It's really important to use any product of that kind when the ground is damp. If you have a lot of moss - that will turn black when it's applied, so if there's a lot of black, it just means there was a lot of moss and perhaps not much grass! My front 'lawn' is largely moss by the time spring comes, but it gets better as the year goes on, even without anything being applied. It's often better to use a feed only the first time, and then use a weed and feed nest time. Works better. As blameit says - a good few downpours and it'll revive. Grass is tough.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I am with Obelixx here. I love a mixed lawn. Every year when the droughts come hawkweed comes up in my front lawn and I get a wonderful show. Under my apple trees I encourage a mixture of wild flowers leaving the grass a little longer, and I have had some real treats. I remember a fashion for chamomile lawns too, brush them and you get a scent - great tea too (female plant only). You often find chamomile growing in cracks. Then of course there is clover what a wonderful flower, but I digress.... this is not very PC.
I am with Obelixx here. I love a mixed lawn. Every year when the droughts come hawkweed comes up in my front lawn and I get a wonderful show. Under my apple trees I encourage a mixture of wild flowers leaving the grass a little longer, and I have had some real treats. I remember a fashion for chamomile lawns too, brush them and you get a scent - great tea too (female plant only). You often find chamomile growing in cracks. Then of course there is clover what a wonderful flower, but I digress.... this is not very PC.
Fortunately your attitude is becoming much more PC.
My front 'lawn' is full of Cat's Ears at the moment ... brown and yellow is at least more attractive than brown on its own
Just as I find a mass of green, white, purple and yellow and lots of buzzing bees more attractive than a quiet patch of plain green for the rest of the spring and summer
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Similar to another gardener who complained about Evergreen 4 in 1, my complaint is regarding their Lawn Feed and Moss Killer. They claim that it promotes healthy grass within 3 to 4 days. I put this down exactly according to their instructions and after 1 day I was left with nothing but black patches and no longer any grass whatsoever. On contacting Scotts (the makers) they asked for the bottle in order to check it. Their only response was to claim that I must have 'over dosed' the lawn and offered nothing by way of sensible advice on how to recover my lawn. I'm very disappointed in the product and the 'service' from Scotts. It's now about 8 weeks since it was applied and there's absolutely no sign of any recovery!
Thank you for posting this, i was keen to buy their lawn feed too for my newly laid lawn thats 7 weeks old , you saved me from disaster .
You certainly should never ever use a Moss killer on a newly laid lawn. Nor, if the ground was prepared properly should you need to feed turf for at least 12 months and probably not even then.
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As blameit says - a good few downpours and it'll revive. Grass is tough.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
In the sticks near Peterborough
My front 'lawn' is full of Cat's Ears at the moment ... brown and yellow is at least more attractive than brown on its own
Just as I find a mass of green, white, purple and yellow and lots of buzzing bees more attractive than a quiet patch of plain green for the rest of the spring and summer
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.