Sometimes it's not that 'red'. It will go with the colder weather and / or drier conditions. Take a look at this, the picture they show is not that indifferent to yours (from what I can see).
It is normal and good mannered to acknowledge and thank people on this forum for their comments. We do not have to comment and most of us impart our gardening advice to advise and help people having a gardening problem to solve. Hope you appreciate this as a constructive criticism
Firstly, apologies for not acknowledging your reply / thanking you for the advice. Was not my intention to be rude, hopefully from my other posts you can see that. This is the first time I have been on today to reply.
Thanks to everyone for the replies / advice. I will stick with the lawn and try to feed in the spring. In the meanwhile will lightly rake and try to aerate? Or leave that for the spring also?
Can someone help me with a different type of leaf which appears to be growing through / out of my lawn.. is this anything to worry about? Or will it be ok once I start regularly mowing next summer.
I know the gardener didn’t rotavate the ground before laying the turf, he said it wasn’t needed. Would that have stopped this?
Rotavating wouldn't stop weeds ... it would just spread them about ... many weeds will grow from the tiniest piece of root.
I can't really see what the leaf blades are ... they could be a sedge, or even a flower bulb. Certainly regular mowing will control whatever it is, and if it's a sedge, next spring you could carefully paint the blades with a weedkiller which should sort it out. Weedkiller works best if applied in the growing season, not when things are slowing down as at this time of year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Posts
Sometimes it's not that 'red'. It will go with the colder weather and / or drier conditions. Take a look at this, the picture they show is not that indifferent to yours (from what I can see).
http://www.lawnsmith.co.uk/topic/pests-diseases/red-thread-pink-patch
I have it in my lawn and this year I have had it areated which I hope will help and is in line with what GS mentioned above your last post.
Indy
It is normal and good mannered to acknowledge and thank people on this forum for their comments. We do not have to comment and most of us impart our gardening advice to advise and help people having a gardening problem to solve. Hope you appreciate this as a constructive criticism
Hi Steve,
Firstly, apologies for not acknowledging your reply / thanking you for the advice. Was not my intention to be rude, hopefully from my other posts you can see that. This is the first time I have been on today to reply.
Thanks to everyone for the replies / advice. I will stick with the lawn and try to feed in the spring. In the meanwhile will lightly rake and try to aerate? Or leave that for the spring also?
All,
Can someone help me with a different type of leaf which appears to be growing through / out of my lawn.. is this anything to worry about? Or will it be ok once I start regularly mowing next summer.
I know the gardener didn’t rotavate the ground before laying the turf, he said it wasn’t needed. Would that have stopped this?
Rotavating wouldn't stop weeds ... it would just spread them about ... many weeds will grow from the tiniest piece of root.
I can't really see what the leaf blades are ... they could be a sedge, or even a flower bulb. Certainly regular mowing will control whatever it is, and if it's a sedge, next spring you could carefully paint the blades with a weedkiller which should sort it out. Weedkiller works best if applied in the growing season, not when things are slowing down as at this time of year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks for the reply DovefromAbove.
Just worried as the blades are in quite a few areas around the lawn. Will wait it out until spring and see how it turns out.