whats the best way to get rid of moss and weeds from a lawn without returfing?

Answer 1

hi, get any standard feed, weed and mosskiller from garden centre, apply to lawn - wait for week and it all goes black and looks like s hit. Rake it out if a lot, and put in cheap grass seed mixed with sand. I did this a month ago and now ive got Green Peace camping out to stop me cutting my rainforest. Oh, and email confirmed!

Answer 2

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whats the best way to get rid of moss and weeds from a lawn without returfing?

Answer 3

Hey, I work in lawn & garden departments... your best choice for getting rid of your weeds to use a pair of pruning sheers and cut down to your grass height. Then use Round Up.. the concentrate i find works better. Trimming it first will help the weed absorb the weed killer. Moss wise you might need to run through with anything that will help put holes (very small ones like the size of the holes cleats make) into where the moss is. the moss is formed by too much water on the grass and makes the grass rot... and sunlight increases this. then just by a small bag of like patchmaster... that should fix both problems.

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Answer 4

I know absolutely nothing about gardening, but i overheard this advice last week. The moss on the lawn is a sign of poor drainage, so, use a garden fork to aeriate the lawn at regular intervals, work in a good covering of sand. This increases drainage and eradicates the moss. The tip for weeding I heard on gardener's question time on bbc radio 4. To localise killing them, put on a rubber glove, ontop of this a woollen glove and soak this in your weedkiller of choice, then "stroke" the weed with this poisonous glove thing and presto! Hope some of it works lol Make sure you get rid of the thing properly though.

Answer 5

begin with a selective weedkiller such as mostox, allow the moss to go black which could take a week, then depending on the area hire a scariffyer or rake the area thouroughly, following this use a high nitrogen fertiliser such as ici's nitram, th grass will brown but will soon be very green, if its a large lawn buy a countax ride on mower which has a brush collector on the back and will leave an amazing finish

Answer 6

Well try raking the moss away but you will have to pull the weeds by hand and reseed, use a grass seed that will grow in the shade so to keep the moss from reoccurring and killing the new grass, once grass is reestablished there try using scotts turf builder to keep weeds in check they have formulas for all kinds of types of grass so get one that matches your grass and use it the one with weed control works good but use it 3 times a year....

Answer 7

there are a few things you can do for this
1st rake the lawn with a tine rake it's the springy one
2nd apply a good weed and feed to the lawn wait for the weeds to die and rake again if you still have weeds treat again
3rd apply new lawn seed to any bare patches
when the seed gets about 2-3 inches long cut the lawn with your mower on it's highest setting and keep it there for a year


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Answer 8

As for Lysha's answer, Roundup will kill your grass too! it is non-selective i.e. if it had a green leaf it will kill it. You need something to kill broad -leaf weeds only. Moss needs a proper killer. Most moss killers are based on iron suphate. As has been said, a lot of moss = bad drainage,

Answer 9

For the moss you need to neutralize the soil with a garden lime. You put it down with a spreader and it can be bought in a Home Depot type of store.

Answer 10

Everyone told us to use lime for the moss but we sent plugs to the MSU extension service and they said NO NO NO lime! Ours was in need of more potassium. They also said not to rake - it will spread.

Try sending lawn plugs to your local extension office and they will give you a customized "recipe" for what to do with your lawn.