This year we just have not had the rain we needed in April or early May though its a bit better now, as others have said you can't just bung the seed on the soil, I get best results but digging over the soil, putting the seed down and racking over so seeds covered. If a smaller area I might just buy top soil and bung that on the top or turf, if a larger areas as I have been doing I bought a rotavator from Argos £59 Qualcast one, best £59 I've spent it just turns the soil so quickly saves so much time, I then seed and put a pre-seed fertilizer down and rake over. I've got good results most of the lawn in front section to the left is reseeded last year you can just see the change in color, the far end was completely re-seeded from scratch last year
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Originally posted by BoggyMcCBoggyFace View PostThis year we just have not had the rain we needed in April or early May though its a bit better now
Lots of seed sold in shops is sh*t."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by BoggyMcCBoggyFace View PostThis year we just have not had the rain we needed in April or early May though its a bit better now, as others have said you can't just bung the seed on the soil, I get best results but digging over the soil, putting the seed down and racking over so seeds covered. If a smaller area I might just buy top soil and bung that on the top or turf, if a larger areas as I have been doing I bought a rotavator from Argos £59 Qualcast one, best £59 I've spent it just turns the soil so quickly saves so much time, I then seed and put a pre-seed fertilizer down and rake over. I've got good results most of the lawn in front section to the left is reseeded last year you can just see the change in color, the far end was completely re-seeded from scratch last yearComment
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Originally posted by Big Blue Plymouth View PostNice stripes
Agreed SueE on the seeds, the seeds I am using this year are from the same supplier as last and the same flavour, but even with a lot of watering the results haven't been great and I did think the seeds were to blame partly.Comment
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I did try and rake over the seeds - not how well I did. It's wet down here London so hopefully that will help but worried there is little sun.
I ended up 1.5 boxes of seeds and 2 different types so hoping that atleast one of them comes throughComment
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Just over a week and it's growing very nicely! The soil is a bit bumpy but at least there is some grass, quite impressed with my effortsComment
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Originally posted by VillageContractor View PostJust over a week and it's growing very nicely! The soil is a bit bumpy but at least there is some grass, quite impressed with my efforts"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by VillageContractor View PostHoping the kids running around might do the trickComment
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