Lawn moss

[cotswold]

Why does our large lawn suddenly turn to Moss??

No drainage problem.

Tim

[Snadger]

Many reasons cotswold.

Shade,acidity,direction facing,lack of nutrients,too dry,too wet,compaction,thatch and probably another 100 reasons which I've omitted!

[Jungle Jane]

I get moss in the shady area of my lawn,I fixed it by sprinkling blood,fish,bone,the grass grows stronger than the moss.

[Chippy Minton]

We like the moss, it's evergreen, more drought resistant than the grass and grows less thus needing less mowing

[mothhawk]

^^^^Same here. I gave up fighting the moss long ago. If it wants to grow let it, is my philosophy. As Chippy says, it's green and drought resistant. I'm not one for wasting a lot of time trying to sort something that doesn't want to be. That's why I don't grow magnolias or camellias And my patch of green is on the south side - full sun.

[Scarlet]

I love it too, rake it out and use to line my hanging baskets

[Guest]

My lawn was like something you expect to find in tellytubbie land. Great fun for bouncing up and down on but not much cop for anything else. The issue I have where I am is the soil compacts easily. So it will be full on lawn care for a few years before I get something .......more grown up

[chefgage]

A good proportion of my lawn is moss. Mostly where the sun does not shine on it for long periods. A few years back I treated it a few times with weed and feed granules. Gave it plenty of water during the dry periods, racked it reguraly to get rid of moss/cut grass. A lot of hastle but it looked good. Going to do the same this year, treat it every 2 to 3 months with seed and feed and do the above.

Another way to get rid of the moss is something I did years ago when I was still living at my parents house. I had been fishing and camr home with half a box of maggots. I tipped them on the lawn for the birds to eat near the bird table where the grass was mostly moss. Anyway after a few hours all the maggots had been eaten but all the moss has been dug out by the pecking birds. A quick going over with the rake and all the moss had gone. Might be worth a try

[Chris11]

Have just ordered a tub of Iron Sulphate.
Anyone else tried this?

[WendyC]

I believe it is most Autumn lawn care products. Never used it on it's own though.

[Chris11]

Wendy, no nor have I, but I'm hoping it's going to work out a lot cheaper and more effective. Especially as I don't really need the 'feed and weed' parts of the 'feed, weed and mosskiller' general treatments that I've used in the past.

Will need to sit there with a calculator and work out the dilutions to get the treatment right.

[Martin H]

I've never tried raw iron sulphate, but I have used lawn sand, which is basically sand mixed with iron sulphate. It worked well and was easy enough to spread evenly, so I'd use it again if needed.

[Jay22]

I was reading about this, remember not to walk on paths, patios or carpets, if you have any of the product on your shoes it turns these things orange/rust.

[Snadger]

Too much iron will turn the lawn black!

[Jay22]

But is that just the moss turning black?