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Lawn rejuvenation.
Norman Tulloch put thought into words and said:
On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 18:21:03 +0000, Peter Lewis wrote: On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 19:30:27 +0100, " Emrys Davies" wrote: Best if you hire an industrial strimmer or the like and get rid of all of the overgrown grass down to about an inch or so. Then, in the spring, treat the lawn to a good weed and feed fertilizer. Give it regular mowings, water during dry spells, and you will be amazed how quickly your lawn will recover itself and start to look good again. When the grass is under control you could re-mark your borders by using a hosepipe as a guide and in that way you can have nice scalloped edges of your choice and widish borders in which you can plant shrubs, perennials, small conifers, annuals and even a small tree or two. The advantage of this method is that the wild and feral grasses making up your newly revived lawn will be species that are especially well adapted to your particular combination of soil, climate, and maintenance regime. Wild grasses will usually take over your lawn eventually, no matter what you do, so you might as well encourage them from the start. Doing so avoids a lot of unnecessary expense and worry, to say nothing of the heartbreak of having an unfashionable lawn. Thanks folks. I've bought a strimmer which (after some fun!) managed to cut most of it down. Next weekend I'm planning to give it some feed/fertilizer and see how it copes. I'm not in a rush, so next spring, if it really doesn't look like it's improving, I'll go for the 'start again' method! Cheers. Pete. You'd be wasting your time and money if you put fertiliser on your lawn now. It would just get washed away by the winter rains. Note what Emrys actually wrote: "Then, in the spring, treat the lawn to a good weed and feed fertilizer." You say you're not in a rush. Well, next year follow Emrys's advice (as contained in the first two paragraphs quoted above) right through next spring, summer and autumn and THEN judge whether your lawn has improved. You are highly unlikely to see any improvement between now and next spring -- in fact, probably the opposite. Norman Tulloch So what would the autumn fertilizer do? I seem to have conflicting advice as to whether it would be worth it or not... |
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