2022 Lawn Thread

[Dr Murdoch]

Haven't seen this years thread, so please close if its been setup.

I'm just looking out at my lawn, and I swear its showing signs of growth (South East). Does the soil temp need to be >8c? Some of the days have been into double figures, but nights it regularly drops close to zero, so on that basis its unlikely to be growing.

Maybe its just my imagination, and I know its a bit sad, but i'm itching to get the mower out!

[Dr Murdoch]

First time I've ever cut the grass in January. Not heard a mower round here in months, so I did think I looked like that 'odd neighbour'!

Btw what is a mulching plug?

I assume only a select number of mowers have these? I have a Hayter spirit 41....

[Dr Murdoch]

A few pics of my garden. Third year since moving in.

Last Autumn I heavily scarified and over seeded, and its really liked it. 3month fertilizer from Lawn-smith and i've also just started using liquid seaweed.

Mowing every couple of days with the catcher off. The 'pitch' is giving me plenty of headaches as its in the shade, clay soil which has already been dug down, and heavy foot traffic with two boys (and one big kid!) playing football, hence the goal areas.

[Dr Murdoch]

brums evil twin said:

Looks like I have got some red thread coming through - So I have given the lawn some lawn food with a good percentage of nitrogen.

What else is suggested??

thanks

Last year I used this with great effect:



Over the weekend I put a nitrogen feed down and then used the above. Shall report back later in the week with the results...

[Dr Murdoch]

brums evil twin said:

Brilliant - where did you buy it from?

A local garden centre, but Tool-station appear to sell it so its readily available

[Dr Murdoch]

Its that time of year now for scarifying and re-seeding.

I've noticed a few posters have used polythene sheeting to encourage growth and prevent birds from munching on the new seed. Where can I buy that sheeting? A quick google brings up clear dust sheets for decorating, will these do the job? The area I'm looking at is 5x15 metres.

[Dr Murdoch]

Stedman said:

I’d say a little too early? Where are you in the country?

South-east.

Last year I left it until the end of September, but it didn't give enough time for the seed to establish itself. Lesson learnt and the forecast is looking good (for seeding, not for tanning).

[Dr Murdoch]

Dr Mike Oxgreen said:

I scarified about 3 weeks ago. I only had time for one pass, so I was moderately aggressive with it…


Then I overseeded and top-dressed with a thin covering of compost.

Three weeks later, and I’ve just given it its second mowing. Not looking too bad! It has really thickened up in the last week. Even though I’ve done this umpteen times, it still amazes me how the lawn recovers…

Lush!

[Dr Murdoch]

I've gone full out this year to try and sort my kids 'pitch'.

Before (sometime in May)



Now, levelled, fertilised and then seeded using 'JS16 Supershade Grass Seed'. I've now covered with decorators sheeting from Screw Fix (£5)

[Dr Murdoch]

Good results so far:

Before



Seeding



1.5 weeks after seeding

[Dr Murdoch]

I think I ask this every year, but....

I've just scarified and over-seeded (yesterday), can I put down an Autumn feed now, or wait?