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how can I get rid of them?
why on earth would you do that? They're outside eating the nasties.
Leave them be, they'll be gone in a few weeks.
My lawn garden is sloping, so the lawn is terraced. I need to raise one corner by about 6 inches where the subsoil has compacted. What is my best option?
The lawn is also quite clumpy and uneven. Will scarifying fix this?
Nobody mentioned top dressing with soil? We have scarified mercilessly, added a tonne and a half of top soil (150 sqm, second time in five years) and then some decent seed over the existing grass. That's basically what Green Fingers will do. And it works fine. Got to put in some nutrients and the fresh topsoil will help with the seed.
Full disclosure: my gardener is responsible for one of the most famous lawns in the country. And mine.
i've looked into top dressing and there seems to be debate as to whether it adds any value or not. I only read into it after I'd already bought a tonne of sharp sand and 600L of compost (which I read is roughly the mix you're meant to use), so i'll be doing it anyway once it warms up a bit
And if you have a female dog don’t let them pee on it.
Overdose of nitrogen kills the grass
Indeed. Just spent an hour or so earlier today cutting turf from the front garden to replace dead brown patches in the back garden. Next step filling, leveling, and seeding the donor patch out the front.
I'm away from home for a few days break at CyB. Loads of snow here today so I was hoping that the weather would be better at home in Carmarthenshire. Then I get a call from Son #2 to ask me if he needs to water the reseeded lawn if it has snow on it. Buggeration, the seed was just starting to germinate. Fingers crossed 🤞 that it will be OK.
I am going to try to level up sections of lawn. There is a strip where there used to be a path but the turf isn't great quality.
Rather than lift the turf and levelling it, can I just fill the depression with top-soil and seed it? It's about 30mm deep, 60cm wide and 5 metres long
I did that on my old garden path, it looked out of place for a couple of years (different colour grass) but blended in after that.
Thread bump.
Neigbour had some of that 4 in 1 stuff so I put that down last week and the moss is browning now, best to leave it another week I guess before I rake out the dead stuff?
I'll buy a few bags of soil to dress the uneven areas before applyong grass seed.
Further up the thread it's mentioned to feed the lawn afer a while, any partcular feed?
Cheers.
Oh, should I be doing a mix of sharp sand and soil to dress the lawn?
the 4 in 1 I have says leave for 8-12 weeks before re-seeding, so I'd check on that..
Will do cheers.