threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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Why not simply lower the turf on the rest of the garden?
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Dave 123
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[QUOTE 2926568, member: 9609"]I did look in there first, but guessed it was just the wrong time of year as there had only been a handful of posts recently. Want to do the job tomorrow and new I would get some good advice in here...
This was a bit I had seeded last year, (had taken a hedge out) If I had done what you suggest with 'overseeding' would this have stopped the obvious join? I am presuming that the join will disappear this summer ?
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Reiver,
Hopefully if you do blend it in with an indefinite line it should be less obvious. That seed that you had put down and your existing lawn are chalk and cheese. The seeded area isn't mature grass yet. Is it the same species and variety?
It takes ages for it to blend in. I'm a Head Gardener at one of the colleges in Cambridge and I inherited a patched corner of lawn 3 years ago. It still sticks out like a sore thumb.
After May balls etc there can be localised damage. I will whip up the turf and put new turf in, but I can still see all the bits I have done since being there.
At the time of the set up of last years May ball it rained.... Cavemen erecting marquees, helter skelters, bbq's etc, Miss Dynamite playing in a marquee to hundreds of drunks. I tried to overseed the damage, but then we got the heat wave, and germination was poor. I had to do it again. The method I use is to get a mix of topsoil and seed, put it into the bare patch, but also work it into the surrounding turf with my fingers (like a massage) and NEVER let it dry out.
The reflex action is to put turf down, but long term I think seed is loads better.
This was a bit I had seeded last year, (had taken a hedge out) If I had done what you suggest with 'overseeding' would this have stopped the obvious join? I am presuming that the join will disappear this summer ?
Reiver,
Hopefully if you do blend it in with an indefinite line it should be less obvious. That seed that you had put down and your existing lawn are chalk and cheese. The seeded area isn't mature grass yet. Is it the same species and variety?
It takes ages for it to blend in. I'm a Head Gardener at one of the colleges in Cambridge and I inherited a patched corner of lawn 3 years ago. It still sticks out like a sore thumb.
After May balls etc there can be localised damage. I will whip up the turf and put new turf in, but I can still see all the bits I have done since being there.
At the time of the set up of last years May ball it rained.... Cavemen erecting marquees, helter skelters, bbq's etc, Miss Dynamite playing in a marquee to hundreds of drunks. I tried to overseed the damage, but then we got the heat wave, and germination was poor. I had to do it again. The method I use is to get a mix of topsoil and seed, put it into the bare patch, but also work it into the surrounding turf with my fingers (like a massage) and NEVER let it dry out.
The reflex action is to put turf down, but long term I think seed is loads better.
