My two lawns are definitely long term projects. I scarified with an electric rake (I bought one in the end as raking manually was going to take weeks as the moss is thick). I attempted to aerate with a garden fork but admit to giving up half way through. I will have another go at this. I have several bald patches on the front lawn which I have just reseeded, I have put a very light layer of topsoil but didn't trample in.(maybe will do that today as I only seeded yesterday)
The back lawn is more weeds than moss, so I think I will try a weed & feed on that as I don't think it needs reseeding (yet?).
Am I right in thinking you can seed spring & autumn?
My lawn is the same. I sprayed spot week killer on the largest dandelions a few weeks ago and raked as much of the moss off as possible. This left my grass very patchy. I spread grass seed on the patchy areas and trampled in by walking on it.bwatrred daily unless it rained. Hopefully this will fix the problem But how soon can I mow the lawn now the new seed is sown? Will a mow damage the seeds put down?
in winter we mow very infrequently because the grass doesn't grow much but in summer I mow fortnightly. Is this enough and could this be contributing to the moss problem?
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Thanks for taking the time to explain, Boater.
My two lawns are definitely long term projects. I scarified with an electric rake (I bought one in the end as raking manually was going to take weeks as the moss is thick). I attempted to aerate with a garden fork but admit to giving up half way through. I will have another go at this. I have several bald patches on the front lawn which I have just reseeded, I have put a very light layer of topsoil but didn't trample in.(maybe will do that today as I only seeded yesterday)
The back lawn is more weeds than moss, so I think I will try a weed & feed on that as I don't think it needs reseeding (yet?).
Am I right in thinking you can seed spring & autumn?
Thanks to everyone who has posted information
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My lawn is the same. I sprayed spot week killer on the largest dandelions a few weeks ago and raked as much of the moss off as possible. This left my grass very patchy. I spread grass seed on the patchy areas and trampled in by walking on it.bwatrred daily unless it rained. Hopefully this will fix the problem But how soon can I mow the lawn now the new seed is sown? Will a mow damage the seeds put down?
in winter we mow very infrequently because the grass doesn't grow much but in summer I mow fortnightly. Is this enough and could this be contributing to the moss problem?