Lawns

I'm not sure what you are asking for here. What do you mean by low and medium grades?

Hi, perhaps there was some residual moss killer still there, i would try again this autumn.

Thank you all for your helpful advice I have browsed around online and was wondering if I should go for the ornamental or standard type. The front garden will get very little wear and tear so I think I'll splash out and get the posh stuff!

Hi thegooner and welcome. Firstly scarify, secondly aerate, thirdly add your top dressing and sweep this into the holes you made while aerating. Why do you need to overseed? But, more importantly,how long is the grass at present? David.

thats sort of what i planned to do. is it worth soaking so wet and rolling it?

Perfect reply! Dog lichen round the drip line of the decking above. Me. Fork. Sand. Happy week ahead!

For overseeding. Cut your lawn quite short. Rake or scarify the surface to remove any thatch and expose a little soil as a seedbed. Apply good quality lawn seed at the recommended rate. Lightly rake again to get the seed down to the soil (as it won't grow stuck to the leaves of other grass...

Hi Just give a good feed and re-seed spike it first before you put the seed down and the seed when growing will look like a mini hair transplant buy seeds that likes shade (DONT USE WEED AND FEED WHEN PUTTING NEW SEED DOWN IT WILL KILL THE NEW GRASS) The bark around the edge wont help it...

Welcome to Gardeners Corner David. If you intend to use a weed, feed and moss killer then it would be best done now before you lay grass seed. Leaving it until later in the year could weaken the new grass. Whenever I have to re-seed or on the rare occasion replace a lawn I don't use any...

Tricky question! Skip the rye as you probably already have it, go for the slender bladed types often found in the 'luxury' mixes

Most broad-leaved weeds can't be outcompeted though. Dandelions, daisies, buttercups and plantain are the usual culprits, but if your lawn is bad then you could also have nettle, dead nettle, bugle, field balm, mallow, various types of thistle, and so on. Mowing generally won't shift them once...

You can plant "straight away", so to speak, but in practice I think it is best to wait 2 weeks, by which time you should be able to see where the grass is dying, and decide if you have covered everything, or if there are some bits you missed and need to have another go at. I would then wait a...

Hi Lawnmowerman,Yes, you can add a granular fertiliser, but you're right, you ought to use a straight fertiliser without added selective weed killer.There's no need to wait before applying fertiliser - so go for it, but don't overdo it or you'll be mowing 5 times a week

Hi David and thank you,yes we do have a very large German Shepard,and to explain last year when we moved to this address we had the lawn turfed and our big foot turned it into a quaqmire in no time at all along with the urine stains it was a right mess,anyway we have bought some more land now...

Thanks guys - yeah, will keep on with the watering and hope it come through in the end, just wasnt sure how to long before giving it up as a not going to happen.

Hello and welcome wade, I agree with Spruce & Sheal

I am not an expert on lawns by any means and have what I describe as short meadow here. I could not in all honesty say our grass is a lawn being predominately clover and moss but the bees love the clover and it is green! From far away it looks not too bad, in reality! Growing the perfect lawn...

On Gardeners Question Time today they were saying it is nearly time for new lawns ,to do all the ground work and allow the soil to settle, dig it over and then, any weeds that come through can be removed before the final raking of the soil . :thumb:

i would say fill with sharp sand help break up the clay

My plan is to apply a selective weed killer, scarify then top dress and seed. I may also hire a hollow tine machine to air the lawn.