2017 Lawn thread
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jlee said:
seeded a week ago - nothing. Will it be best to reseed again or will it likely come up?
It'll come up when it's good and ready to. It can take several weeks to germinate in cooler temperatures but it will happen. georgefreeman918 said:
What would you guys recommend for a small shady garden?
Currently turfed but mostly moss, and looking at either re turfing or seeding?
What would you guys recommend? What are the positives / negatives of turfing / seeding?
Any particular type to look go for to suit shade?
Personally I'd use seed as there's so much more choice for shady areas, and shade tolerant turf can be very expensive. There's some recommendations for shade tolerant seed mixes earlier in the thread, but Lawnsmith's Shadygreen is a popular choice for damp shade.Currently turfed but mostly moss, and looking at either re turfing or seeding?
What would you guys recommend? What are the positives / negatives of turfing / seeding?
Any particular type to look go for to suit shade?
richatnort said:
BlueHave said:
Scarified mine a few weeks back, then moss killer. Heavy clay soil so decided today would be the day to aerate it before raking and reseeding.
Used a fork to do 20sqm by hand, so lets just say i've done my monthly workout
Backbreaking work
Not to make you hate yourself but for £20 you could of saved yourself some time. Used a fork to do 20sqm by hand, so lets just say i've done my monthly workout
Backbreaking work
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009K9A1GA/ref=cm_sw_r...
Does anyone think it's a good time to put some fertiliser down? I've just scarified my lawn and got 90% of it out and it's looking pretty bare now.
So i was thinking put some fertiliser down then top soil and seed at the end of May?
And would anyone recommend some good places to get it all from? I've looked on lawn smith but it's come to £60 for fertiliser and grass seed which seems a bit steep but then again i don't know much about it.
So i was thinking put some fertiliser down then top soil and seed at the end of May?
And would anyone recommend some good places to get it all from? I've looked on lawn smith but it's come to £60 for fertiliser and grass seed which seems a bit steep but then again i don't know much about it.
Edited by richatnort on Tuesday 28th March 09:12
richatnort said:
Does anyone think it's a good time to put some fertiliser down? I've just scarified my lawn and got 90% of it out and it's looking pretty bare now.
So i was thinking put some fertiliser down then top soil and seed at the end of May?
And would anyone recommend some good places to get it all from? I've looked on lawn smith but it's come to £60 for fertiliser and grass seed which seems a bit steep but then again i don't know much about it.
The fertiliser i purchased said to use within 2 weeks or at the same time of seeding or turfingSo i was thinking put some fertiliser down then top soil and seed at the end of May?
And would anyone recommend some good places to get it all from? I've looked on lawn smith but it's come to £60 for fertiliser and grass seed which seems a bit steep but then again i don't know much about it.
Edited by richatnort on Tuesday 28th March 09:12
So unless you are going to do it within 2 weeks, i would say no
In my garden I've got buds breaking on some of the trees, 10% of my raspberries have put up new shoots and the blackcurrants have all poked a green bit out of the stem. Based on that I wouldn't expect grass seeds to be flying out of the ground at the moment, but it will eventually.
I sprayed the lawn for moss yesterday, it's been a great winter for that stuff! Planning to scarify that in a few weeks when the moss is dead and the council have emptied my garden bin - stopping in October and starting in April is pretty useless! - then over-seed with some fertilser and I should be good for this year. I'm hoping to train my kleptomaniac toddler to pull speedwell from the lawn this summer, which would be a great help!
I sprayed the lawn for moss yesterday, it's been a great winter for that stuff! Planning to scarify that in a few weeks when the moss is dead and the council have emptied my garden bin - stopping in October and starting in April is pretty useless! - then over-seed with some fertilser and I should be good for this year. I'm hoping to train my kleptomaniac toddler to pull speedwell from the lawn this summer, which would be a great help!
Piersman2 said:
Scarifiers are excellent, but so irritating. Get about 3 foot and then have to stop and empty the damn thing, or use it with no box and have it fling moss and chaff 6 foot in the air as you walk into it, and then have to rake it all up anyways!
