A mex eyecan
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certainly not if you’re in Italy, whereas if you’re in Plymouth?
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[Help] Any lawn smiths out there?
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certainly not if you’re in Italy, whereas if you’re in Plymouth?
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Then sit back and watch the hoards of ravenous pigeons descend and scoff the lot.
A mex eyecan
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or change the perspective, think of them as lunch, mmm pigeon breast, crusty bread and a scrummy glass of rich, heavy red wine
Jack Straw
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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.
I did that in autumn, which explains a lot then. Due to the very long heat and drought last year, I had to wait until then.
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If it's not, it ought to be.
Another question, sorry. In parks, how did you stop the dreaded Annual Meadow Grass (Poa Annua), taking over, and dominating rye/fescues. The plant is so prolific.
Jack Straw
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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.
On one poor batch of allegedly ‘premium’ turf I bought from Selmeston, there ended up being more AMG than rye/fescues. It was in the middle of a really nice lawn I was creating, with genuinely good quality grass elsewhere bought from the national supplier Rolawn. I ended up cutting out a mass of rectangles of the worst AMG areas and returfing with Rolawn. It did make a long term difference.
Jack Straw
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I remember buying from Rolawn. Should have been top-notch. Sounds like you had a bit of job there!
Yes, Rolawn was great turf, the C B Winters stuff from Selmeston was rubbish.
I was typically determined, and probably got accused of abandoning family life
Im no gardener but my lawn looks beautiful compared to all my neighbours'. Once your lawn grows back, introduce some daisies, dandlions, buttercups and other wild flowers. When you cut the grass, leave the cuttings on the lawn to retain moisture. Don,t put anything at all on the lawn, just watch the bees and other creatures doing their work and enjoy the colours. Worms, ants and beatles will aerate your soil if you don't kill them with insecticides and avoid using pesticides on plants.
My neighbour's lawn looks like a football pitch and she pays the professionals. Just let nature do its work for free.
My neighbour's lawn looks like a football pitch and she pays the professionals. Just let nature do its work for free.
I try and avoid chemicals in all gardening matters. Away from the one nice lawn, I have a load of chalk-soil mini meadows, log piles and plants loved by bees. Always working to add to that plant collection.
Dolph Ins
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Yes, Rolawn was great turf, the C B Winters stuff from Selmeston was rubbish.
I was typically determined, and probably got accused of abandoning family life
Rolawn indeed good turf but have also found the turf from (Town and Country?) at Plummers Plane very good quality.
Jack Straw
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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 similar. If you intend to buy the one for lawns, ENSURE YOU GET THE RIGHT ONE! The ordinary one will kill your grass and everything it touches, (Total weedkiller), rather than just the broad-leaved weeds, (Selective weedkiller).
The reason why the lawn one doesn't kill grass is because it contains different chemicals to the total one, and of course, no Glyphosate.
Also, with each of these products, you only need to let your target weed get a little waft of the spray. You don't need to spray to run-off.
I'm not encouraging the use of either of these, but if you have to, don't make a mistake.
I've just seen an advert on the telly for "Roundup For Lawns". The containers for this product and the "ordinary" Roundup are very similar. If you intend to buy the one for lawns, ENSURE YOU GET THE RIGHT ONE! The ordinary one will kill your grass and everything it touches, (Total weedkiller), rather than just the broad-leaved weeds, (Selective weedkiller).
The reason why the lawn one doesn't kill grass is because it contains different chemicals to the total one, and of course, no Glyphosate.
Also, with each of these products, you only need to let your target weed get a little waft of the spray. You don't need to spray to run-off.
I'm not encouraging the use of either of these, but if you have to, don't make a mistake.
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LamieRobertson
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not all of us have a back garden like the grounds of an estate
Sorry for the delay in replying ... have just been down by quad bike to our Oaks copse, to meet the gardening team.
They’re all horticultural disciples of renowned landscape architect Lamie from Shoreham. Any good?
LamieRobertson
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LamieRobertson
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lol..you sure it wasn't to go check on the vines in the vineyard
going back to your original post regarding the grounds of the estate
. ..I fortunately just have a postage stamp of. front lawn and only put it a couple of times at the start of the season and then let oxeye daisy grow until about mid summer....lovely sight and minimises grass cutting
going back to your original post regarding the grounds of the estate
I grow a mix with oxeye daisy and other native grasses/meadow flowers such as common poppies. Love seeing the bees and butterflies on it.
The oxeye daisies are prolific seed producers, with their bloody seeds taking hold of my pride, a semi-ornamental lawn adjacent. Stupid of me having them a foot apart, I didn’t plan that very well.