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Lawn - next steps
Yorkshireman
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I've mown and raked my lawn, and now it looks like this (I think I've got all the thatch out but I'm not sure).
What are my next steps, do I leave it a few days and then re-seed the bare areas? Or should I be fertilizing what is there?
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You've done a good job on what you have. I'd mix seed with some sharp sand and compost and start putting it down in the bare area's first, especially that mix as you appear to have made the ground quite uneven where you've got the thatch out. The sharp sand will help fill in the dips. Resow the lawn where the bare patches are and if you have some left over use it to top dress. Water it we'll and keep it moist until you see the seed start too germinate, 10-14 days is about right.
It looks to me as if that lawn might get quite a bit of shade - if so it would probably be a good idea to get a grass seed specially selected for shady conditions.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.