2021 Lawn thread

[Riff Raff]

RichB said:

Riff Raff said:

We had problems with flooding in the back garden in our last house. Eventually we found out that the piping to the rain water soakaway under the lawn hadn't been connected up.

OOI How did you know where to dig to expose the joint?

You've seen pictures of that big fountain in Geneva? During a downpour the back garden looked a bit like that!

[wjwren]

Autopilot said:

I put grass seed down on Bank Holiday Monday and I have grass shoots appearing!! I'm genuinely fascinated by how fast its popped up but I guess the conditions have been pretty good (South East UK), warmish days / soil, rain at night and repeat! I'm looking forwards to the end of the next week as obviously it's VERY patchy so worrying that it will be grassy in places and nothing in others but trying not to be impatient and let it do its thing as it will grow!!

The thing that surprised me was how suddenly it appeared! I've had a new fence put in on one side so was out there yesterday morning providing the guys with Tea, but wasn't until the afternoon that the chap who cleared the area for me commented how he could see the grass coming up....and then I looked and there were green patches....how the hell did I miss that when I was out there earlier the same day!

I always over seed after about 4 weeks. No matter what you do it always seems to be patchy.

[RichB]

Riff Raff said:

You've seen pictures of that big fountain in Geneva? During a downpour the back garden looked a bit like that!

Ah ha!

[dhutch]

Riff Raff said:

We had problems ...

Lovely! Proper Friday afternoon fk you job!

[stevensdrs]

This is a grass strip about 2 metres wide and 10 metres long adjacent to a stand of trees. It was seeded last year and came up fairly well but then died off due to lack of sunlight.
I overseeded it in mid April this yearwith a special shady area seed mix which I initially thought was dud seed as it took 3 weeks to germinate. Over the last couple of days it has started to come through and looks to be a fairly even germination. If it can stand the shade from the trees this summer it might just work out okay.
You can see what was left of the previous grass which was not much at all.


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A close up showing the new shoots.

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The label from the 5kg bag of seed.

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[whatleytom]

The endless rain has done my seed some good. Starting to look ok now after the big scarify then overseed.

[mikees]

War and wet here (Bucks) you can almost see the grass growing.

[CaptainHindsight]

Have a Swardman hollow tine aerator arriving this week, and ground is perfect for aerating after all the rain we've had. Question, should I aerate at this time of the year or better to wait til Autumn now?

Edited by CaptainHindsight on Sunday 16th May 21:08

[spikeyhead]

I seeded ten days ago and applied fertilizer today. Hope to see some strong growth soon.

[r44flyer]

CaptainHindsight said:

Have a Swardman hollow tine aerator arriving this week, and ground is perfect for aerating after all the rain we've had. Question, should I aerate at this time of the year or better to wait til Autumn now?

Edited by CaptainHindsight on Sunday 16th May 21:08

If it needs it, go for it. It will recover well as grass everywhere has only just got going. If it was due to be hot and dry I wouldn't, but we're a month behind on the heat and there's plenty of rain forecast.

[ChocolateFrog]

Found what I've been doing wrong. Must wait for air and soil temps to reach 100°C

Courtesy of Pitchcare.com

[RichB]

ChocolateFrog said:

Found what I've been doing wrong. Must wait for air and soil temps to reach 100°C
Courtesy of Pitchcare.com

[HappyMidget]

ChocolateFrog said:

Found what I've been doing wrong. Must wait for air and soil temps to reach 100°C

Courtesy of Pitchcare.com

That last visible sentence

[CaptainHindsight]

r44flyer said:

If it needs it, go for it. It will recover well as grass everywhere has only just got going. If it was due to be hot and dry I wouldn't, but we're a month behind on the heat and there's plenty of rain forecast.

Thank you, yes some patches are desperate for it.

[morfmedia]

Heat + rain + start fertiliser seems to have woken the lawn up nicely, looking much thicker in many places.

Overseed doesn't seem to have kicked in much yet, hopefully next 10 days should help.

[joestifff]

Well the grass is growing. This is a photo between downpours. Although the rain has brought lots of small stones to the surface. The doc weeds are growing well too:



But then along comes more rain. Need some plants to help soak up the water.



99% of the water soaks away quickly once the rain has gone. Although it’s taking longer each time now as the ground is so saturated.

[Saleen836]

My lawns have been neglected over the years (except for mowing) there is a lot of some kind of weed I guess? over a lot of the rear lawn,what is it and can my lawn be saved?

[RichB]

Saleen836 said:

...some kind of weed I guess?

Daisies.

[Hammerhead]

The last few weeks have been good for the lawn and garden. Mild temps, plenty of rain showers. I got in some manual weed removal (dandelions mostly) then gave the lawn a feed. The sun and showers have been very handy in watering that in so it's looking pretty good. The mower has been set to medium height for the last couple of cuts, I'll raise it in the next couple of weeks, then do two cuts a week for the rest of the 'summer' (hoping it arrives, proper!)

[Chicken Chaser]

Mines come on well in the back, all the stuff I reseeded last year during the wet September has now blended in with the rest of it.

The front still has odd patches but I did have leather jackets under there a couple of months ago when I started digging a new border. I'm overseeing but I'm not sure if it's just something I'll need to treat with nematodes.