Nice dry(ish) spell at the moment and promised that way for a week or two. Although cold.
Anyone mow yet this year, is it best hold off until it's milder or no odds. Thanks.
April is a tough month, grass grows too fast ,and May too and then there is hardly any growth in June and July.
Think my grass is more like the grass you see in a field.
Back is as bad as it ever was , full of thatch after alot of scarification in early October, waste of time I think, might just have to reseed it but its a huge job.
Tons of growth. Third cut today and you wouldn't think it was cut just over a week ago. Not too far away I saw one farmer taking a silage cut!
I'll be lucky to get away with 16 280 litre grass boxes filled to capacity (uncompacted thats 4 cubic meters). There's the big problem what to do with the grass cuttings!!!!!!!!! I've slowly landscraped the area where I usually dump the grass so this year I might be making some much longer runs to a new more out of the way dumping area.
I'm cutting every 10 days or so. Still a fairly high cut but there is certainly plenty of growth.
Another one yesterday. Even less collected, just 4 baskets, second lowest setting again. No growth yet.
The rain showers are ruining attempts to get at it. Mind you the good windy conditions too, so doesn't seemed swamped.
Might motivate myself to give it a high cut
Cut the grass last week and needs it again this week, the cutting season is upon us!
I have to admit I have a soft spot for moss, its all over my garden, but it is of the lush curly fronds (sphagnum? I don't know) variety. However if you have got that scruffy patchy stuff I can understand why you would want to get rid of it.
Unfortunately removing it will not guarantee that grass will grow, especially if there is no sun. Could you take it off in an interesting shape and replace with something low growing shade tolerant ground cover. I believe there are shade tolerant grass mixtures now, but I don't know anything about them.
Same problem as above, bits of moss in corners along the walls or where the sun doesn't usually reach. What's the best stuff to use to combat this and re-grow grass... I'd love to not have to do any raking!!
Bought a bag of Green Force Lawn Gold which is basically an eco friendly alternative to Iron Sulphate that doesn't require raking off black moss. Will report back on if it works!
I know all that.I used an iron sulphate product for the past three years ,yes it turned the moss black and killed some of it.i raked it out but it's back as bad as ever now.I'm just going to mow away now.Scrape up as much as the moss as I can during the summer and see what happens.That moss killer is pretty dear to be buying bags of it.
I carried out the 1st cut since last Autumn on Saturday with the manual push mower. It was tough.
Lots of people know are hacking away.So go ahead and do it.Maybe wait until later this week.
You cant use washing powder on grass, it will kill it.
Milling salt is cheaper than washing powder, thats what I use on my drive.
Iron sulphate is the best for grass, its very cheap to buy especially for large areas.
Scarified some area and put lots of moss killer down but seems to have made little difference to my grass too.But one thing I discovered is that Lidl washing (€3.50 a box)powder is some moss killer.I had a lot of moss outside our back door on a small concrete area (which got almost no sun) and sprinkled a box of the powder on it and within a couple of weeks the moss had turned brown and died.I scraped it off and it hasn't returned.But I don't think I would chance the washing powder on my grass.
Yeah its pretty much futile to defeat it.
I scarified heavily last October and sprayed alot of Iron sulphate on the lawn and the moss is as bad as ever now.
Think I am wasting my time
Absolutely tormented with moss this year. What's best for getting rid in a large enough area? Have used mobacter before with ok results.
I scarify about once every 10 years- so reckon it's about time this year :D - Yeah "live with it" tends to be my motto and just keep it short and neat.
Mowed today as grass very dry, quite long and won't have a chance again for another 2 weeks or so- I know not ideal considering the weather and low temperatures next week but needs must - its not like its an award winning lawn.
Hand scarifiers and aerators in Lidl at the moment for €29.99 each. Could be a good cost effective solution for those with small gardens.
Got them today. Will report back on how I get on
Did my 1st cut of the year 2 days ago, simply due to the long dry spell and I reckoned my grass was as dry as it was gonna get (I have some wet sections in my gardens).
Just as well I did it, as it rained plenty overnight. Grass doesn't look that bad for this time of year, all considered.
I have some moss around, and have Mo Bactor to put down, but the instructions say not to put it down until air temp is 12c or above, do I held off.
What fertiliser do you guys use when over seeding after scarifying? Was thinking 7 6 17 myself along with the new seed but proving hard to get locally!
Plenty of moss for me over winter as north east facing garden so no mowing. I'm gonna start moss treatment soon and then scarify. Dunno why I bother though, should just live with it.
There was hardly any grass growth since last cut in October. Like I said, even @ 2nd lowest setting collected more leaves than grass. :-P
Second lowest setting?? You're either very brave or foolhardy. 😀
First mow last friday at second lowest setting. Ride-on's basket emptied 7 times, on 5.000 sq m land.
There were more dry leaves than grass, I'd say. :-)
First mow today at the highest setting. Like others, I’ve some mossy patches, the first time I’ve had it in this garden.
Im not planning to do anything about it for now, I’ll do a few more mows at the higher setting and hopefully the grass will overtake it when the real growing starts.
Thanks for that suggestion, I will give it a go in a month or two. I wasn't really expecting the roundup to do much in early January, but the buttercups were growing with such enthusiasm that it seemed worth a try/ I was exasperated looking at them.
3 cuts since January with the push mower. 1 more to do and the robot shall be unleashed.
No, but them I don’t have any lawn as all back garden is planted and front lawn replaced with wildflower meadow :D
Bloody moss is everywhere thanks to our cold damp winters.
Our climate is changing and the old way of thinking ie gone.And its very hard to kill grass by mowing it.Cut away now,we're afret having a few grand dry days so conditions are perfect for a cut.
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