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Fixing the lawn after killing moss

Greg10Greg10 Posts: 8
in Problem solving

Hello again!

Another problem that I need help with...

Pretty much the entire lawn is covered in moss, root problem is probably poor drainage as the back garden is on an decline. Anyway, I have put down some evergreen and waited a couple of weeks to rake out the dead moss. You can see in the picture below the affected areas. What can I do to prevent any more moss and also bring back the lawn to a better state?

Much of the rest of the lawn has been uncut for over a year and moss has taken over. What is the best strategy for removing the rest of it?

Thanks in advance!

 

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  • Chump83Chump83 Posts: 15

    Had this a couple of years ago when we moved to our new house. sadly it will look a lot worse before it looks better. Id reccomend buying or renting a electric scarifier and get rid of the moss. (We had 10 bin bags)

    It will look then like you have more soil than grass but get some decent seed and reseed the lawn with a top dressing of top soil. we had quite alot of pidgeons and bird helping themselves to the seed so had to re apply a couple of times over the spring and summer but it now looks fantastic.

  • StevedaylillyStevedaylilly Posts: 1,102
    As well as scarifying the lawn to remove the build up of moss you should look at what is causing that condition to exist. Moss lives due to wet condition so attempt to remove any overhanging branches from shrubs that would cause a drip effect to the lawn surface. The next stage will be to aerate the lawn this will improve drainage to the surface and allow air, water and light in to the lawn. Aerating can be carried out using a hollow tine fork that will create circular holes approximately 5" deep n to the lawn. You should then add sharp sand and grit in to your top soil dressing and brush In to holes created by the tine fork . This will then create solid drainage hole in your lawn that will allow water, light and air to permeate the soil and encourage new grass shoots. Not an easy job but very satisfying when your lawn appearance slowly improves
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