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Clover, weeds and new lawn (newbie)

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  • MrMow said:
    Thanks  AnniD ( long day yesterday )

    Agree with Fairy Girl That it is now going to need around 4 to 5mm of water on it per day at the moment .  The colour of the ground will now attract heat and now dry a lot faster. plus take the strong winds we have had of late, If you put your hand on the ground when the suns out you will feel the heat building up.

    So your start point is allow it to recover for a while and allow it to re establish on what grass is remaining.

    As you have used weed killer, you will have to wait 6 to 8 weeks to allow the product to disperse before attempting to over seed, and that brings you into July /August. so allow it to recover for a few weeks and see what happens, you would then have a window to spot treat the remaining weeds and then this will bring you into a better time of year to re seed. 

    How big is the lawn roughly?      and then I can work out some quantities and costs for materials.

    Do you have a sprayer ?, they are not huge costs.

    So recovery time / spot treat stubborn weeds / and then over seed & top dress Mid September

    Excellent thanks for the great tips!
    I also have a sprayer.
    The garden is two parts, seperated by a foot path. One side is fairly big (in my opinion). Roughly a rectangle shape of 16x14m. The smaller side is 5x4 m.
    My idea was to work on the small section first as a trial run to see how I get on and not waste too much money or my time. But if I get good advice here I may do the whole lot, I was just worried about taking too big of a job on.

    Thanks again 
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