Scarify lawn before weed feed'n mosskill?

 

My lawn is in a total state; needs scrapping and returfing but I'm not
about to do that now - just want a quick and dirty solution to make it
look a bit better for this season,  So I'm going to give it a dose of
weed feed and mosskill (ie, all one dose), after which presumably it
will need scaryfing to get rid of all the dead stuff.

Question - would it be a good idea or not to scarify before dosing?  I'm
thinking yes to get rid of as much biomass as possible first, but no
because maybe the moss etc all needs to be intact for the killer to work
properly?

Thanks
David

 

Lobster wrote:

I applied Feed &Weed first, waited for rain, then a few days later
it all came away easily.

Sam

 



I had heard that scarifying helps spread the moss when it's alive so you're
better to wait until the mosskiller has had it's effect before scarifying.

Whether this is true or not I'm not sure but there's certainy no harm in
scarifying afterwards.


Stephen

 



I hope that's not true because I expended much effort on Saturday
scarified my extremely mossy back lawn on Saturday before mowing it. I
was intending to weed & feed it today, but didn't get round to it.  So
much to do at this time of year!


If nothing else, it's very good exercise.

Peter

 

Peter Robinson wrote:


I have the box of pellets, and am now working out exactly when I
am allowed to use it.

Not within three days either side of mowing.
Not when the grass is moist.
Not when the soil is dry.
When rain is expected (otherwise have to water in)

I can see that I will have to sneak up on it  ;-)

Chris
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