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Getting Rid of MOSS
It is starting to grow in our lawn. We tried putting Lime down to
sweeten the ground, but it still keeps growing. Anyone have any ideas? shirley |
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Getting Rid of MOSS
Shirley Thebaglady wrote:
It is starting to grow in our lawn. We tried putting Lime down to sweeten the ground, but it still keeps growing. Anyone have any ideas? shirley Fertilizer with nitrogen in it will kill the moss or better yet go get a bag or two (depending on your lawn size) of "Moss Out" granules and spread it over your lawn as prescribed on the instructions or maybe a little more then the prescribed instructions. After regular watering, you will see the moss turn brown/die in about a week or two. Then it's good to thatch or pull the moss out. You can use a stiff dirt rake but thats alot of work for one person, but very good exerecise. Or you can get a thatching blade for your lawn mower and run the mower over the thatch with slow engine speed. Or rent a thatcher from your locar hardware, garden, or rental store. You might want to cut the grass as low as you can first. After you thatch, you will pull whats left of the grass out , but once the grass grows back it will look much better. When you fully done, then you can put down your lime and fertilizer but not at the same time. Lime then after a 6 weeks you can fertilize or vice versa. 1)put down moss out 2)wait a few weeks or untill the moss is brown 3)cut grass low 4)thatch 5)rake up excess moss 6)lime- but since you already limed you probably dont need to lime again this year if existing lime is saturated into the ground 7)water 8)wait about 4-6 weeks 9)fertilize 10)water |
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(Shirley Thebaglady) wrote:
It is starting to grow in our lawn. We tried putting Lime down to sweeten the ground, but it still keeps growing. Anyone have any ideas? shirley How long have you been putting lime down, and how many pounds per thousand square feet? -- GO# 40 and F the french. http://www.countryoforiginlabeling.com/french.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ 50 GB/Month |
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Getting Rid of MOSS
"Die Spammer" wrote in message ... When you fully done, then you can put down your lime and fertilizer but not at the same time. Lime then after a 6 weeks you can fertilize or vice versa. I've never heard this before. I frequently fertilize and lime at the same time, and have never had any problem. I've always considered lime a very slow acting, long term treatment, not a "reactive" type of thing. Bob |
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Getting Rid of MOSS
"Bob" wrote:
"Die Spammer" wrote in message ... When you fully done, then you can put down your lime and fertilizer but not at the same time. Lime then after a 6 weeks you can fertilize or vice versa. I've never heard this before. I frequently fertilize and lime at the same time, and have never had any problem. I've always considered lime a very slow acting, long term treatment, not a "reactive" type of thing. Bob You're correct, Bob. They can be applied at the same time. -- GO# 40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ 50 GB/Month |
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