Mowing the lawn

NickK said:
Probably worth getting a professional to come in, but have them walk you through precisely what they're going todo.

I'll give it a week for the new shoots to get established before stomping around on it. then I'll put in some more seeds. We have a cold snap too for a week.
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I'm tempted, a friend had someone do this, £250 a pop though and he's still moaning about it looking poor after winter (which is to be expected I guess, but still).
 
sigma said:
I'm tempted, a friend had someone do this, £250 a pop though and he's still moaning about it looking poor after winter (which is to be expected I guess, but still).
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Well there's a couple of things:
* are they going to sort out the problem - drainage, sun, correct seed (rather than rye and blame the weather), stop the dogs **** on the lawn that kills it..
* are they creating a regime - ie adding stuff on top each year to help it grow (and possibly seed underneath), kill off Schafer lavae, etc

It will always look a bit down in winter, but I'd make the point that a good base would recover quickly.. and too often 'expert' garden contractors want repeat business so create something that just carries over till the next year.. blame the weather and acid rain etc..
 
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Glad I mowed mine yesterday. Was going to put it off till this morning then woke up and its soaking outside.

Richie 1 - 0 Weather :cool: (I'm sure it will get me back though)


Still too cold to do any other lawn work though. Max of 9°C here today although it is to start warming up from about Wed (8°C/13°C min/max)
 
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Just got mine cut again after some rain this morning but checked it for dampness about 2pm and it passed the glove test. Sprinkled some seed onto a few bare patches and a minute later a big fat pigeon was scoffing away. Threw a boot at it.
 
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Hagar said:
Just got mine cut again after some rain this morning but checked it for dampness about 2pm and it passed the glove test. Sprinkled some seed onto a few bare patches and a minute later a big fat pigeon was scoffing away. Threw a boot at it.
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Important point - gotta take steps..

Part of the putting up with the cat.. is it sits on the garden and as such we don't see many birds.
 
Managed to get another mow in at lunch time, took the mower down a notch, mid level cut. Few more of those before going lower I think.
 
Here is the worst part of the lawn... patches... and moss seems to be all over now (there wasn't any here previously), ideal conditions for it, I guess:

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Think I'll put in some effort but probably not a lot, I suspect it all needs to be properly dug out.
 
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Yellowing grass - could be leatherjackets/schafer grubs that eat the roots. Try some greening food (or moss killer/green), if it doesn't green evenly then the plat has problems getting the nutrients - hence I'd suspect damaged roots or possibly the roots rotting.
 
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NickK said:
Yellowing grass - could be leatherjackets/schafer grubs that eat the roots. Try some greening food (or moss killer/green), if it doesn't green evenly then the plat has problems getting the nutrients - hence I'd suspect damaged roots or possibly the roots rotting.
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Blunt lawn mower blade probably isn't helping either.

Also, a lot of the yellow is moss.

Fun times!

I will give it a feed - although this usually promotes the rye grass :(
 
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