"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.


I have found that I need to cover the seed with a thin layer of soil or
potting compost for it to germinate well.
If just left exposed to the sun it doesn't do as well, even if quite wet.
For my last lot of patching I used part of a bag of Homebase topsoil.
If you are sowing now you need to cover the seed and also water regularly to
provide reasonable germination and growing conditions.

HTH

Dave R
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