Well gardening is all about being patient. The birds are doing a bit of moss gathering this time of the year so they help a bit. Leaves will rot down a bit quicker in a plastic bag with a few holes punched in it But if you have a large garden you don't have to worry about piles of stuff around the place.
We are just treating our very mossy very big lawns (1500m2 total) and have followed the advice on the Lawnsmith website, using ferrous sulphate and then raking up the results.
My OH has so far taken 5 Jewson sand/rubble bags full of moss to the tip and I'm now wondering whether we could compost any of it. I'm obviously unsure about the ferrous sulphate so if anyone has any thoughts on whether that would be disastrous for compost I would be grateful
We've only raked about a third so there will be loads more to deal with yet
No longer newish but can't think of a new name so will remain forever newish.
I don't compost anything 'treated' for about 6 weeks afterwards.
I think you'd need to mix a fair bit of other stuff in with that amount of moss anyway, Stephanie! I'd get rid of it if I was you, but others might think differently.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi Up North. I have a large lawn which scarify with a small tractor and powered scarifier from the power take off which does an excellent job an results in a pile of material. I have been emptying the collector for several years now and am running out of space as it doesn't seem to get any less. Is there any additive which will dissolve it. I have tried burning, composting (won't do that again). Taking to the local tip needs two journeys in a trailer so Dumping in unusable garden space behind a mound of earth has been the only solution. Be pleased to hear any one's thoughts.
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Well gardening is all about being patient. The birds are doing a bit of moss gathering this time of the year so they help a bit. Leaves will rot down a bit quicker in a plastic bag with a few holes punched in it But if you have a large garden you don't have to worry about piles of stuff around the place.
We are just treating our very mossy very big lawns (1500m2 total) and have followed the advice on the Lawnsmith website, using ferrous sulphate and then raking up the results.
My OH has so far taken 5 Jewson sand/rubble bags full of moss to the tip and I'm now wondering whether we could compost any of it. I'm obviously unsure about the ferrous sulphate so if anyone has any thoughts on whether that would be disastrous for compost I would be grateful
We've only raked about a third so there will be loads more to deal with yet
I don't compost anything 'treated' for about 6 weeks afterwards.
I think you'd need to mix a fair bit of other stuff in with that amount of moss anyway, Stephanie! I'd get rid of it if I was you, but others might think differently.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I'm with Fairy on this one ... I don't put anything 'treated' in the compost bin.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
To be fair that was my thought, and no way could we compost the lot! On the upside my OH is on first name terms with the guy at the tip!