On 26/06/2010 10:52, pied piper wrote:

"Bob H" wrote in message
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Last year I rotorvated my front lawn after I cleared all the moss
growth as the soil was fairly compacted in places.
I re seeded after levelling using 'Easy Green Mix' from Lawn UK. Due
to heavy downpours some of the seed was washed away, and when the
grass had actually grown , the lawn was patchy.
I then re seeded again using the same seed, but due the possible
adverse changes of weather, it did no take.

Earlier this year (May) as I could not get the same seed as before I
bought some Johnsons easy lawn seed from a local supplier, which I
used to reseed again over the existing grass etc. Just after I had
sown the seed, it rained lightly off and on over a period of about a
week or so, but also went cooler at times. Typically English weather!

It is now several weeks since I sowed the new seed, but that has not
taken either, and the lawn is as patchy as it was last year.

Any ideas as to why this is and what I can do to improve the look/
reduce the patchiness.

Thanks

u need to cover the seed either with a dressing or germination sheets
have u given the lawn a feed also plenty of watering.

Thanks, but a dressing of what?
err no I didn't feed the lawn with anything, nor did I give it plenty of
water as it did rain a few times after the second time I re seeded.