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Chris Hogg writes:
| I have a lot of moss in my 'lawn'. It gets worse every time I scarify
| it! Clearly there's an underlying problem such as compacted soil that
| I need to address in the fullness of time (I have aquired a
| hollow-tine aerator for the purpose). In the interim, I'm thinking of
| lawn sand to kill the moss. Prof. Alan Gemmell (sp?) of GQT fame many
| years ago, had a recipe for lawn sand involving ferrous sulphate. Can
| anyone remember the recipe? Is it worth making my own, or is
| commercial stuff with modern chemicals more effective these days?

I doubt it. There should be recipes on the Web.

However, be warned that you may simply end up with bare patches until
the moss regrows :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.