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rosemummy
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our lawn is still looking very bare despite sowing grass seed 5-6 weeks ago, did everything to letter, though we started to walk on it to tend plants after 3, any advice or product recommendations?
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Can you put a plank down to avoid walking on it? It's far too soon to expect something that looks like a lawn
In the sticks near Peterborough
The seed I planted about a week and a half ago isn't doing much either - it was that magic stuff with the water retaining gel round the seed. I think in our case the soil which was dug over and raked and crumbly has gone solid and dry, despite me watering it, sometimes twice a day. I am going to mix some more soil with compost, maybe half and half, and some more seed, in the hope that the compost element will keep the seed damper. We haven't walked on it at all. I have always autumn seeded before and that's always gone well. Think it's just a bit dry??
You don't say where you are rosemummy, but verdun is right it was probably too wet.
I'd scarify then re rake it and sow again. The current weather is better in fact perfect for lawn seed sowing, don't let it dry out, (unless your'e still water logged) 10-14 days is about right for the first signs of growth and keep off it, walk on the beds you can fork those over afterwards.
thanks all weather seemed perfect when we did it and now it looks dry actually did it again last night as rain forecast over weekend,what's sprouted was thin and patchy , it was what they recommended in gc not that cheap either going to aldi next time less than half price can't be much worse
Grass-seed likes warm moist soil - it's warming up now so it's probably about right
Not sure where you are - the rain forecast for East Anglia this weekend is now not going to happen according to the agricultural meteorologists - if you don't get rain this weekend put a sprinkler on the lawn.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
sorry keep forgetting to say, in sheffield, everything else growing like fury! haven't got a sprinkler but 2 watering cans, a small garden and a toddler who loves nothing more than to help me in the garden and her speciality is watering!
If you've got a hosepipe this is a good and cheap little sprinkler - you'll get more even coverage and better penetration than with watering cans
http://www.greenfingers.com/product.asp?dept_id=200782&pf_id=LS2829D
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
thanks dove i'll have a look