2021 Lawn thread
Discussion
CaptainHindsight said:
kentlad said:
Any advice on the best seed to put down for a new lawn? South east. Roughly 409sqm to cover. One large tree smack in the middle of the lawn so some shade but not much. Gets sun from around 8am to 6pm daily. Needs to be semi hard wearing & weed resistant if that’s a thing?
This is mine, reseeded last year with Lawnsmith Classic seed. Gets plenty of wear with 2 maniac children running around constantly.Hi,
Lawn newbie here. I have a weed spread throughout my lawn and looking for advice on identifying and killing it. The weed grows outwards along the ground and looks like a vine. It's a pain to pull out because it spreads around and is everywhere. As it is close to the ground the lawn mower doesn't get it, it only removes it's flowers/leaves.
Any idea what it is and how I kill it - preferably without also killing the lawn?
Lawn newbie here. I have a weed spread throughout my lawn and looking for advice on identifying and killing it. The weed grows outwards along the ground and looks like a vine. It's a pain to pull out because it spreads around and is everywhere. As it is close to the ground the lawn mower doesn't get it, it only removes it's flowers/leaves.
Any idea what it is and how I kill it - preferably without also killing the lawn?
Edited by WinstonR on Sunday 13th June 19:59
WinstonR said:
Hi,
Lawn newbie here. I have a weed spread throughout my lawn and looking for advice on identifying and killing it. The weed grows outwards along the ground and looks like a vine. It's a pain to pull out because it spreads around and is everywhere. As it is close to the ground the lawn mower doesn't get it, it only removes it's flowers/leaves.
Any idea what it is and how I kill it - preferably without also killing the lawn?
As above its clover, we use resolva in the green bottle on it, kills it dead saves the grass.Lawn newbie here. I have a weed spread throughout my lawn and looking for advice on identifying and killing it. The weed grows outwards along the ground and looks like a vine. It's a pain to pull out because it spreads around and is everywhere. As it is close to the ground the lawn mower doesn't get it, it only removes it's flowers/leaves.
Any idea what it is and how I kill it - preferably without also killing the lawn?
Edited by WinstonR on Sunday 13th June 19:59
I’ve gone full anti bird today and netted the grass approx 30m2.
Chucked some more seed down so hopefully in two weeks the patchiness will have gone and the nice green lawn returned.
I don’t know If I was overwatering the last time i seeded (leaving sprinklers on for 15 mins a time) or the birds were having a feast but I’ve not had much joy as of late
Chucked some more seed down so hopefully in two weeks the patchiness will have gone and the nice green lawn returned.
I don’t know If I was overwatering the last time i seeded (leaving sprinklers on for 15 mins a time) or the birds were having a feast but I’ve not had much joy as of late
Stedman said:
RichB said:
morfmedia said:
POA has gone wild in my lawn...
Poa; it's poa annua, it's a type of grass. Names of plants are not capitalised and it's not an abbreviation for price on application. The hot, dry weather we're having stresses poa to the point that it starts producing seed heads in abundance, preparing offspring to follow its presumed imminent death. So you've probably got lots of those! Rake them to stand them up and then cut on the short side to make sure you get as many as you can. Then water, if no rain is forecast, to help recovery.
Milkbuttons said:
Anyone know what this weed is growing in my lawn and what's the best method of removing?
I have quite a few of them and would rather use a weed killer suitable for lawns rather than pulling them out if such a product exists.
Looks like plantain, hamsters love it, either of the two Lawn weed killers will treat it. I have quite a few of them and would rather use a weed killer suitable for lawns rather than pulling them out if such a product exists.
garylythgoe said:
Update: I went ahead and had a go at turfing the newly top soiled section from a few posts ago.
It was a lot of effort digging out the old clay soil to properly level it. I did it in the baking sun yesterday!
Essentially I had to shuffle a lot of the soil about as it compacted a lot. I also dug out a lot of the clay and laid fresh top soil down.
I fertilised the soil with growmore the night before.
Here’s the finished result from yesterday. I’ll post more pics up in a week or two. But as a newbie, I’m over the moon with the result!
Fast forward a couple of weeks, and two cuts and here’s how it’s looking now!It was a lot of effort digging out the old clay soil to properly level it. I did it in the baking sun yesterday!
Essentially I had to shuffle a lot of the soil about as it compacted a lot. I also dug out a lot of the clay and laid fresh top soil down.
I fertilised the soil with growmore the night before.
Here’s the finished result from yesterday. I’ll post more pics up in a week or two. But as a newbie, I’m over the moon with the result!
I’m over the moon with how nicely it’s settled. It’s surpassed my expectations!
You really need to love cutting grass to buy a computer game all about mowing lawns.
https://www.facebook.com/364770057937/posts/101594...
Nice graphics though!
https://www.facebook.com/364770057937/posts/101594...
Nice graphics though!
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