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Wierd ice like stuff on grass
Candell
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This morning we woke to something strange on patches of grass, it looks like ice. It is also on the edges of the mat too, does anyone know what it is? The grass was laid from turf in April.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x39dyy5r0uca38e/grassice1.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ijw32f4uicu69un/grassice2.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0it596rcut2pu79/grassice3.jpg?dl=0
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There's some slime mould there and a doormat in the last pic
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks nutcutlet, we have a 4 year old, should I be managing the slime mould? Sorry my gardening skills are limited to mowing the (tiny) lawn.
Also on a side note (I realise I'm adding a side note before the original topic of the post has been answered) but what's the patches of long grass all about? The gardeners who laid the turf (it's a new build property) said that it's where extra seeds were laid when making the turf. Our neighbours don't have it however and we have two dogs, is it to do with dog wee maybe?
Slime mould isn't really a problem - info here https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=246
As for the 'gardeners' who laid the turf, they're talking out of their btms!!! Sorry, but really
It sounds to me as if those patches of long dark grass are due to dogs' urine (usually a bitch). The grass usually dies off in the middle of the patch initially, then grows lush and dark due to the nitrogen in the urine. Info here http://www.lawnsmith.co.uk/topic/lawn-cuttings/dog-bitch-urine
Hope that's helpful
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks for the info, it's much appreciated. I'll just leave it alone but make sure my daughter and dogs don't mess with it.
I figured the gardeners were talking rubbish, the grass has died in the middle and the article is spot on.
Great forum and great help, I'm afraid I'm going to be a bit of a leech as I have no knowledge to contribute back but many thanks for the help.
Welcome aboard Candell - ask away - we like to help if we can
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I would be more worried about your daughter playing on the grass where the dog goes than the fungus.
Ask as much as you like Candell. we all started out knowing nothing
In the sticks near Peterborough
Ok I have one for you, one of our dogs died recently and we had him cremated. As we may be moving again in 5-10 years time, we thought of a pot based tree that we can take with us. My wife thought of a bay or basil tree or something, but for me it doesn't really do anything (or does it I have no idea - sorry for my ignorance) so I suggested an apple tree. One of the houses down the road has a (planted) apple tree that is only about 3ft tall but produced so many apples (scrumped a few, the owners were just letting them fall and rot), is it feasible or is there anything else you can suggest?
I want something that would fruit and provide for us so every time we eat from it we can smile and be reminded of our amazing little best friend.
Welcome on board Candell.
Apples are grafted onto rootstocks to stop them becoming trees.
Check the rootstocks to see if they're suitable for large pots.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=359
Bay doesn't do well in cold winters so I'd go for apple. There are plenty suitable for growing in pots if you buy one on a dwarf rooting stock but you need a pollinator to get apples so may have to buy two. You can also buy "family" trees which have 2 to 4 pollinator compatible varieties grafted on one root stock.
Have a look at these sites and ask questions of them before choosing and ordering:-
http://www.readsnursery.co.uk/dwarf-fruit-trees/
http://www.keepers-nursery.co.uk/
http://www.blackmoor.co.uk/
http://walcotnursery.co.uk/sections/apples.html
http://www.deaconsnurseryfruits.co.uk/