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12-05-2005, 06:00 AM

wrote:
In my experience, peat moss is perfectly fine as a light top dress
after seeding. As for peat moss drawing water away from the ground,
that won't happen if you're watering properly. You need to keep the
surface constantly moist. The peat moss will help, because it retains
the water during the periods you aren't watering.

But then it evaporates.

Peat moss adds no nutrients. And simply laying it on top of the soil does
nothing for it's structure.

Save it for your potting soil mixes, and leave it off the lawn. The peat
bogs are disappearing fast enough without wasting it on a lawn where it does
no good.

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Warren H.

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