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Easter Bank Holiday is the usual time for gardeners to spring in to action on various horticultural tasks. To that end, I thought I'd post this little warning. I've just seen an advert on the telly for "Roundup For Lawns". The containers for this product and the "ordinary" Roundup are very...

I remember buying from Rolawn. Should have been top-notch. Sounds like you had a bit of job there!

On the bowling greens, regular light scarification (monthly), boxing the clippings (obviously), and over-sowing every autumn after a deep scarify with a high quality, mixed cultivar seed mix.

That's why you need to work the seed in so that more is buried than visible. Even if the pigeons eat a load, there will still be enough to do the job.

1. Now is an excellent time of year to do this. Lightly fork over, (just an inch or two) any bare areas. Knock the soil about with your fork to crumble it up. Sprinkle fresh grass seed over the areas. Work the seed in to the soil with your fork or a rake so that there is more seed buried...

Unless your Red Thread is on a bowling green, I wouldn't worry too much. It tends to attack Fescue grasses (the needle-like ones), so all you need to do is to over-sow with a Ryegrass mix if it's so bad it's leaving bare patches. To "rough up" any bare areas and sprinkle a bit of Rye Grass mix...