My lawn is about 3m x 3m and seems to die every year. Every year I re-turf
it but it doesn't survive the winter. Part of the problem could be an
incontinent labrador, but surely there must be a way to get a small patch of
grass to survive more than 12 months? Can anyone recommend a really tough
type of turf that has properties of being immortal?

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I haven't tried this as have a large garden and my Border Collie kills small
but fav patches. However, my sister-in-law adds just a teaspoon of tomato
juice (Tesco cheapest) to their dogs' feed and they have no problem.

I accept that they have a huge garden but IMHO dogs return to their fav
spots, so they should have some burnt areas.

I must try this myself.

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"Rich" wrote in message news:46228307.0@entanet...
My lawn is about 3m x 3m and seems to die every year. Every year I re-turf
it but it doesn't survive the winter. Part of the problem could be an
incontinent labrador, but surely there must be a way to get a small patch
of grass to survive more than 12 months? Can anyone recommend a really
tough type of turf that has properties of being immortal?

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Rich

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"Rich" wrote in message news:46228307.0@entanet...
My lawn is about 3m x 3m and seems to die every year. Every year I re-turf
it but it doesn't survive the winter. Part of the problem could be an
incontinent labrador, but surely there must be a way to get a small patch
of grass to survive more than 12 months? Can anyone recommend a really
tough type of turf that has properties of being immortal?

Astroturf !!

Mike

On 15 Apr, 20:52, "Rich" wrote:
My lawn is about 3m x 3m and seems to die every year. Every year I re-turf
it but it doesn't survive the winter. Part of the problem could be an
incontinent labrador, but surely there must be a way to get a small patch of
grass to survive more than 12 months? Can anyone recommend a really tough
type of turf that has properties of being immortal?

--
Rich

http://www.badangling.com -= Sea fishing badly explained =-

I had the same problem with my dog, and a similar size lawn. In the
end I retrained the dog to go on gravel. It took a while but now she
ignores the lawn completely. I re-seeded the dead patches a month or
so ago and it's slowly improving. If you have some spare time and
patience then repairing a lawn isn't all that hard to do. Found plenty
of tips on how to improve the soil condition of the lawn too, which
helped.

Steve

Your soil may be infested with cockchafer larvae. Dig up a patch and see if
you have large white grubs (about 40-45 mm when fully grown). They may stay
in the soil for upto 4 years feeding on grass (and cereal) roots until they
mature into adult beetles (May bugs).

http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/chafer.htm

Do a google search for more info.

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Baal

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"Rich" wrote in message news:46228307.0@entanet...
My lawn is about 3m x 3m and seems to die every year. Every year I re-turf
it but it doesn't survive the winter. Part of the problem could be an
incontinent labrador, but surely there must be a way to get a small patch
of grass to survive more than 12 months? Can anyone recommend a really
tough type of turf that has properties of being immortal?

--
Rich

http://www.badangling.com -= Sea fishing badly explained =-



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