Jennings;915503 Wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I have a 'second rate' lawn. It has some *very large* patches of *thick*
> moss.
>
> The lawn is about 100 square metres. I only moved into the property 9
> months ago.
>
> I would like to control the moss a bit better. I don't want perfection -
> just a consistently coloured lawn.
>
> I have done some research and I believe the moss is caused by:-
> - Shade (the garden faces north and is in the shadow of the house)
> - Moist (I am in the NW of England where it rains a lot)
> - Scalping - the grass has previously been cut very short and in places
> the rotary blade has scalped the surface.
>
> I have put some moss killer down.
> I have lent an electic scarifier from a neighbour and used it on 'high
> elevation', as I didn't want to rip out all my grass at this time of
> year. There is still A LOT of moss left.
>
> What should I do?
> How should I prevent moss regrowth?
>
> Any advise is well received. Thanks for reading,
>
> Jennings
You won't get rid of the moss unless you sort out the conditions that
favour it. Demolishing the house is presumably not an option ;-) So you
are basically looking at improving the drainage, at the very least
spiking the lawn and trickling sand into the holes.
If it were me, I'd get rid of the lawn - it'll be a lot less work in the
long run. There's a lot of really attractive plants which grow well in
shade, and grass isn't one of them. But then I don't like jobs that I
have to do on a regular basis, I don't have children, and I have much
nicer options for sitting out in the garden.
--
kay
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> I have a 'second rate' lawn. It has some *very large* patches of *thick*
> moss.
>
> The lawn is about 100 square metres. I only moved into the property 9
> months ago.
>
> I would like to control the moss a bit better. I don't want perfection -
> just a consistently coloured lawn.
>
> I have done some research and I believe the moss is caused by:-
> - Shade (the garden faces north and is in the shadow of the house)
> - Moist (I am in the NW of England where it rains a lot)
> - Scalping - the grass has previously been cut very short and in places
> the rotary blade has scalped the surface.
>
> I have put some moss killer down.
> I have lent an electic scarifier from a neighbour and used it on 'high
> elevation', as I didn't want to rip out all my grass at this time of
> year. There is still A LOT of moss left.
>
> What should I do?
> How should I prevent moss regrowth?
>
> Any advise is well received. Thanks for reading,
>
> Jennings