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How thorough should my weeding be before I sow my new lawn.

freemanatorMY8r3VxVfreemanatorMY8r3VxV Posts: 1
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Last autumn I weeded and rotavated my garden, and then covered it with weed matting and left it for a couple of weeks before weeding it.  I ran out of time to level and sow the seeds, so I am now working on it again this spring.

And my big question is how thorough should I be with my weeding?  I have a lot of what looks like clover to me, as well as lots of wild garlic, and getting all the bulbs out is going to take forever and not really be possible.

I was hoping I could get some smart advice.  I am not out for an ornamental lawn, just a place that my two boys can go and play and enjoy.

I am a long way from being an expert gardener, so would appreciate any advice, and any follow up questions I am happy to answer.

I took a few photos to try and show what I have left.  One of my thoughts was if it was important to stamp out the garlic, whether I could put some weedkiller on it, and sow around it initially, and then fill in the patches, when I also remove the paving stone step stone path I will put in to enable me to water the lawn without standing on it while it grow.  Good idea or not?




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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    The garlic is unlikely to survive regular mowing or children playing on it for long, as the bulbs' reserves of energy will be depleted.
    The clover will survive and grow, as will other lawn weeds like daisies and creeping buttercup. I have these and others in my grassed areas (can't be dignified with the name of lawn!) and I don't mind any of them except dock and thistles as they do no real harm if you are not a lawn purist and look pretty.
    The docks I dig out if they get big enough to be ugly and the thistles because they are uncomfortable to walk on barefoot. If your children are very tiny you might need to be more careful, as bees love clover flowers and might get trodden on, but my brother and I used to play on a mostly clover lawn and avoided getting stung. :)
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