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Lichen in grass and composting
Felicity-4
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I've recently been privalegded enough to acquire a gorgeous established garden but found dog lichen in the grass after cutting it all back from its overgrown state. I therefore have two questions: 1) how can I get rid of it? 2) can I still use the grass cuttings for composting or will this later contaminate the rest of the garden?
Thank you in advance.
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Hi Felicity - dog lichen is usually an indication of damp, shady, usually compounded ground, so if you address that, it should be less of a problem in future. Scarifying, feeding and regular mowing will get the grass in good shape.
In the meantime, I think one of the weed and feed products will get rid of it. I used to get it in my old garden where I had two large trees - that's the normal situation for it. As long as I used a product in spring, it didn't appear through the season. I didn't compost it after using weed and feed, but if you remove it by digging out, I'm sure you can compost it - it's not an issue
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...