i think as I said a good raking /scarifying will do it the world of good. I would then over sow with general lawn seed as soon as night time temps are around 10Cscatter some across the other part of the lawn to blend any difference in colour.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'd agree with Dove. If it's like that just now and hasn't been mown since autumn, it's a build up of thatch which is the main issue. There may not be much grass there just now, but it won't stand much chance of improving in better temps without the dead stuff being removed. Grass needs air circulating around it to keep it healthy too, and the thatch prevents that. Get that out and reseed when warmer, and it should improve quite noticeably.
Keeping grass looking decent is an ongoing maintenance job, I'm afraid
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
So looking at weed & feed it seems 25kg roughly does you for 750sqm roughly. So weed & feeding an acre you are looking at upwards of 5 * 25kg bags = £125 or so
How about leaving some of the area as a meadow? You wouldn't need "weed & feed" on that bit. You could mow paths through it, and plant spring bulbs for extra colour.
From your photo you don't appear to have weeds, so just a feed would do, in my opinion. I never kill weeds in my lawn. It depends what effect you want; a bowling green takes a huge amount of maintenance, whereas a "mixed lawn" (ie a colourful one including wild flowers, aka weeds) takes considerably less, and, unless you live in a stately home, is nicer looking IMO.
But whatever sort of lawn you want, PLEASE don't cut it so short.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I had that sort of size of area of grass at the last house, in three parts, one of which was a fairly wild section. We just cut it regularly and it had no other treatment. The second area, next to the entrance driveway, was much the same - cut regularly, but with a weed and feed in spring. It was near the adjacent fields so it would have been pointless trying to keep all the weed seeds out. The third area was at the front of the house. It got slightly more attention, but we still weren't precious about it - it still had daisies and some weeds in it. That area also contained the ponds so we didn't use weedkillers nearby, other than carefully applying the annual weed and feed. Regular cutting was the main priority but it was never cut too short. It got plenty of rain, so cutting every five or six days kept it looking green and healthy.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Last mowed October/November. The brown grass just doesn't grow!
i think as I said a good raking /scarifying will do it the world of good. I would then over sow with general lawn seed as soon as night time temps are around 10Cscatter some across the other part of the lawn to blend any difference in colour.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'd agree with Dove. If it's like that just now and hasn't been mown since autumn, it's a build up of thatch which is the main issue. There may not be much grass there just now, but it won't stand much chance of improving in better temps without the dead stuff being removed. Grass needs air circulating around it to keep it healthy too, and the thatch prevents that. Get that out and reseed when warmer, and it should improve quite noticeably.
Keeping grass looking decent is an ongoing maintenance job, I'm afraid
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
So looking at weed & feed it seems 25kg roughly does you for 750sqm roughly. So weed & feeding an acre you are looking at upwards of 5 * 25kg bags = £125 or so
Is that correct? Seems quite expensive no?
An acre??? That's some lawn.
How about leaving some of the area as a meadow? You wouldn't need "weed & feed" on that bit. You could mow paths through it, and plant spring bulbs for extra colour.
From your photo you don't appear to have weeds, so just a feed would do, in my opinion. I never kill weeds in my lawn. It depends what effect you want; a bowling green takes a huge amount of maintenance, whereas a "mixed lawn" (ie a colourful one including wild flowers, aka weeds) takes considerably less, and, unless you live in a stately home, is nicer looking IMO.
But whatever sort of lawn you want, PLEASE don't cut it so short.
You have an acre of lawn?
When I had that much grass I had sheep and cattle grazing it - rather a different sort of grass management.
Perhaps someone else has experience of vast areas of lawn ... golf course and football pitch groundsmen maybe ...
Hosta has large areas of grass, but it's not kept as one would keep a 'lawn' ...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Absolutely agree - I think that is the root (sorry
) of the problem.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Snap, Dove
I had that sort of size of area of grass at the last house, in three parts, one of which was a fairly wild section. We just cut it regularly and it had no other treatment. The second area, next to the entrance driveway, was much the same - cut regularly, but with a weed and feed in spring. It was near the adjacent fields so it would have been pointless trying to keep all the weed seeds out. The third area was at the front of the house. It got slightly more attention, but we still weren't precious about it - it still had daisies and some weeds in it. That area also contained the ponds so we didn't use weedkillers nearby, other than carefully applying the annual weed and feed. Regular cutting was the main priority but it was never cut too short. It got plenty of rain, so cutting every five or six days kept it looking green and healthy.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That looks really lush Fairy
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.