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Soda crystals to control moss

Has anyone tried this? Is it effective or too dangerous to the grass borders? I want to use it on my driveway which borders onto grass. Current methods only last for about a week.Should I learn to love the moss?

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087

    Have you tried a solution of Jeyes Fluid?   Whatever you do you'll need to protect the grass and any other plants it may touch.

    Is your driveway badly drained or shaded?  May be better to fix that for a long term solution.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • No I haven't used Jeyes - I understood that it is very toxic. The dive is shaded with a large hedge which I don't want to cut down as it is a windbreak!  Sp, protect the grass...thanks!

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087

    Grass grown as a lawn hardly needs a windbreak.   ornamental grasses may appreciate a bit but, as they usually come from prairie situations, they are designed to be wind blown and, indeed, rely on wind to spread their seeds.

    Any chemical solution to moss will be toxic to something - soil, plants, micro and bigger organisms so the best solution is to fix the problem and not the symptom.

     

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Thank you for the comments and food for thought. I will probably wait for drier weather and scrape away the moss with a wallpaper stripper. It works for a little while.

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