Lawn idiot needs help

 
Hi there,


I have a badly maintained lawn that needs some assistance to get back to
health.


I put the lawn in 2 years ago and then injured myself badly enough that
I was unable to do any gardening until now.

I've spent the last two weeks cleaning it up and it looks like this:

[image: http://www.jamesrichmond.com/pic/lawn_0411.jpg ]

The issues we are having are:

Ground is a bit uneven in places.
Grass grows in clumps (thanks to a female dog that wees on it0 we are
discouraging her from doing it)

Generally poor condition of the grass.

How do I fix this?


Should I be mowing it- or using a strimmer to cut for now?
Should I be fertilising it and putting down some new seed and top soil?
Or just water it and mow it every 2 week?

Thanks people.




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octatonic

 
octatonic;918810 Wrote:

FWIW, I am in London.




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 wrote:

Big unknown here is what the soil is like.  If it's decent soil and
the existing
grass is OK, not some undesirable crap, then I would:

1 - test PH, adjust if necessary

2 - Rough up the bare spots with a rake or similar

3 - Apply a high quality grass seed suitable for the location

4 - Top dress lightly with peat moss, humus, topsoil,
      no more than 1/4"

5 - Apply starter fertilizer

6 - Keep it constantly damp, which could require watering for
     5 mins few times a day.  I'd do the last watering at about 8pm
     so it stays wet at night.   Only do that when establishing new
     grass, not on an existing lawn during summer, which would
     promote disease.

 
Bob F;918859 Wrote:

Thanks for the reply.

Should I try putting some more grass seed down?

Jim




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Bob F;918991 Wrote:

Thanks, I will give that a go.

Jim




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