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The dreaded moss

Hello all,
After all the time & energy spent on our quite large lawns in 2013 (when we moved in ) to rid the moss that was like a 10cm plush carpet, it's back! Bright green shoots again covering the lawns. I used the usual treatment, Iron or ferrous sulphate, in 2013 & 2014 & thought that was it. But,
I've read that some amateur gardeners consider "moss? so what" & simply leave it & just mow the lawns. I'm in 2 minds whether to follow suite, but now that winter is round the corner & I decide otherwise & scarify when is the earliest I can start again
I am West Yorkshire based. Thanks in anticipation.
BeeJay
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If it is in shade, it will get moss. My lawn is moss for most of the winter due to shade. I lose it in summer. I scarify in May if I remember.
Any pictures of the lawn? Personally, I like moss and I don't see the downside of having it in a lawn. It's a nice green colour, it doesn't send up flowerheads like plantain, it doesn't form rosettes, it doesn't spread into borders and I suspect it might make the lawn more hard-wearing to a certain extent. Certainly better than having bare/muddy patches.
I leave it. It's green and its soft underfoot.I'm in the so what camp. Spend your tome and energy on the plants.
I love moss. Home to lots of mini-beasts.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Brilliant
best replies I could have hoped for. Instead of using chemicals, sweat, aggro, scarifying, taking dozens of garden waste bags to the tip, er! sorry, reclamation centre with it's operatives wearing "we are here to help" jackets, but just sit in their cabin until a skip needs changing, Ooops! a tad off thread
Regarding sunlight, the lawns are quite open to it, (when we get that particular day,) only losing it late evening.
Similar size lawn out of shot. Piccies taken earlier this year.
Thanks for your comments, much appreciated.
I scarify in spring to get rid of thatch but don't bother now about the moss.
I agree re scarifying in Spring - moss allows all sorts of pretty little flowers to come, I have viola, bugle, ranunculus "brazen hussy', oxalis, fritillary, crocus and many others in my grassy area - no way is it a lawn, but it is lovely - and mossy at present, lots of trees, thus shade and roots. It's OK.