grass seed

[apache]

alright, how do you get the sodding stuff to work? I put topsoil down, seeded and watered liberally. Fcuking stuff just sits there

[Size Nine Elm]

Just buy from a dealer like everybody else.

[Big_M]

Probably still a bit cold for it - grass seed doesn't perform too well if there is a frost. Not sure where you are but temperatures have been below 0 centegrade here in Essex for the last few nights.

[dontlift]

Try turf and a local gypo to lay it cheap - worked for me

[d3ano]

Size Nine Elm said: Just buy from a dealer like everybody else.

You can buy seeds from dealers now??? business must be slow



>> Edited by d3ano on Thursday 10th April 12:47

[rich 36]

The most prolific crop plant on the planet, and you can't get it to grow, whats going on?

[plotloss]

Tried the Hydroponic or Sea of Green methods?

Matt.

[FourWheelDrift]

alright, how do you get the sodding stuff to work? I put topsoil down, seeded and watered liberally. Fcuking stuff just sits there

How long have you waited? Often takes a few weeks for signs of life.

Did you spot a couple of hundred Starlings sitting in the trees nearby watching you?

Canada Grass is the quickest to grow but not the best.

[apache]

Big_M said: Probably still a bit cold for it - grass seed doesn't perform too well if there is a frost. Not sure where you are but temperatures have been below 0 centegrade here in Essex for the last few nights.

think that must be it.......it's started hail stones here ffs

[mrsd]

What's the temperature like over there ? If there's any frost it won't grow. Wait until the beginning of May and when you sow the seed (assuming you're doing a patch rather than the whole lawn) put some sticks in the lawn around the seed and string thread between them cobweb style, this will stop birds eating all the seeds. Also, how old the seed is makes a big difference, if it's been in a cold/damp shed since last year it'll never grow.

[alunr]

www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg2/videos/sowing_a_lawn.shtml

I was made to watch it in return for all the car stuff alright!

[d3ano]

Could be the soil that you have if any? If you got clay then its going to take forever. My parents house used to have clay at the end of the garden and they could never really get the grass to grow well down there, so the slab it up. Sorted

[apache]

wow! lot of gardener types out there, thanks for the info, can't believe I just watched an Alan Titmarsh vid

[kevinday]

Yep, a bit cold and also wait for a few weeks before complaining . I need to overseed parts of my new lawn following the original seeding in autumn.

[oi_oi_savaloy]

To sow a garden Lawn:

1 Buy 15 gallons of diesel.

2. pour 15 gallons of diesel over soil.

3. Cement garden

4. lay a patio.

5 throw the mower away.

6 job done!

[alunr]

apache said: wow! lot of gardener types out there, thanks for the info, can't believe I just watched an Alan Titmarsh vid

I am not a gardener! Mr's likes it though hence having to watch "How to be a Gardener last week"

Still it proved useful for something...

[incorrigible]

Where does grass seed come from

The stuff on your lawn never seems to go to seed

Seems a bit like seedless grapes (I know that one BTW )

[pbrettle]

Whats a garden? Green fingers? Nah, I just kill everything I touch - just call me Dr Death!