Pretty much stick to the Brady plan. Sulphate of iron will blacken and lift the moss a little but the rake will be the main implement. Rake the shit out of it, arrested with the fork and re-seed it. I’d roll the seeds before watering. It’ll work but patience may be called for.
Rake rake rake unfortunately
Is there not some sort of scarifying machine you could rent out ? If you knew anyone in the plant / farm machinery business they should be able to sort you.
There is. Most hire shops have them.
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Scarifier is the only job, and they should be readily available to hire out. Sulphate of iron is often used too, but I’d be worried of the impact on worms.
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You will never get rid of it Harry and if you go down all them roads you will have a horrible black patchy lawn. I’d the same problem and for the last 3 years I’ve used 0 7 30 to drive the grass. This year’s the first year I’ve seen a diff9. The moss isn’t as bad. It will never go completely but it definitely has made a difference…
Plenty of good advice given above but moss grows well in the damp. So getting your lawn area open, bright and airy and the moss will just vanish. We could be talking big stuff here like knocking walls, ditches or improving drainage. But it could be as simple as cutting back a tree.
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Reseeding is just a waste of time until you sort out the site.
You can buy rolls of proper turf in B&Q… Dig up the garden and roll out your turf and Bob’s your aunt.
I got rid of moss last year by following @anon67715551 advice and using a rake and iron sulphate, forking it a bit and reseeding the area and then most importantly and counter intuitively to a hurling man - raising the blade.
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I was told no low cuts for the first cut… A trim and some feed and let her grow a bit… Most people make the mistake of cutting the bollix out of it with the first cut.
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I rest my case. The raising of the blade is a gamechanger.
The rake and the fork are the key utensils. The success to failure ratio is predicated on the manual effort expended.
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Cut it using the highest blade on the mower for the first few cuts at least.
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Whoa! In Brady’s case this is a 2 mile chase. We’re as far as “going down”.
There’s a lot of meat on this bone yet. We’ll see how we’re going as the progress shots come in.
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We’re being forced into the starting stall…
Where are you going to put the hay you have saved
… and the moss will be back in a year.
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I’m giving it back to mother earth… Hay wouldn’t be the word I’d use for it.
I’m mulching the grass so will the fertiliser even work with the large amounts of moss I currently have?
The fertiliser will drive the grass on alright but mulching heavier grass will make my problem worse going forward I’d imagine.
If you’re mulching you most likely have thatch. You’d have to spend a few weeks ripping it to let the grass recover.