Raked lawn - now what?

noonesperfect

Having given my lawn a good raking the other day I'm now wondering what to do next. It's look very sorry for itself now! Even though it's had some heavy rain on it since.

How long should I leave it before cutting again? Does it need to recuperate a little first? Should I put any seed on the barer patches?

pealy

I've been impressed by the results of lawn sand recently. Really seemed to help the bare patches get going after scarifying.

noonesperfect

Can it be put on by hand or do I need a wheeled "distributor" ?(IYKWIM:o )

pealy

noonesperfect wrote: »

Can it be put on by hand or do I need a wheeled "distributor" ?(IYKWIM:o )

Either by hand with gloves or using a "wheeled distributor" (as good a name as any) but the latter is much easier as it's heavy and you need to use quite alot.

Coz800

If you do sow by hand, spread one layer of seeds in one direction and then another layer at right angles to the first. Then rake the seed into the soil lightly.

mrbadexample

noonesperfect wrote: »

Having given my lawn a good raking the other day I'm now wondering what to do next.

Grab deckchair, beer and newspaper or good book.... :whistle:

tillytomcat

I was under the impression that lawn care went in the order of:
lawn sand to kill the moss
Rake when the moss dies wait a little while for lawn to recover, cut as normal on the next setting up on mower, make sure that it is well watered to assist growth.
then add a general lawn fertiliser in between times.

pealy

tillytomcat wrote: »

I was under the impression that lawn care went in the order of:
lawn sand to kill the moss
Rake when the moss dies wait a little while for lawn to recover, cut as normal on the next setting up on mower, make sure that it is well watered to assist growth.
then add a general lawn fertiliser in between times.

You're absolutely right tillytomcat, that's the right way to do it.

*MF*

tillytomcat wrote:

I was under the impression that lawn care went in the order of:
lawn sand to kill the moss
Rake when the moss dies wait a little while for lawn to recover, cut as normal on the next setting up on mower, make sure that it is well watered to assist growth.
then add a general lawn fertiliser in between times.

Also agree ...

noonesperfect wrote:

Should I put any seed on the barer patches?

But then apply the seed to the bare patches exactly as coz800 has suggested.

But don't ignore this at any of those stages - it has a lot to commend it!
Call it the "letting the grass grow under your feet" stage.

Mrbadexample wrote:

Grab deckchair, beer and newspaper or good book....

henster

not sure if this will help but I read in a magazine last weekend (it was a column by carol klein from gardener's world) that if you are using grass seed at this time of year it helps it to germinate if you put it in the fridge first (but I can't remember how long it should stay in there before sowing).