Cutting/feeding schedule.

Hi all,

My lawn has been installed for about six weeks or so now and looks to be doing remarkably well. I have mown it twice on the highest setting and today mowed it on the middle setting. I plan to mow it (weather permitting) every weekend. I'd like to know if this seems sufficent or not, and also when the dates are for feeding the lawn. Also what are the optiond for feeding it? General B&Q lawn feed or something a bit more organic?

Oh, and I've also noticed a few toadstools popping up. Any ideas on how to deal with them or am I just going to have to cut them out and fill in the gaps?

Many thanks,
Matthew

 

Mow when it needs it. Depends on temperature, and rain. Weekly would be quite usual.
Feed it any time now it's growing. There are plenty of lawn fertlizers available. Some cost more and kill the broad-leaved weeds as well (weed and feed). Avoid over-feeding or spilling it on the grass. Too much fertlizer in one place will scorch the grass, and maybe kill it.

Toadstools don't normally cause any damage. I wouldn't worry about them.

 

I would defo mow weekly, as for feed use a liquid feed ie postrogen for nitrogen and also something like sea weed granulales.

I dont rate normal granular feeds and never use them, I tend to use a 15-0-6 liquid feed on my own lawn plus ocasional sprays of iron sulphate but its difficult to get either of these retail.

Nothing mutch you can do about toadstools other than brush them off.

 

Grass grows from its base. The more its cut the thicker it gets. This time up to say end june mowing will be very regular then the grass starts to slow.

I agree with the previous posters about granules. They can be more trouble than their worth. I use a product called lawn magic from www.superspray.co.uk which is a liquid feed and comes in 5 litre bottle. good value for money and good performance. I apply it with a Superspray which I posted on another thread about lawn worries. Check out the site its worth a look at the sprayer. It costs about a tenner and can be used for other things.

I think I remember seeing some sort of liquid moss control product on this site too. or am I dreaming?

 

Thanks for the link, vegman. I'll definitely consider this.

 

I've just purchased this and am going to give it a go this weekend.

Cheers, Nick

 

anyone else used the lawn magic product? thinking of buying it with the sprayer just wondered on other peoples opions...

 

Not used it, but you cant really go wrong with a liquid feed unlike a granular one.

Further liquid feeds are absorbed faster.

 

I'm sure the liquid feed will work OK and as Pro Gard says it is easier to get it right with liquid. I do wonder however if it is more costly than granular feed in the long run. The aim is to add nutrient (mainly nitrogen potassium, and phosphorus) to the lawn. Lawns need nitrogen particularly. I would think there would be a lot more nutrient in the granules, in which the nitrogen is typically 10%+ N. So the cost per unit of nutrient would be lower for granules, and the effect would be longer lasting, so you don't need to feed so often. Liquid feeds are quick-acting, but are likely not to last as long. I suspect that if you do the calculation, and compare 5 litres of liquid with 5kg of granules, you will get more nutrient for you money if you use granules.