Rescuing lawn

cyclonebri1

wildwestfan wrote: »

We moved into a place with green weeds masquerading as grass. I thought we would need to dig it all up and returf. However I asked Green Thumb to inspect and advise.
A year later after several treatments plus aeration and scarification we had a beautiful lush lawn. We continue with the four times a year treaments.

My DH used them too, they did a good job, but when they stopped the bi-annual treatments, the problem, which was actually compaction and the draw from nearby trees, returned.

People just don't realise how much TLC is needed to keep a lawn like a cricket pitch or bowling green/golf course.

Mines crap by the way, it's green, but take out the clover and other assorted perennial weeds and............, but I can live with it and I don't like spending money on chemical lawn treatments as it's all temporary unless as said earlier, you fix the underlying issue.

Wallbash, I thought you's probably just cut your post short, I just wanted to make it clear to the OP that it's not just kill then seed, he could have miss-understood without clarification.;);)

wildwestfan

darkwarrior wrote: »

How much does that cost you?

It cost about £120 in the first year. Now we just have 4 treatments a year which costs about £60 . Well worth it we think. Pay by DD of £5 a month.

Acc72

wildwestfan wrote: »

It cost about £120 in the first year. Now we just have 4 treatments a year which costs about £60 . Well worth it we think. Pay by DD of £5 a month.

Can I ask what the treatments are ? - is it applying a lawn food 4 times a year, or does this also include scarification and aeration etc ?


Even if it was just the feeding it would cost £40 to do it yourself.

cyclonebri1

wildwestfan wrote: »

It cost about £120 in the first year. Now we just have 4 treatments a year which costs about £60 . Well worth it we think. Pay by DD of £5 a month.

Farkin hell, that's enough to get you excluded from any money saving form:eek::eek::eek:

wallbash

People just don't realise how much TLC is needed to keep a lawn like a cricket pitch or bowling green/golf course.

Farkin hell, that's enough to get you excluded

Im thinking of being excluded !! spent the best part of £700 for a new lawn and am struggling to justify the outlay. No weeds and I try not to cut it too short, but its been VERY dry.
So come sept/ oct might well be investing in Green thumb.

cyclonebri1

Mine cost £2.25 from Wilko's, plus an almighty amount of elbow grease.

Laying a lawn to seed is when you need to reel a favour in, plus I have a mate with a rotovator.

Mine is going to have to be done again however. I've been putting more to lawn for the last 17 years ripping out a small orchard and quite a few good sized conifers and some mature hollies.

Different types of grass and bumps and hollows, but it's green as such.

£700 for a lawn to be laid, wow, I can see where that figure comes from but boy could I not justify that ;)

My DH had a good amount down in spring last year. They even had to remove concrete and the ballast under it then bring in tons of fresh topsoil so the base was well prepared. It looks awful. It does look like different batches of turf have been mixed, but some if human would be a circus strongman, and other strips would be getting sand kicked in their face. It really is that bad.
The company have been back this summer and treated it with something or other, but only yesterday it was still looking sick, the proverbial quilted sheet.

Living_proof

I have inherited a turfed lawn front and back and it's probably about 3000 sq.ft. in all. I have to deal with it and can't afford to returf or reseed and in any case I don't have the energy or time to do it myself.

My question is would it be too late for a feed and weed application? The weeds are whoppers and I could treat these occasionally with a paste and paintbrush but I think I would need to increase the vigour of the grass itself first. My neighbours have had good results with patch repair so I would fill in any gaps with this once cooler and wetter weather is on the agenda.

What do you think about the timing?

cyclonebri1

Living_proof wrote: »

I have inherited a turfed lawn front and back and it's probably about 3000 sq.ft. in all. I have to deal with it and can't afford to returf or reseed and in any case I don't have the energy or time to do it myself.

My question is would it be too late for a feed and weed application? The weeds are whoppers and I could treat these occasionally with a paste and paintbrush but I think I would need to increase the vigour of the grass itself first. My neighbours have had good results with patch repair so I would fill in any gaps with this once cooler and wetter weather is on the agenda.

What do you think about the timing?

Not it's not too late, far from it. The grass and weeds will still be actively growing well into Oct and beyond.

Spot treating the major weeds is the best thing you can do, I'd take out the tap root with with a suitable tool, mines homemade, then fill with earth and sprinkle a little seed over, plenty of time for seeding still this year too

Living_proof

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Not it's not too late, far from it. The grass and weeds will still be actively growing well into Oct and beyond.

Thank you, I will give it a try - if it ever stops raining!