Meadow Grass on new build house looks terrible. Brown/Weeds/Moss/Clover etc- Help!

coffee_king

Hey all
Our grass looks terrible, its covered in brown patches with weeds, moss, clover etc all over. (I think they class the grass as "Meadow Grass")
You could possibly class our house as a new(ish) build as its about 8 years old, which we purchased a few months ago. I dont think the turf was ever put down right in the first place as having dug up a large percentage of the weeds its just rocks and stones pretty much right underneath the turf. When you walk over it is all feels higeldy-pigedly under your feet too.

Can anyone suggest any kind of ALL IN ONE solution (apart from ripping it all up and having some better turf laid properly - which I cant afford at the moment) that will get rid of the weeds, moss, clover etc and will encourage the grass to grow.

Looking around my estate everyone has the same problem as we do.

Thanks!

nodwah

If it's anything like my experience of new builds there will be all sorts of rubble and leftover building materials just under the soil. Only last week I was making a new flower bed and I found broken bricks, lumps of concrete, builders sand and lengths of plyboard just a few inches under the grass ( and my house is 30 years old!!!)

lucylucky

Unfortunately the gardens of new builds tend to have little topsoil.

Lawn sand and scarifying are your cheapest options.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Well, what I've done with my new build is strip the obviously dead bits, spike with a fork all over the place (lifting bits to remove any lumps of building left behind) and sprinkle with sandy top soil, leave to settle, then over the course of about a month, I have scattered fresh seed, covered with a dusting of the top soil again and let it get on with it.

The result of this effort (probably about 2 hours at most, including sitting having tea several times ) is that my grass is thick, lush and ready for cutting, whereas the next door neighbour has the occasional tussock still living, surrounded by grey dead stuff.

Probably cost me about £15 in all. Plus tea.

coffee_king

I brought this last night from B&Q, so will advise how I get on with it.