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Talkback: Dealing with moss
Hi,
Thanks for the good advice and I've followed most of the steps to a certain point...I was wondering when to scarify the lawn after applying the lawn care. I've had it on the lawn for a few days now?
The lawn at the front of the house gets very little sun until around this time of year till autumn so is damp and like you say, it's been a wet winter. I have scarified it in the past and drained it with a deep fork, this helped loads but this year a neighbour recommended feed and weed, lawn care.
I'm guessing when it goes black then the lawn care has done it's stuff but just not sure.
Thanks for the good advice and I've followed most of the steps to a certain point...I was wondering when to scarify the lawn after applying the lawn care. I've had it on the lawn for a few days now?
The lawn at the front of the house gets very little sun until around this time of year till autumn so is damp and like you say, it's been a wet winter. I have scarified it in the past and drained it with a deep fork, this helped loads but this year a neighbour recommended feed and weed, lawn care.
I'm guessing when it goes black then the lawn care has done it's stuff but just not sure.
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Yep, moss goes black after treating, now you can scrape it out. Hard work but worth it.
Raking out moss by hand is extremely tedious, better to hire or borrow a scarifier. Make sure you have loads of bin bags as you shouldn't put treated moss on the compost heap.
Thanks for the advice and confirming my thoughts..
And if you can see lots of gaps and soil I'd recommend over-seeding with grass seed mixed with compost. April is usually a good month to do this, as warmer conditions and April showers encourage seeds to germinate and grow.
Great I'll do that, got the seed sat there ready, will get the rake out tomorrow.. if not too wet, it rained a bit today so we'll see.........thanks for your help.
Now all the dogs fur has been taken for nest material the blue tits are taking the moss from the grass,saves me a job of picking it up after raking.
Oldchippy.
Those are very well trained birds, oldchippy. Please send them my way!
Can i put the blackened moss on my compost heap?
I would like to know in which order i need to tread my lawn
Scarify
Moss Treatment
Aerator/Horticultural Sand
Thanks in advance