Lawns and moss problems

Maccy

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As the title suggests, do any of you have this problem? I've noticed it's been worse this year than previous years, scraped a big chunk of moss off and there's a large patch of nothingness there now! Tried putting down lawn feed and seeds, watered it but getting no such luck. It's getting to the stage of asking for a specialist to quote us but I wondered firstly it any of you guys had some tips?

Thanks
 
Firstly be happy if you have anything green growing on your lawn - there are worse things to have wrong.

Secondly, get a scarifier (sp) which will rake out your lawn and try and keep moss from building up.

Thirdly, regular moss-killer and grass food.

Fourthly, a garden is for drinking beer in rather than agonising over.
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MikeTimbers said:
Fourthly, a garden is for drinking beer in rather than agonising over.
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I'd rather drink beer in a nice looking garden than my current dump!

Thanks for the tips though :)
 
Check out these guys www.greenthumb.co.uk

4 visits per year at £13 a time and the option of additional visits for scarifying etc. I have seen the results and eventually you will have a weed and moss free lawn. You will see a marked improvement after every treatment.
 
i have turfed my lawn 3 times and every year it just gets swamped with moss, I rake moss in the spring and am left with patchy mud.

whats the cure?
 
Well if it is mud then there is your problem, you may need better drainage as moss can be a problem if the ground is constantly damp.
 
wormwood said:
Check out these guys www.greenthumb.co.uk

4 visits per year at £13 a time and the option of additional visits for scarifying etc. I have seen the results and eventually you will have a weed and moss free lawn. You will see a marked improvement after every treatment.
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I use a similair company to treat my lawn, www.greensleeves-uk.com it now looks fantastic.
The £13 though will be for the smallest lawn, they will come and measure and give you a quote.
 
wormwood said:
Well if it is mud then there is your problem, you may need better drainage as moss can be a problem if the ground is constantly damp.
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yes i thought as much was thinking of digging down 1,5 feet laying down some rubble and then top 1/5 top soil ontop?
 
I had problems with my last lawn because of shaded areas in my garden. The only answer was to kills it off in march april, scarify the lawn and re-seed the patches.

A groundsman recommended adding sand over a period of time to my lawn to help the drainage.
 
Yeah, its certainly a drainage problem. Your best bet is to strip the top layer off then add some aggregate and then finally covering with topsoil. Seed this or lay turf.

If you don't sort out the drainage problem you will forever have moss problems. Its a big job and quite costly, but less work overall and costs less in the long term.
 
Another 'me too' here -

Bad drainage is the problem. Feeding the grass seems to help a bit.

Still full of moss and fat birds here though...
 
Just the sort of thread I was going to start myself, sort of.

I laid some turf last year. The garden was a waste ground with old concerete slabs, bricks and general rubbish on it.
Cleaned it all up and dug over what soil was there and spread it all across the area the turf was to be laid. The end result was a bit patchy (not the turf) and uneven. We should have put some topsoil down to smooth it and level it but tbh we cba, cost more than anything and the time was short.

Now to this day the grass is still green and looking good. Tightly knitted to the small amount of soil that we managed to use. The lawn is very uneven and when its mowed there are patches where its gone brown due to the height of some parts of the lawn. Under foot you can feel the lack of soil and rubble under the lawn.

Now my idea is this.
As we have started to finish of the garden, rockery and path etc I was wondering if its possible to get some topsoil and lay it on the lawn to level it and smooth it out and put some more higher quality turf down on top? I would imagine the new turf would knit better and quicker and be softer underfoot as it would have old lawn and lots more soil to grab hold of.

Anyone think or know if this would be ok.
 
droolinggimp said:
Just the sort of thread I was going to start myself, sort of.

I laid some turf last year. The garden was a waste ground with old concerete slabs, bricks and general rubbish on it.
Cleaned it all up and dug over what soil was there and spread it all across the area the turf was to be laid. The end result was a bit patchy (not the turf) and uneven. We should have put some topsoil down to smooth it and level it but tbh we cba, cost more than anything and the time was short.

Now to this day the grass is still green and looking good. Tightly knitted to the small amount of soil that we managed to use. The lawn is very uneven and when its mowed there are patches where its gone brown due to the height of some parts of the lawn. Under foot you can feel the lack of soil and rubble under the lawn.

Now my idea is this.
As we have started to finish of the garden, rockery and path etc I was wondering if its possible to get some topsoil and lay it on the lawn to level it and smooth it out and put some more higher quality turf down on top? I would imagine the new turf would knit better and quicker and be softer underfoot as it would have old lawn and lots more soil to grab hold of.

Anyone think or know if this would be ok.
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Best thing to do would be to get a turf machine that takes it up and rolls it, even the ground, and re-lay.

Easiest thing would be to cut out the sections that are uneven, even up with soil, and put the grass back.
 
Yeah was thinking that but the ground i very uneven and I might aswell take up all the grass. The thing is if i re-lay after smoothing the ground I would still have patches of worn grass..

I really need to know if it would be ok to do what I suggested in my idea. Soil over the top of the lawn then lay new grass.
 
Moss is better than grass anyway, kill off all the grass, chuck a few round stones in and have a beautiful unique mossy lawn.
 
droolinggimp said:
Yeah was thinking that but the ground i very uneven and I might aswell take up all the grass. The thing is if i re-lay after smoothing the ground I would still have patches of worn grass..

I really need to know if it would be ok to do what I suggested in my idea. Soil over the top of the lawn then lay new grass.
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It would grow certainly but would likely become uneven as the turfs underneath rot down.
 
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