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Moss in lawn....washing up liquid

jackrussell28jackrussell28 Posts: 49
in Problem solving
As anybody tried using diluted washing up liquid as a moss killer on lawns.
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  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Has anybody tried using diluted moss killer to do the washing-up? ;)
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Short answer to your question @jackrussell28 is "no", but l have come across this theory before. 
    If you want to give it a try then by all means go ahead (maybe on a small section just in case), but personally l would use the rake, either manual or machine. 
    Maybe one of the forum lawn experts might comment...
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'm interested to know what the reasoning/science behind it is - what does 'my' special liquid [ ;) ]  do to moss?

    It might make the dinner on those plates taste a bit gritty @Papi Jo  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    You could take this one step further and make your own vinaigrette with Monsanto's new roundup. >:)
  • granmagranma Posts: 1,933
    advice from A garden centre  worker  ,A lawn rake is the healthiest option  then scatter grit sand .But can be hard work.even the commercialised moss killer is not insect friendly. 
  • jackrussell28jackrussell28 Posts: 49
    Some jolly replies on yet another rainy day!! Perhaps the Fairy liquid might be better used to smarten up an artificial lawn B)B)
  • janemddunnjanemddunn Posts: 3
    My whole garden is covered in moss  . I have rented a moss remover nd spent a lot on moss killer but nothing worked at all. A few weeks ago I tried the washing-up liquid idea  and hey presto!!! all the moss has died and is brown and drying up and the grass which looked almost non existent is already greening up my lawn . It is a largish garden and rather damp  so I am very happy at last to find a solution.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited April 2021
    It is more likely that all the moss has died because of the current very dry spell in most of the UK. That’s what happening to the moss on my lawn and ive done nothing to it at all. 
    I don’t want to ‘rain on your parade’ but I suspect your moss will return after the next prolonged wet spell. 😞 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Liz.SprLiz.Spr Posts: 31
    Your grass may be green but the eco system of your soil has been destroyed.
    I have green thumbs and no aphids on my roses.
  • janemddunnjanemddunn Posts: 3
    No it died in days and I am not in the uk ... I am in the Czech Republic and we are so so wet here .Also my garden is at the bottom of a yard so all the rain goes straight to my garden   Definitely the washing up liquid work so quickly and yes I will get moss returning but now I can get rid of it .

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