Lawns

It's good to hear you're happy there BG. Yes, I'm prepared to wait but it's so frustrating and I'm losing interest in maintaining my present gardens. There's no point in doing anything other than keeping it tidy.

That makes sense. From what I read so far, I make the conclusion that the lawn aeration tools one should use depend a lot on the type of soil they have and its condition. The more the soil is compacted, the bigger the hollow tines or spikes should be.

Thankyou so much for your replies and confirming what I thought was right

Red Clover?

Thank you "M"

Thanks, will try again with the photo's. On one patch, there are thick, oily black patches on/mixed up in the grass. Then next to and on top, there are these flat, round coils/spirals which then go white on top as if going mouldy. Will try again with pics!

I expect its just the close-cut with the mower that is the problem. Mature grass would recover from that (roots well established, and provided it was not repeated often!) but I fear that young turf might not. I would over-seed any bare patches with some shady-mix grass seed; we are near the end...

No it shouldn't be to late to re-seed. Grass needs a temperature of 12C or above to germinate, below that it will struggle, if it germinates at all.

Well, one of the main reasons for aerating the lawn is to alleviate compaction and if you have, as I suspect, builders debris under the turf I would leave it until you get the grass looking stronger and healthier.

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Thanks Axl - I don't think it's overfeeding as it's done by Greenthumb. So every 6-8 weeks and by the time they come it's in need of a feed.

Hi All,I've asked for a quote to prepare and turf an area of around 60m2. There will be a fair bit of preparation - mainly de stoning and levelling.How much is a 'reasonable' quote for this work?Ta Chris

I presume the grass was long when you mvoed in and first cut it, hence the "yellow lawn" in your first picture?If that's the case I wouldn't do too much or expect too much this year, and I would ease up on feeding it otherwise it will go into the winter "soft" and be prone to disease etc. (or...

I would cut it once a month (with your flail, or a rotary topping mower) and then cut some nice paths through it with a walk-behind or ride-on rotary. They will cope with occasional missed-mowings but basically you want to aim to do that once a week in the growing season. In a year, maybe...

Yes, I agree ... although there will be opinions and opinions!!If its just grass then worst case it will pop up and grow through the new turf ... adding more grass to your ... grass! What you don't want is any pernicious weeds left behind, so if it looks like you have any of those then Nuke...

Hello and welcome to the forum Sam.In your photo you have a grass flower, it's a sign your grass is getting too high so needs trimming. Set your mower on a high setting to begin with so you are taking off the seed heads and no more than a third of the leaves.Your lawn is looking very good

Hello everyone,I am a complete novice at all aspects of gardening. I have cut grass a fair bit but as I've never owned a house with a reasonable size of garden I've never done anything with them. However, I have recently bought a larger sized home for my expanding young family and it has a...

Nicola your lawn is not huge at all - my parents had their lawn rotated and returfed last year which is larger than yours and it wasn't expensive. It was well worth it as it looks great now.Maybe returf one lawn area each summer to spread cost would work well.S

A good lawn always sets off the rest of the garden - and stops people noticing weeds and other perfections, so even if it seemed excessive there is still a hidden gain