"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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............. this morning. Saucer sized. Turned the lawn brown. Bitch
Fox? Given it a thorough soaking, but madam gardener seems to think that
there should be something added to the water.
Advice please

Mike

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As far as I know once the grass is brown there is no going back, if you
catch the culprit in the act then the water drench works well. My mother
swears by some sort of stone she puts in the dogs water bowl, as ours
rarely drinks from indoor water it doesn't work for me!
I take it you have no dog of your own to blame? it does not by the way
have to be a bitch, dogs urine is just as bad but they normally spray it
around more so it is not so concentrated, ours doesn't cock his leg which
is good for the clematis and roses the previous dog used to scorch with
his wee but bad for my grass which is covered in brown patches.

If anyone else has pearls of wisdom to add I too would like to hear them!

One other possible culprit is petrol


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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk



Thanks Charlie

Not not our dogs, we don't have them now. We used to do the Guide Dogs for
the Blind Puppy Walking Scheme whereby the dogs were trained to go to the
loo on command where you wanted them to go ;-)

Not petrol either. Petrol is either in the car's tank or the motor bike's
tank ;-)

Any tips more than welcome ;-)

Mike

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I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight.

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