Grass advice

Al_Inshearah

Nothing to do with illegal drugs!!

Has anybody got any advice on creating to perfect (but low maintanance) lawn? Grass growth last year was reasonable, but there where largish patches of moss (nice green moss, but moss all the same). I tried increasing drainage in these areas with a fork, but with little effect.

Should I spread something on the lawn of cut the grass more often, or what?

gigif30

you should try using evergreen on the lawn in early sping i use the granuals it is more expensive but does look good follow the instructions and in 2-3 weeks you should have a green lawn if you have patchy grass try puting a fertilizer on bald patches about £2 a bag in homebase rake it in and after a few days add seed this always works good luck

robowen

Are you the gardener at st.james's park ??

Hang on a minute .....does grass grow that far up north ??

I thought they painted the pitch green at st.james's. !! lol


Best not to put fertilizers down when reseeding, as the chemicals will burn the new grass shoots.
Deal with one problem at a time, moss this year, patches next year.
Make sure you don't leave grass cuttings on the lawn, and try to avoid having areas of the lawn that are covered by leaves or shade for any length of time.

Becles

robowen wrote:

Are you the gardener at st.james's park ??

Hang on a minute .....does grass grow that far up north ??

I thought they painted the pitch green at st.james's. !! lol

It grows very well at St James park. Must be something to do with all the black and white s***e on it week in week out

This is a good fact sheet on moss problems
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC2363.htm

Jay-Jay_4

I had a balding, weed infested lawn last year until I used the Evergreen stuff. I got a box with 2 sachets in that you mix together in a watering can, then water your lawn...et voila!!!!

Now I have the lawns mowed every 2 weeks and the grass is lovely.

Al_Inshearah

The pitch at St James is doing alright, and baring up with all those additional UEFA and FA cup games that we are playing, since we are the only club left in two competitions.

Al_Inshearah

Thanks for the tips. I'll get my self some evergreen. I'm assuming that it should be applied Aprilish??

Baz_Bee_2

I thought the real St James's Park was down in Exeter? No problem with the grass down south!!!