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Recommend a grass feed?

Erica9Erica9 Posts: 1
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I've recently had an entirely new lawn laid as a part of a garden redesign (my garden is 65m2).

A few months later I was advised to give the lawn a feed, and so I did using the Evergreen 'extreme green' lawn feed:

http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/evergreen-extreme-green-lawn-food---80sqm-246853

I followed the advice on the pack very closely. However within about a week, black scorched areas started to emerge, and within a few weeks a lot of the lawn was looking far worse that when I started. There is however a possibility I used too much and spread it too thickly.

I've been diligently replacing certain areas of the lawn which have been killed off - raking up the dead grass, and reseeding over the top.

However I would like to be able to put down some feed in September as is normally advised, and i'm keen to get my lawn looking thick, lush and green.

I'm nervous of using the Evergreen feed again, given the scorching and it killed off patches of the lawn. Can anyone recommend a kinder, gentler (organic??) lawn feed that I can use, and any recommendations for "things to know" when feeding your lawn. (for e.g do I have to water the feed in? This again is poss a mistake I made before).

Thanks for any help,

 

Erica

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    This time of year, you want to use Autumn Feed. It doesn't make the lawn much lusher, it's not supposed to, it prepeares your lawn for winter by strengthening the roots and getting the grass ready for a good start in the Spring.

    You may have overdone the feed 1st time. The black bits soon disappear and are caused by chemicals slightly burning the grass leaves. It would have probably happened whichever brand you used.

    You wont get the same problem with Autumn feed as it's make-up is different.
    Edit - Unless you really overdo it :)

    Last edited: 07 September 2016 17:07:44


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