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new lawn/kill old moss first?

  • 17-05-2021 12:03pm
    #1
    okedoke
    Registered Users Posts: 921 ✭✭✭


    My mother in law's front garden is lawn (mostly moss and perennial weeds). I'm going to remove the existing sod, dig it over, lay new lawn turf and make a few mixed borders around the edge.

    I've sprayed roundup to kill the grass/weeds and am wondering do i need to kill the moss seperately before digging up the sod (once the grass/weeds are dead).

    thanks


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  • #2
    standardg60
    Registered Users Posts: 4,228 ✭✭✭standardg60


    No, not if you're removing the sod.


  • #3
    okedoke
    Registered Users Posts: 921 ✭✭✭okedoke


    Thanks Standard - yea I’m removing the sod


  • #4
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    You have me slightly worried? Why get rid of your best topsoil by removing the sods. If you aren't putting in new soil then just kill off the existing sward then rotavate. If the grass is long cut it down first. Remove any grassy lumps as you level out.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • #5
    okedoke
    Registered Users Posts: 921 ✭✭✭okedoke


    Pretty much every guide i read online about replacing a lawn (I replaced mine recently with turf) said to remove the sod before rotovating cause the rotovator wont break up the sod. My mother in laws lawn is tiny so i'll digging it over with a fork but I preume the same applies?


  • #6
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    okedoke wrote: »
    Pretty much every guide i read online about replacing a lawn (I replaced mine recently with turf) said to remove the sod before rotovating cause the rotovator wont break up the sod. My mother in laws lawn is tiny so i'll digging it over with a fork but I preume the same applies?

    If its that small double dig and bury the broken up sods.

    In town gardens the soil often builds up over builders rubble below so once you scab the surface off you don't really have much top soil left.

    Commercially you don't have the time or energy to scab the grass off but if you have a short sward/weeds and spray them off wait a few weeks (which some people don't want to do) then when you rotovate the sods break up quite well.

    Rotovating isn't just 5 minutes with the rotovator. I'd normally do 3-4 passes in different directions.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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  • #7
    okedoke
    Registered Users Posts: 921 ✭✭✭okedoke


    Ok thanks - I'll have a think about doing that


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