I used to have a pretty ropey lawn. I have used Greenthumb for the last two
years and was very pleased with their performance and the improvement in the
lawn. (I am well aware that some would say that I could have improved it
myself - I know that)

I have now stopped using them after a disagreement.


Could people recommend what proprietary brands of weed and feed/moss killer I
should use - or point me to a recommended web site.

(I have looked - but there is of course conflicting advice - so I would prefer
recommendations from the group please)

On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:19:54 +0000, notgreen wrote:




I used to have a pretty ropey lawn. I have used Greenthumb for the last two
years and was very pleased with their performance and the improvement in the
lawn. (I am well aware that some would say that I could have improved it
myself - I know that)

I have now stopped using them after a disagreement.


Could people recommend what proprietary brands of weed and feed/moss killer I
should use - or point me to a recommended web site.

(I have looked - but there is of course conflicting advice - so I would prefer
recommendations from the group please)


I'll get the moss out of the way first - if you have a moss problem,
I'm surprised Green Thumb didn't do something about it. Actually, moss
itself isn't a problem, it's a symptom of insufficient light and/or
poor drainage. Using moss killer won't cure the problem, it will only
hide the symptom for a while.

In terms of products to use, everyone will have their favourites and
mine are the Evergreen range
(http://www.lovethegarden.com/brands/evergreen) if I want anything
beyond a simple feed. Generally, though, I only feed the lawns.
Keeping the grass growing strongly is a deterrent to weeds and the odd
one that squats on the lawn is easily removed by hand. For feeding I
use a product called Lawn Magic which is sold under various brand
names online (never seen it in the shops) such as QVC
(http://tinyurl.com/7pq455q) or Hayloft (http://tinyurl.com/7ek6zkd).
This can be applied easily using a proprietary hose end sprayer. I
feed the lawns every 5-6 weeks from now until mid September.

The one thing to bear in mind is the difference between granular
products and liquid ones. The former need to be applied carefully -
if you put too much in a particular place the grass can be scorched
and will turn a nasty black - it will recover but looks unsightly for
a while. Unless you're comfortable with careful application, a liquid
product is always best as it's impossible to over apply it, as long as
you dilute it properly or use the correct sprayer attachment which
handles the mixing for you.

A useful book on lawn care is D G Hessayon's "The Lawn Expert". Costs
around a tenner from garden centres, DIY places and, of course,
bookstores.

Cheers, Jake
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Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay.

On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:04:56 +0000, Jake wrote:

snip good advice

Cheers Jake - appreciated.