After my efforts this weekend I'm up to 4 big black sacks so far, and I've only done about 1/4 of the garden. The first year I did it a few years back I pulled out 21 full, compressed, black bin bags.
I've just ordered up some more Ferrous Sulphate moss killer powder and a tub of lawn fertiliser. I'll give the lawn a spray of a that combined in a week or so to make sure and kill off any moss bits left and give the grass a boost.
Then I have to move onto the OH's lawn at her house which has so much moss in it it's like walking on a mattress. I am NOT looking forward to that.
Where have you ordered your Ferrous Sulphate from? Care to share? :-)After my efforts this weekend I'm up to 4 big black sacks so far, and I've only done about 1/4 of the garden. The first year I did it a few years back I pulled out 21 full, compressed, black bin bags.
I've just ordered up some more Ferrous Sulphate moss killer powder and a tub of lawn fertiliser. I'll give the lawn a spray of a that combined in a week or so to make sure and kill off any moss bits left and give the grass a boost.
Then I have to move onto the OH's lawn at her house which has so much moss in it it's like walking on a mattress. I am NOT looking forward to that.
jagnet said:
georgefreeman918 said:
What would you guys recommend for a small shady garden?
Currently turfed but mostly moss, and looking at either re turfing or seeding?
What would you guys recommend? What are the positives / negatives of turfing / seeding?
Any particular type to look go for to suit shade?
Personally I'd use seed as there's so much more choice for shady areas, and shade tolerant turf can be very expensive. There's some recommendations for shade tolerant seed mixes earlier in the thread, but Lawnsmith's Shadygreen is a popular choice for damp shade.Currently turfed but mostly moss, and looking at either re turfing or seeding?
What would you guys recommend? What are the positives / negatives of turfing / seeding?
Any particular type to look go for to suit shade?
I put moss killer on the lawn last weekend, and will scarify and overseed next week sometime.
Craikeybaby said:
This sounds a lot like the lawn I am tackling at my parents house. I've ordered the Johnson's shady lawn mix, as it has types of grass included in the Lawnsmith seed, but is available in much smaller amounts.
I put moss killer on the lawn last weekend, and will scarify and overseed next week sometime.
Just seems to be more moss than anything! I put moss killer on the lawn last weekend, and will scarify and overseed next week sometime.
Plus the dog likes to wee on this - do tomatoes stop the staining?
As its such a small area I'm just going to start again.
richatnort said:
And would anyone recommend some good places to get it all from? I've looked on lawn smith but it's come to £60 for fertiliser and grass seed which seems a bit steep but then again i don't know much about it.
https://www.ivisons.com seem a bit cheaper, they have an eBay store with more choice too.maccas99 said:
Where have you ordered your Ferrous Sulphate from? Care to share? :-)
From Lawnsmiths, I signed up for an account this time and noticed on my old orders that I've ordered the same 10kg tub of Ferrous Sulphate in March for the last 3 years! Bloody moss is such a pain.
But I've finished 1 half of the lawn, 8 black sacks full, and it looks pretty bare as it always does when I do it. I'll get another light application of ferrous Sulphate over it to hopefully kill off any moss still clinging on in there, along with some fertiliser as I've not applied any of that for 5 years or so now.
I'm based in Berkshire, and the grass on the bit I've not yet attacked with the scarifier is shooting up over the last week since I mowed it. I might have to mow it again before I scarify.
I'll be back to Lawnsmith's soon for some more big bags of seed, one general and one shady, so I can massively over seed again. Keeps the local pigeons well happy that does.
just over 3 weeks ago I fed with evergreen and a week later scarified, verticut, overseeded and top dressed. Its been over 2 weeks now and I would have expected to see some beginnings of seed germination. Just shows its got a bit colder at nights recently. this is on the south coast too. Will try and sort some pics up soon. Its (fortunately) only a small lawn but trying to get it to grow under a big TPO'd pine tree is always a challenge
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