Mowing the lawn

cut top 3 days ago - sprayed some moss-killer/maxicrop this pm ;
instructions said 150ml per 1.5L in a sprayer for 10m2 ... turned out sprayer was only using about 1L/10m2, so a bit more diluted than suggested ..
we'll see what result is, and whether grass will thrive to fill out any gaps.
 
My lawn is looking very thin over winter, don't thing I'll be cutting it until at least next month. Need some seed and compost spread on top.
 
Seeded a new area of the garden in November and it's around 5" now and good for a trim.
However the other part of the garden that already has lawn (along with clover and general weeds) is barely 2" and not worth a mow yet.
Looks like I'm going to have to treat and overseed the existing lawn with the same seed so it matches.
 
My intention is to cut the lawn tomorrow after it's had a few days of dry weather. Where I seeded last year has gone nuts over winter, but with the new dog I've got some yellowing patches even though we always water the area after she's had a wee, so I might need to attack those this year.
Also want to get some iron sulphate down to kill the moss we get each year - front lawn is permanently shaded so 95% moss rather than grass. But need to keep the pooch away from the lawn for a day.
 
Terminal_Boy said:
Are you any good with electricity?

If so, check that power is getting to and then out of the horrible plastic “Go” lever on the handle bars.

Or just bin it for a new one.
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This was the issue last time and i bodged a fix but the handle never quite worked the same and now that its gone kaput i'm just going to bin it! MIL has a spare we can have so all good there.
 
Im sick of.mine after being 99% clay then invaded by leather jackets ive over seeded it a load and ive still ended up with patchy crap.

I think it may be time to rip it all up and install artificial again
 
I'm in the same boat. lawn just feels terrible. It's all clay around where I am so things just get so saturated from winter/rain it takes forever to dry out. It's completely caked in worm casings and I know I shouldn't complain about them as they are helping the soil but they don't have make the lawn feel even worse. Them combined with the dampness just means you trail mud around for months if you walk on it. As above, there's also patches that just never grow well likely due to how damp it is and for being in the shade a lot (fence blocking direct sun light).

Pretty fed up of it as it never seems to get better no matter how much work I put in to aerate, top dress, scarify, reseed etc.
 
Ours is mostly moss...the bugs love it, absolutely loads of ladybird larvae in it, and they all hatch out in the summer and we have hordes of ladybirds waging total war on the aphid population. Love it.
 
this year I'm gonna embrace the moss and the clover as friends. And just concentrate on seeding bare patches. Nothing wrong with a bit of moss and clover.

I'm also gonna have much smaller areas where I let it grow into meadow and try and work on those areas a bit to get them taller and more colourful. Given the verticality of it, it only needs to be quite narrow.
 
Cut number 2, a bit lower this time. It’s grown this week too.

Need to work out when to feed it.

It must have been a mild winter as there is still lots of clover growing.
 
Managed to whip some off today. Unreal amount of weeds growing in it which is quite disheartening. Also in very clay',y area so struggled to get it to grow well at the best of times due to the woeful drainage.

Fingers crossed once the weather clears up and it dries out a bit it'll start growing properly and not be as patchy. If not I'll be ripping it out for fake stuff
 
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