was great timing.... Interested in the after cut lawn feed.. Should I maybe wait a few weeks/month before applying any of this? Ideally letting the feed and weed soak in, don't want to over do it...Any tips?

Weedkiller works best when the weeds are young and actively growing - the phenoxyacetics in lawn (selective) weedkillers work by mimicking plant growth hormones so the weeds 'proliferate themselves to death'. If applied properly the first dose should kill 90% of them - follow up 3-4 weeks later to bump off the survivors. One word of warning - a few years ago my front lawn was full of clover. I killed that with no problem but then the dandelions said 'thanks very much' and moved into the blank spaces. In short, suck it and see. Nature is unpredictable.

[Gio G]

Thanks, therefore I should hold off using anything else on the lawn for at least 8 weeks??

[Simpo Two]

See how it goes. Remember that fertiliser isn't like green paint you just slap on; if the grass isn't growing (a few hot days will stop it) it won't absorb the nitrogen and in fact will suffer as a result.