Help - I've got green slime in my lawn
Hi all, maybe someone can help? I've googled for similar threads in
the past but can't find anything so apologies if this is a regular question. I've just done the first cut of the year and there's a lot of green slime in one part of the grass. It doesn't smell, is very slippery and seems to be like a coating on the ground. I only noticed it because it oozed up when the wheels of the mower passed or where my feet had been. It covers an area of about 5m x 2m and is on a high spot so I don't think that there's a drainage problem. The grass was originally turf over sand when the house was built about twelve years ago, has never been in particularly great condition, gets a "feed and weed" dressing every other year and hasn't ever had green slime before. Anyone any idea what it is and how I get rid of it? If a picture would help, let me know where to post it. Thanks for any help, Bill. |
Help - I've got green slime in my lawn
WullieD00 wrote:
Anyone any idea what it is and how I get rid of it? If a picture would help, let me know where to post it. Thanks for any help, Bill. Giant slugs? -- Mark Allison, SQL Server MVP http://www.markallison.co.uk |
Help - I've got green slime in my lawn
"WullieD00" wrote in
: Hi all, maybe someone can help? I've googled for similar threads in the past but can't find anything so apologies if this is a regular question. I've just done the first cut of the year and there's a lot of green slime in one part of the grass. It doesn't smell, is very slippery and seems to be like a coating on the ground. I'm just posting to say I don't believe this is an FAQ - in fact, I don't think I've heard of it here before. I wonder if it could possibly be slime moulds, as you say the area isn't particularly badly drained? I have what I think is that in my lawn, but it is grey rather than green. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/944790.stm - a rather unique and interesting bunch of organisms. I'm afraid I have no cures to suggest: I have not tried to get rid of them. Victoria -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall -- |
Help - I've got green slime in my lawn
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:57:45 +0100, Victoria Clare
wrote: "WullieD00" wrote in : Hi all, maybe someone can help? I've googled for similar threads in the past but can't find anything so apologies if this is a regular question. I've just done the first cut of the year and there's a lot of green slime in one part of the grass. It doesn't smell, is very slippery and seems to be like a coating on the ground. I'm just posting to say I don't believe this is an FAQ - in fact, I don't think I've heard of it here before. I wonder if it could possibly be slime moulds, as you say the area isn't particularly badly drained? I have what I think is that in my lawn, but it is grey rather than green. Long ago I fell flat on my face on the large area of grass adjacent to the ford near the Roman Road on the track leading from Goathland to Pickering. It was almost impossible to stand up, the grass was covered in some sort of invisible slime. We've been there many times since but the slime as long gone. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/944790.stm - a rather unique and interesting bunch of organisms. "Pieces of slime mould, an amoeba-like organism, were enticed through a 30-square-centimetre (five-square-inch) maze by the prospect of food at the end of the puzzle." So how did the slime know that there was food at the end of the maze slimy intuition? I'm afraid I have no cures to suggest: I have not tried to get rid of them. Victoria -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall -- |
Help - I've got green slime in my lawn
martin wrote:
"Pieces of slime mould, an amoeba-like organism, were enticed through a 30-square-centimetre (five-square-inch) maze by the prospect of food at the end of the puzzle." Years ago, when working on the road, conversation in a small boarding house turned to biology. One of the residents told a tale about slime mould, describing them as barely alive and therefore difficult to kill. A man behind me (the one with the unheated draughty bedroom) replied "I bet spending 3 nights in this place would give them a hard time" |
Help - I've got green slime in my lawn
"WullieD00" wrote in message ... Hi all, maybe someone can help? I've googled for similar threads in the past but can't find anything so apologies if this is a regular question. I've just done the first cut of the year and there's a lot of green slime in one part of the grass. It doesn't smell, is very slippery and seems to be like a coating on the ground. I only noticed it because it oozed up when the wheels of the mower passed or where my feet had been. It covers an area of about 5m x 2m and is on a high spot so I don't think that there's a drainage problem. The grass was originally turf over sand when the house was built about twelve years ago, has never been in particularly great condition, gets a "feed and weed" dressing every other year and hasn't ever had green slime before. Anyone any idea what it is and how I get rid of it? If a picture would help, let me know where to post it. Thanks for any help, Bill. Hi Bill, According to Hessayon Lawn Expert: Green and black slime is sometimes found as a coating on the turf. This slime is made up of countless microscopic plants (blue-green algae) and is a feature of a bare or sparsely-grassed surface coupled with waterlogged conditions...you also find it in turf on heavy soil which has been overrolled, underfed and cut too closely. It also attacks newly-seeded areas on badly drained soil. Avoiding and curing the problem Water the affected area with Bio Moss Killer (I think that Bio is a PBI product as are the Hessayon books - so you may find that another moss killer works just as effectively). Routine treatment with lawn sand will also kill algae. The slime will return unless you can correct the basic cause. This calls for spiking and top dressing the compacted turf in autumn. HTH Cheers Nick http://www.ukgardening.co.uk |
Help - I've got green slime in my lawn
I've just done the first cut of the year and there's a lot of green
slime in one part of the grass. It doesn't smell, is very slippery and seems to be like a coating on the ground. I only noticed it because it oozed up when the wheels of the mower passed or where my feet had been. It covers an area of about 5m x 2m and is on a high spot so I don't think that there's a drainage problem. The little green men from Mars have landed and YOU have won the star prize Anna -- ~~ Anna Kettle, Suffolk, England |""""| ~ Plaster conservation, freehand modelling in lime / ^^ \ // Overmantels, pargeting etc |____| www.kettlenet.co.uk 01359 230642 |
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