Spring lawn care
Discussion
We moved last year from a flat to a house with a garden. I've never had to do gardening very much and the lawn was in a bit of a state.
There was a circular dead patch where a trampoline was and then a wood chipped area for a climbing frame. Both of these are now gone and I managed to get a light coverage towards the end of autumn as well as a scarify (manually) and re-seed.
The grass coverage is far better, but it's still not great overall. I suspect the playground area is compacted and there seem to be a lot of stones in it.
I can see weeds coming up across the main lawn.
So what is the best process?
I have a small electric scarifier.
Do I scarify, feed, weed killer, re-seed? I'm not really sure about the order.
Will the scarify be ok or do I need to hire / get a spiked areator?
It's all farily new to me, but I'd like to put some effort into at least repairing it so it has decent coverage.
There was a circular dead patch where a trampoline was and then a wood chipped area for a climbing frame. Both of these are now gone and I managed to get a light coverage towards the end of autumn as well as a scarify (manually) and re-seed.
The grass coverage is far better, but it's still not great overall. I suspect the playground area is compacted and there seem to be a lot of stones in it.
I can see weeds coming up across the main lawn.
So what is the best process?
I have a small electric scarifier.
Do I scarify, feed, weed killer, re-seed? I'm not really sure about the order.
Will the scarify be ok or do I need to hire / get a spiked areator?
It's all farily new to me, but I'd like to put some effort into at least repairing it so it has decent coverage.
It's a pain , but the best way of getting rid of weeds , is to remove them by hand, especially bigger ones like dandelion, plantain and buttercups etc. In a month, assume it keeps warm and the grass is growing, then moss killer weed and feed fertiliser . Give it a chance to recover and then assess what to do.
I just came here to say - Lawnsmith.
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First entry got sent out over the weekend.
Im not an expert. But basically by reading that site, roughly following their advice, I have by a county mile the best lawn on our estate. Whilst 'golf course amazing' might take a lot of work, getting from horrific mud patch to pretty decent lush green family garden is not that hard with a bit of knowledge.
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First entry got sent out over the weekend.
Im not an expert. But basically by reading that site, roughly following their advice, I have by a county mile the best lawn on our estate. Whilst 'golf course amazing' might take a lot of work, getting from horrific mud patch to pretty decent lush green family garden is not that hard with a bit of knowledge.
Greenmantle said:
what is everyone's grass seed of choice?
My research is leaning me to Masterline Pro50.
In my pursuit of the perfect Golf Course Putting Green lawn , I always use Boston Seeds Premier All Fescue (50% Chewings Bodega 50% Slender Archibal) in 20Kg bags ..... The birds seem to love it My research is leaning me to Masterline Pro50.
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