Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Anyone know anything about Grass...?

[andyb]

No No No, the back lawn. It was full of moss so i cut it right back, used an electric rake, feed and weed.............its now black! DOH!!

[Scottch]

Andy,

Sounds to me mate, that you shoulda used the feed & weed then the scarifier

If I were you, I'd just use the scarifier again. The black stuff you are seeing should be the dead moss/weeds after your feed & weed treatment.

Good luck! And once you get yours sorted just head this way and do mine buddy!

Cheers!

Scott

[Glyn]

think your self lucky
3 kids wet weather all their mates round
ive just got mud!

[Jools]

Quite a few of the DD racers know a lot about grass

[andyb]

Well its absolutely pssed it down here today, so the grass got its fill of water. Mind you i got completely soaked at work.........

[dave w]

Spray it green or go get some astro-turf

[monstermob 998]

yep the black stuff is the dead moss--- you have to scarifie this out and dump it- the lawn may look a bit sick after a good scarifieing -- then do the weed an feed bit --if you are concerned about the horrible looking lawn you will now have --top up the lawn with a sprinkiling of grass seed-- but dont cut with a lawn mower for a few weeks to allow the new seed to get established the you should only cut about a third of the new growth off (this allows the new seed to harden up and form stronger roots) and then over a period of time you can lower the cut on the mower to the desired length

the moss will come back -- but to try and slow down the rate at which it returns a good spiking with a garden fork over the entire lawn to aid drainage will help followed by filling these holes with kiln dried sand and then a good sprinkling over the surface of the lawn will help to curtail the new growth of moss

the moss is probably caused by overhanging trees(lawn shadowed by trees?)
poor drianage or a heavy thatch from not picking up grass cuttings

hope this helps

[andyb]

YUp, got massive trees at the bottom of the garden! Dont like the sound of heavy thatch , and thanks Dave, helpful as ever!

[Mr_S]

Get these guys out, save's you all the effort with the scarifier (it's HARD work to do it properly)

http://www.greenthumb.co.uk/

Use a cylinder cut mower instead of a rotary, and as monstermob's said, only take 1/3 of the length off each cut. It's a pain but worth it, during the summer months 2 cuts a week is normal if you want a lush tidy lawn.

[yorkshire pud]

kill it nasty stuff. cant park on it safely