how to get my front lawn lusciously green and weed free?

Laneyboo

Hi there,

I am very much a garden newbie and have recently moved house to a new build where the front garden was turfed for us.. The turf has came on fine but just recently ive noticed it start to go rather yellow at the roots more so at the edges closest to the paths. There are a few (small) patches of dark green but the rest looks not very healthy.

We stay in Scotland and the rain has been plentiful the last few weeks so im wondering if i should be feeding it, and if so what with?

I have some dock leaves and mushrooms appearing in the lawn too so would a weed and feed be best?

Something fast-working and relatively cheap would be excellent!

Thanks in advance

wallbash

If you have any grass , count yourself lucky ,mine is dust heap ( with weeds)
Will wait for the rain , it will come and my lawn will reappear.

Don't think you should do anything . Be Patient .

Oldbiggles

If you are sure that your lawn has received enough water. Try a handful of Epsom Salts in a 2 Litre watering can of water. Lawns love this as a feed and it is a cheap alternative to the lawn feed products advertised in garden nurseries.

Vedder2008

wallbash wrote: »

If you have any grass , count yourself lucky ,mine is dust heap ( with weeds)
Will wait for the rain , it will come and my lawn will reappear.

Don't think you should do anything . Be Patient .

The only thing that has grown on my lawn is the dandelions and the couch grass, the grass is dead with no sign of life, I've given up!

Vedder2008

Oldbiggles wrote: »

If you are sure that your lawn has received enough water. Try a handful of Epsom Salts in a 2 Litre watering can of water. Lawns love this as a feed and it is a cheap alternative to the lawn feed products advertised in garden nurseries.

Thanks for this I will give it a try!

olly300

One problem you may find you have with both your gardens is that there are layers of rubble and other rubbish quite close to the surface.

the dock leaves can either be dug out from the roots or killed using weed and feed.

Mushrooms mean there is some rotting under the surface they feed off. So you need to find out what is under your surface, remove it and then you can kill them off.

Rotwein44

I was in the same situation 2 years ago and used the services of Green Thumb for about 18 months and now my grass is great! They charge from £15 a quarter depending on the size of your lawn and they use a mix of a strong weed killer that goes down to the roots of dandelions/docks etc and a fertiliser! I would definitely recommend them!

Mojisola

Another recommendation for GreenThumb. I don't think we could buy the weed and feed stuff for the price they charge and the difference in the lawn was obvious in just a couple of days.

looktothefuture

We turfed an area of our backgarden at the start of spring this year which has had for years, a lovely layer of carpet under annoying pea shingle!

The turf has taken really well, despite the clay soil and is beautifully green, soft and healthy. I feed with the Epsom salt mix once a week as above and water for 10 minutes each evening with a sprinkler. I don't do a low mow, just basically snip the top of the grass off each time I mow - which is once a week! No weeds, no dead grass - just the most amazing grass!

Joly_Roger

Sounds exactly like drought, nearly every patch of grass I've seen in the last month is yellow as a result. The yellowing of your grass nearest the path being the giveaway, as lawns usually dry out at the edges first. If the lawn is well established you can just wait for the rain, but if it's new and not yet rooted properly I would water it thoroughly now so that it doesn't die.


Edit, sorry misread your first post, thought you meant you only stayed in Scotland, as in visited Scotland. So if you live in Scotland with plenty of rain, the lawns in parks and neighbours front gardens are currently looking green and yours isn't then I'd refer you to the helpful posts above mine!