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I think i should use type 3 lawnseed on my re rotavated lawn,as type 2 has failed twice. Have good top soil,well drained and good sunlight, but need stronger seed.Do you supply this lawnseed and where can i pick it up.
I recently bought packets of lawn repair kits (with 'family grass' seeds and fertiliser) in an attempt to restore my lawn. I have mown the existing grass close to the ground and raked off most of the thatch and moss. Some areas have more moss than others. The past warm sunny spells certainly helped, but now I'm wondering: can I spread the restorer seeds now, or should I apply moss killer first for best results?
I have been away for a long weekend and on return find dozens of holes that you can see in the photos all over my lawn! I can see what appear to be Bees or Wasps coming out of them. I have never heard of or seen this before and Google doesnt have any info on it happening in Ireland, except something called ground digger wasps (Cicada Killer) which thankfully seems to be native to North America or have they arrived in Dublin? Can your experts advise as my wife is freaking out.
Could you please tell me what amount of sulphate of Iron I use to what amount of water? I have read that you can put it on the lawn but I cannot find what ratio, I would be really happy if you could help me.
My lawn has a new type of grass growing in it. I dont know what it is,but it seems coarse and has seed heads and it seems to spreading. Can I kill this off? If so what would do the trick?
I have clover growing rapidly throughout my lawn. What is the best way of managing this. My lawn is iin its second year.
In a response to an earlier question you had recommended a Wildflower Lawn, rather than a Meadow, indicating a meadow might be a problem as Regards mowing. What is the difference. I thought that with a meadow, it only required cutting once or twice in the season.If this is the case, in order to minimise maintennance, I would opt for a meadow.
I have a variety of dead patches in my lawn. Irregular in shape, from about 20'x20' down. The crows are digging in these patches. The patches have been there for a year or two but are far worse after the past winter. Why is this? What, if anything, should I do? Thank you. Pat.
Years ago, when everyone used cylinder mowers, I was told to alternate lawnmowing directions; longitudinally one week, transversely the next. I can understand why this is desirable with a cylinder mower, but is it still needed with a rotary mower/lawn tractor on a relatively level surface? With my long, narrow lawns transverse mowing is a pain in the tractor seat!
We have recently moved to a house in Adamstown and have about 66SQ M back garden. It is shaded by apartments in the winter but we do get sunlight in the summer. The lawn is usually very soggy and wet and the soil seems to be quite compact and clay. The lawn also has a couple of big bumps. I sprayed it with roundup 2 weeks ago and all the lawn is dead now. Following are the steps I am going to take. Please tell me if I am doing the right thing or not.1. Rotovate the whole lawn with a powerful rotovator (8HP) and level it.,3. level it again.4. Dig herringbone pattern trenches for the french drain. Put in perforated pipe and connect teh end of it to surface drainage.5. cover the pipes with pea gravel.6. once all done cover the whole lawn with rootzone sand mix to get 1 inch layer. Level it very very finely.7. Lay the new roll out grass or sow the seeds.I am planning to leave some space for flower beds. Can you please help me that if the above steps make sense or i am just thinking in teh wrong direction.
Just moved into a brand new house and the lawn has grown well in places but completely bare in others. Its also full of weeds. Should I mow the lawn, kill weeds, reseed bald areas then feed lawn? or should I just rotavate & start again with the entire lawn?I'm a complete beginner to this but I want a lawn to be proud of!!! Any help you can provide would be great!!
I srayed the garden with Roundup almost 3 months ago and again 10 days ago. I've now began digging it up but there's lots and lots of weeds throughout the muck and even roots of rushes. The soil it self doesn't look to bad to me. I'm just curious will rotivating the "dugup" garden be the next step and then should i try and rake out the weeds and stones from what remains. Should i give the "dugup" soild another spray of roundup ??
My dog is causing bald patches on my lawn by urinating in the same patch. Not feesable for me to keep him off the grass as my garden is not very big. I was wondering is there such a thing as grass seed that is resistant to damage caused by urine or even a particularily tough/hardy grass seed.
my lawn seems to be thatchy looking it looks like straw/wheat is growing in areas of it some parts of the lawn are a nice lush green no weeds what can i use to get rid of this horrible thatchy look also there seems to be circular roots in patches around it i have mowed the grass and these rooty areas were hard to mow but they did mow what can i do to get rid of them have only been here 7wks
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