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Grass issue

jacarter14W_4BPYz6jacarter14W_4BPYz6 Posts: 1
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I have been having issues with moss so I mowed the lawn raked through and put down moss control now I have this white chalky substance covering the lawn and some on my Cherry tree. Can anyone advise what this could be? 

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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    The white chalky stuff on your cherry looks like bird poo to me!
    Can't say about your lawn. :)
    The only cure for moss is to change the conditions, it likes damp shade. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Looks like a deposit left by an incontinent pigeon. 

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





  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Or even a Dove ?   ;)

    The splashy effect does rather give the game away tho. A large bird deposit of some sort for sure :)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2021
    A dove possibly @philippasmith2 … but not this one 🕊 🤪 

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





  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
     :D  :D

    Watch yourself tho - Sparrowhawk has been busy lately - came out of front door this am and a tell tale heap of feathers.  Never known it to do there before.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2021
    @philippasmith2  😊 Watched a goldfinch just manage to swerve out of the way of a male sparrowhawk’s  clutches in the feeder right in front of my kitchen window yesterday afternoon 😲. 

    More to the point we have a family of newly fledged peregrines nearby … I’m keeping a low profile 🕊 🦅 

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





  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Can't help being envious of the Peregrines = but yes, keep your head down  :D

    I was pleased to see a Buzzard overhead yesterday.  They are usually quite prolific here but seem to have been in short supply recently. Nothing quite beats that eerie call :)

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2021
    We have buzzards here too @philippasmith2 … I often hear them and see them circling above the garden … last summer we saw three together several times … summer so presumably a pair and youngster … it’s a good spot here … I’ve not yet seen red kites from the garden but they’re not far away … and a couple of years ago I drove along a narrow country lane at dusk with a merlin zig-zagging ahead of me 😊 

    Apologies to @jacarter14W_4BPYz6 for hijacking your thread with our bird tales/tails 😉… but the white deposit is bird poo … very probably pigeon … they do a lot of it … we have pigeons here too 😊  

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





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