Needs update on new sowing I described in a series of posts last year about my battle to have a lawn that actually had grass in it, and without the problems of moss and particularly paspallum. I eventually resorted to having the lawn aerated, scarified and oversown to kick start the process. This appeared particularly successful in spring and lots of visitors commented about how lovely and lush my lawn was. But then as we started to head into summer, the paspallum started to rear its … [Read more...]
The Lawn Wars Part 3
I described in an earlier post how after killing the paspallum that had invaded my lawn, I then had a great problem with moss that just kept coming back even after applying sulphate of iron as a moss killer. I discovered that if this happens it is a sign that there is a bigger underlying problem such as the soil is too acidic, it is lacking necessary nutrients, there is poor drainage and/or excessive shade. So I applied plenty of Claybreaker to try to address the drainage and lime to help … [Read more...]
The Lawn Wars Continue
I have discovered that I'm not winning the lawn war after all. A new battle has commenced - this time against moss. I had always had some moss appear around the plum trees in winter and didn't think anything of it because that part of the garden is fully shaded in winter. But now that I've killed off the paspallum, I noticed that I had large patches of moss covering maybe 50% of the lawn. So I got some Sulphate of Iron and sprinkled it over the lawn at about 2 tbsp per m2 as directed to … [Read more...]