2023 Lawn Thread
Discussion
Jon_Bmw said:
Rolawn have a black Friday offer on their Medallion 3kg lawn seed, which is buy one, get one free. I always thought it a bit pricey for doing an over seed without the BOGOF.
Even with a £4.99 courier fee, it is good value if you want to match your original grass seed/turf like me;
https://www.rolawn.co.uk/lawn-care/rolawn-medallio...
Hopefully it survives if I keep it unopened and inside during the winter.
Does seem very pricey compaired to others. Even with a £4.99 courier fee, it is good value if you want to match your original grass seed/turf like me;
https://www.rolawn.co.uk/lawn-care/rolawn-medallio...
Hopefully it survives if I keep it unopened and inside during the winter.
I can see the advantage for patching in turf, but would be tempted to use another brand for overseeding?
https://www.lawnsmith.co.uk/staygreen-lawn-grass-s...
I usually give my lawn an Autumn feed but for one reason or another I've not been able to this year. However as we are experiencing very mild and reasonably dry weather down South currently would I be able to give the lawn a quick trim and then put some Autumn feed on it? Or is this just too late and will do more harm than good?
(In case you are wondering it's a Lawnsmith feed which says to apply from September to November.)
(In case you are wondering it's a Lawnsmith feed which says to apply from September to November.)
dudleybloke said:
I gave mine a light trim, fed with autumn/winter feed and also gave it a dose of iron the other day.
I'm fed up with this wind blowing leaves about though, been clearing them up almost every day but the wind brings more.
I can't do much as my early season daffs are coming up. Buttercup infestation, which I will attempt to remove by hand, as no chemicals use able until daffs and crocus have died away in May...I'm fed up with this wind blowing leaves about though, been clearing them up almost every day but the wind brings more.
Humpy D said:
I usually give my lawn an Autumn feed but for one reason or another I've not been able to this year. However as we are experiencing very mild and reasonably dry weather down South currently would I be able to give the lawn a quick trim and then put some Autumn feed on it? Or is this just too late and will do more harm than good?
(In case you are wondering it's a Lawnsmith feed which says to apply from September to November.)
You certainly can.(In case you are wondering it's a Lawnsmith feed which says to apply from September to November.)
I’ve been feeding my lawn every six weeks right the way through for the last two winters - I think this is the third. And it seems to come out of the starting blocks quicker when the spring comes. So long as you’re using a low nitrogen feed, high in potassium and with a reasonable amount of phosphorus, and you avoid feeding when the lawn is frozen (because you really don’t want to be walking on it), I think there’s no reason to stop feeding - especially when it’s as ludicrously mild as it is now.
Just bumping to add some additional thoughts to my comment above.
The LawnSmith autumn feed has N-P-K of 10-5-15, so it has some phosphorus and a decent level of potassium. But for me it’s a little too high on the nitrogen for all-winter feeding like I do - and that’s fair enough, because it’s not designed for that purpose.
The feed I use is Sportsmaster autumn, which has N-P-K of 4-12-12 (and I apply it about every six weeks in winter at roughly two-thirds of the recommended dose). For me that’s a better balance for all-winter feeding: lower nitrogen so it doesn’t encourage too much leafy top-growth, and decent amounts of phosphorus and potassium for root growth and hardiness.
So I’m not sure I’d recommend using the LawnSmith 10-5-15 for all-winter use under normal conditions - however, what we have right now are not normal conditions! Here in Surrey we’ve had 12°C for Christmas Day, and it’s forecast to stay unseasonably mild for at least a week or two longer.
So in the current temperatures, I say go for it - get a dose of the LawnSmith down, maybe at a slightly lower dose, and if we’re still having such mild conditions in six weeks’ time then go for another moderate dose.
The LawnSmith autumn feed has N-P-K of 10-5-15, so it has some phosphorus and a decent level of potassium. But for me it’s a little too high on the nitrogen for all-winter feeding like I do - and that’s fair enough, because it’s not designed for that purpose.
The feed I use is Sportsmaster autumn, which has N-P-K of 4-12-12 (and I apply it about every six weeks in winter at roughly two-thirds of the recommended dose). For me that’s a better balance for all-winter feeding: lower nitrogen so it doesn’t encourage too much leafy top-growth, and decent amounts of phosphorus and potassium for root growth and hardiness.
So I’m not sure I’d recommend using the LawnSmith 10-5-15 for all-winter use under normal conditions - however, what we have right now are not normal conditions! Here in Surrey we’ve had 12°C for Christmas Day, and it’s forecast to stay unseasonably mild for at least a week or two longer.
So in the current temperatures, I say go for it - get a dose of the LawnSmith down, maybe at a slightly lower dose, and if we’re still having such mild conditions in six weeks’ time then go for another moderate dose.
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