Lawns

I’ve just cut the grass yesterday and I’m looking for some advice on how to make it better. I was thinking of buying a scarifier from Screwfix for £70 as a start.The lawn itself if quite uneven so it needs to be levelled in parts. I’m also looking for tools such as aerators and spreaders but...

I never get too bothered about "grass", but if you want a perfect lawn then probably your old weed a feed will still work..They are banning weedkillers left right and centre so the modern stuff is less likely to be effective.

Very interesting. I used to spend hours on hands and knees pulling out masses of clover. Now, being a lot older, the knees suffer, I can't really see the clover unless on top of it and from a distance it looks to me like I have the best "lawn" in the world - another plus for old(er) age.

Just found it on ITV Player. Lucky the weather is forecast to be wet (as usual) - all the episodes look interesting.

Not really from the dog, I had a new patio laid late last year and they repaired a part of the lawn that got damaged during the process by digging out and laying new turf, but some of that turf didn't take and is now bare.

I once used a petrol Mantis to remove moss and thatch. Worked very well but it was odd as you have to walk backwards. Filled a dozen rubbish bags and yes the grass looked a bit bare but soon recovered.

I can only go by what I would do, or have done in the past @turfturfturf . There are lawn 'experts' who will no doubt disagree because they see it from a different point of view, and are used to making and maintaining commercial turfed areas like sports pitches etc, but most gardeners just want...

Ox eye daisies don't mind richer soil - in fact, they love it, but they get bigger because of it.

It depends how you feel about it, and how big the area is. Many people will use a moss killer, sometimes with a feed, and then scarify once the moss has blackened. You can then re seed when conditions are warm enough, or just feed and mow. It can be hard work [scarifying] doing it by hand if...

Yeah I've never really got the bother about flying ants either, they all appear from under the patio at ours, and it's not a massive patio, so we share. As long as they don't fall into my tea..

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Cheers @ricky101 I don't want to use iron sulphate as I have a dog and would end up with black stains on the patio etc and as you say I'd need to rake it all out after treatment which I would struggle to do.I've taken the plunge and just ordered 20Kg Mo Bacter from amazon - at £50 it had...

If it is any consolation I have the same problem in exactly the same spot. Tried everything now I have planted grass seed in a large seed tray then I am going to dig it up put in some general compost then replant. Fingers crossed.

Well you could scarify it and maybe add some General purpose fertilizer after whilst waiting for the ground to warm up sufficiently to apply a grass re-seed

Ha! I could have written this! I don't mow any more as it is too much for my back. I have a strimmer and I wave this around when things get desperate, but mostly I just ignore it.

My concern would be that you'd create a series of sumps where the water would accumulate in wet weather and not really improve the rest of the lawn. You could put in proper land drains to take the water to a soak away at the low point of the garden. Either just trench and put drains in or strip...

Thanks for all your reply's, it's appreciated, I will look into getting netting put over areas that are needing replaced. Will look on amazon unless someone knows a better place to purchase.

Thank you so much!

Treat with ferric sulphate as Lawn sand before you scarify, otherwise you are distributing moss spores, which will spread the moss. Allow 14-21 days before raking. The moss will blacken. This does not leave a problem free area, because the conditions that allow moss persist. See above. Improve...

If the problem is leatherjackets; then there is a nematode treatment you can water on. Soil temperature needs to be high enough. There is a similar treatment for chafer beetle grubs.