Marko wrote:
Thanks you for your feedback.

I am in Manchester UK. Last years attempt at weed and feed had some
success in cutting back the weed population but the grass didn't
flourish as I had hoped. I think your crap grass assumption is pretty
accurate.

Today I have strimmed and mowed the lawn and weeded the flower beds.
The lawn is now very patchy with lots of weed shoots visible, also
quite a bit of moss. I've raked the area over but now am in two minds
wether to scalp and reseed/turf or persevere and review in Autumn.

If I choose to wait I will certainly aerate and fertilize as advised
(not sure which order to do this though) and mow regular on a high
setting. Perhaps also using roundup on the weeds as they pop up.


Using roundup on lawn weeds will kill any grass it gets on. There are other
chemicals that will kill broadleaf weeds without killing the grass itself.
Roundup will likely end up with big dead areas around the weed.