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Originally Posted by jarrod248

No don't use more weed killer.

What good grass you have grows like fuck with this stuff, one spring summer with this, sorted.

Originally Posted by leveller

What good grass you have grows like fuck with this stuff, one spring summer with this, sorted.

He says he's used loads of weedkiller using more will just mean it takes longer for grass to re-grow or he'll have to dig it all up.

Green Thumb. Every time.
And no, I'm not on commission. Spend a bit more to get it right first time.
Just google them.

Cheers for the tips. How much could I expect to fork out for a professional gardener to sort it? My portfolio of gardening equipment extends to a trowel. Would it be in the hundreds? I figure it would be easier to get someone who knows what they are doing and has the right kit to sort it, rather than me forking out and causing more havoc with shedborne implements.

Originally Posted by The_Snail

For a small fee, Groundfarce can come around. I'm well good at gardening.

I did that with a brand new trimmer, only had it 5 mins before I cut the cable and flew across the garden.

Originally Posted by supermatelot

Cheers for the tips. How much could I expect to fork out for a professional gardener to sort it? My portfolio of gardening equipment extends to a trowel. Would it be in the hundreds? I figure it would be easier to get someone who knows what they are doing and has the right kit to sort it, rather than me forking out and causing more havoc with shedborne implements.

Buy some grass seed put it on, water and leave it.

Best bet would be to turn it over (dig it up) and start fresh with turf.

Which weedkiller did you use? Was it lawn specific or general garden weed killer? When did you put the weed killer down?

How wet is the ground? If only slightly then below the turf dig through sand to help drainage. Grass/Turf will need about 6inches depth wise of soil to grow in so the sand would be best below this level. If its very bad then i highly recommend digging some trenches/slits below the grass level and putting in cheap grit or stones to let the water flow out. You can even let it drain into a neighbours garden to hack them off. Also you can hire roatavators easily enough for £50 a day that will make quick work of turning it over.

As for what to feed it. Ignore that Evergreen mow it less/feed'n'cut/etc nonsense. All they are is standard Evergreen Complete but at half strength. Seriously, no duff, its a scam. Buy the full strength Complete and merely put it down at half dose to do the same job but at a cheaper price if you must. But take into account that the Complete is a feeder, week killer and moss killer, jack of all trades master of none. It is perfectly fine for normal use, but say you have a serious moss problem in your lawn then you will need a dedicated mosskiller which has more strength to it.

Find a local proper (and i do mean proper, not a glorified gift shop type) garden centre. They will be able to give you plenty of help.


Edit to add -

If you want to get somebody in to do it then go to the proper garden centre mentioned above and ask them who they would recommend. Far too many cowboys and rip off merchants around these days.
Jarrod. It will not be as easy as just chucking down new grass seed, he will need to break up the old root system to let new growth in.

Sad man as I am here are the steps to repair your lawn:
1. Scarify your lawn if you can’t be arsed to scarify just rake the moss out
2. Get a garden fork and push in to the limit of the prongs this will help drain the thing. Keep doing this until the end of Apr. Work methodically.
3. Buy a good match and patch seed your garden isn’t Wembley so don’t worry over a colour match.
4. Mow as soon and as often as you can.
5. In the autumn as it gets wet rake and fork early so the wet does not sit in the first two inches.

Good luck


If your near Wigan I’ll come round and show ya

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