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Put moss killer on and raked the lawn. It has left quite a few straw/dead grass patches. Will this grass grow back or will I need to do something else with them?
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"alan06" wrote in message
... Put moss killer on and raked the lawn. It has left quite a few straw/dead grass patches. Will this grass grow back or will I need to do something else with them? Carefully dig out the area that's bare. Mix what you have dug out with some sharp sand 50-50 mix Add a good quality of quality seed and put it back into the hole. Any left over will do for sowing in other bare areas. Water well, don't walk on it until the new shoots are well established. |
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Me here wrote: "alan06" wrote in message ... Put moss killer on and raked the lawn. It has left quite a few straw/dead grass patches. Will this grass grow back or will I need to do something else with them? Carefully dig out the area that's bare. Mix what you have dug out with some sharp sand 50-50 mix Add a good quality of quality seed and put it back into the hole. Any left over will do for sowing in other bare areas. Water well, don't walk on it until the new shoots are well established. Not much point burying grass seed like that. Yes, certainly make a nice tilth in the bare patches if they're big enough; but then just lightly rake in the seed in the normal way. -- Mike. |
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"alan06" wrote in message ... Put moss killer on and raked the lawn. It has left quite a few straw/dead grass patches. Will this grass grow back or will I need to do something else with them? Just leave it, the grass is almost impossible to kill, just as with droughts it will grow back, do not waaste time and money re-seeding it. Alan -- alan06 |
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message oups.com... Me here wrote: "alan06" wrote in message ... Put moss killer on and raked the lawn. It has left quite a few straw/dead grass patches. Will this grass grow back or will I need to do something else with them? Carefully dig out the area that's bare. Mix what you have dug out with some sharp sand 50-50 mix Add a good quality of quality seed and put it back into the hole. Any left over will do for sowing in other bare areas. Water well, don't walk on it until the new shoots are well established. Not much point burying grass seed like that. Yes, certainly make a nice tilth in the bare patches if they're big enough; but then just lightly rake in the seed in the normal way. Who mentioned burying? If you just rake it over ad sprinkle in the seed all you'll achieve is an easier feeding table for the local birds. |
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Me here wrote: "Mike Lyle" wrote in message oups.com... Me here wrote: "alan06" wrote in message ... Put moss killer on and raked the lawn. It has left quite a few straw/dead grass patches. Will this grass grow back or will I need to do something else with them? Carefully dig out the area that's bare. Mix what you have dug out with some sharp sand 50-50 mix Add a good quality of quality seed and put it back into the hole. Any left over will do for sowing in other bare areas. Water well, don't walk on it until the new shoots are well established. Not much point burying grass seed like that. Yes, certainly make a nice tilth in the bare patches if they're big enough; but then just lightly rake in the seed in the normal way. Who mentioned burying? My mistake: sorry. I thought you said add the seed to the new soil before putting it back. Well, you did, actually, but I'm glad you didn't mean it quite as I visualised it. It's a fair technique for shallow patches, but where my mental image of "digging out" and "holes" are involved it would be a waste. If you just rake it over ad sprinkle in the seed all you'll achieve is an easier feeding table for the local birds. Well, gently raking in the seed is all I've ever done. Bought-in seed does generally have a bird-repellent: I've no idea how well that works in percentage terms, but in real-life terms it always seems to beat the feathered friends. Pegging down a bit of fine netting is an insurance, but I've only ever bothered when it was convenient -- and it doesn't really seem to have made any difference. -- Mike. |
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