If you see the dog doing that again, tip a bucket of water over it (the patch of urine, not the dog). It'll dilute the effect and you won't get the yellow patch.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's the neighbour's and I usually don't see it coming over, unfortunately - it's a recent development so all these yellow patches are a new problem!
I am surprised just a bit of a rake sorts this (and the moss) - surely just raking still leaves most of the moss as well as the dead yellow grass there? But I guess the new seeds go in and take over/kill off the dead stuff?
Re moss - A thorough raking and spiking will change the physical condition of the soil so the moss will not be happy growing there. It likes to be damp, shady and undisturbed.
Re the dog's yellow patches - the yellowing is caused by scorch from the uric acid (think that's the one) and once you start mowing the lawn you'll cut that off. The thing is that urine also contains nitrogen so that will fertilise the grass there and make it grow lusher and darker for a while - but if you fertilise the whole lawn (a while after you've sown the seed - check the pack for how long) then the whole lawn will be dark green and lush
You might mention to your neighbour that you're going to be applying 'several lawn treatments' this year and it would be advisable to keep the dog in it's own garden as you wouldn't want it to be affected and be poorly. If you use the lawn feed according to the instructions it's fine with pets and children, but it's a good ploy to get them to fence their dog in properly
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
So I did this yesterday, despite raking quite rigorously (I felt), plenty of moss is still there. Do I need to make sure it is all gone?
No idea if I put in enough grass seed as the box just said 'large handfulls' haha, so hopefully it won't look different from the rest. I am going to get more grass seed today to overseed the rest of the garden and mix it all in a bit.
I noticed there's actually lots of patches here and there with moss. Do I need to rake these away, or if I just put in grass seed (and as grass starts growing naturally in spring), will the grass 'take over' from the moss, or does it all actually need to be gone?
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Just rake it over and scatter the seed.
If you see the dog doing that again, tip a bucket of water over it (the patch of urine, not the dog). It'll dilute the effect and you won't get the yellow patch.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's the neighbour's and I usually don't see it coming over, unfortunately - it's a recent development so all these yellow patches are a new problem!
I am surprised just a bit of a rake sorts this (and the moss) - surely just raking still leaves most of the moss as well as the dead yellow grass there? But I guess the new seeds go in and take over/kill off the dead stuff?
Re moss - A thorough raking and spiking will change the physical condition of the soil so the moss will not be happy growing there. It likes to be damp, shady and undisturbed.
Re the dog's yellow patches - the yellowing is caused by scorch from the uric acid (think that's the one) and once you start mowing the lawn you'll cut that off. The thing is that urine also contains nitrogen so that will fertilise the grass there and make it grow lusher and darker for a while - but if you fertilise the whole lawn (a while after you've sown the seed - check the pack for how long) then the whole lawn will be dark green and lush
You might mention to your neighbour that you're going to be applying 'several lawn treatments' this year and it would be advisable to keep the dog in it's own garden as you wouldn't want it to be affected and be poorly. If you use the lawn feed according to the instructions it's fine with pets and children, but it's a good ploy to get them to fence their dog in properly
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks! Time to get started after work today..
So I did this yesterday, despite raking quite rigorously (I felt), plenty of moss is still there. Do I need to make sure it is all gone?
No idea if I put in enough grass seed as the box just said 'large handfulls' haha, so hopefully it won't look different from the rest. I am going to get more grass seed today to overseed the rest of the garden and mix it all in a bit.
I noticed there's actually lots of patches here and there with moss. Do I need to rake these away, or if I just put in grass seed (and as grass starts growing naturally in spring), will the grass 'take over' from the moss, or does it all actually need to be gone?
Thanks!