Westland 20400353 SafeLawn Child and Pet Friendly Natural Lawn Feed 150 m2, Green, 5.25 kg

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MOOWY suggests mowing your lawn no shorter than 5cm before spreading the granules evenly and then lightly watering in, regardless of the time of year you’re using it. As a certified horticulturist, she delighted in personally testing out the products to provide advice to those with different needs, yards, and priorities when it comes to weed control.

Note that glyphosate needs extreme care when handling and should not be used in areas regularly visited by pets and children. New lawns, on the other hand, need watering regularly if rain is in short supply, until well established. It’s also a mild skin irritant, so you’ll need to keep children and pets away from the area until it’s dried, but you should be doing that anyway. Rainproof resistance is a key consideration, since you know that a little rain shouldn’t wash away the herbicide.This concentrated formula comes in a 1-gallon container that makes up to 21 gallons of spray and treats more than 20,000 square feet (larger than a hockey rink). This weed killer is used in industrial vegetation management and agricultural farming, and it contains 50.

It will thicken and green your lawn in just five days, whilst also helping to prevent weeds and moss. Relieve the compaction and aerate the soil by pushing a garden fork about 10cm deep into the soil every 10cm and gently rocking back and forth on the fork handle. A sprinkling of wildflowers in a lawn can be a joyous thing for gardeners and wildlife, increasing plant and animal diversity in your garden.Stop feeding your lawn during prolonged dry spells, and once there’s been a good rainfall, wait a few days then feed again. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site.

This weed killer earns our top spot on this list, because it is highly effective and can be applied to many different areas around your yard, including flower beds, around trees, and even hardscapes, such as walkways and patios, to keep them looking their best. If you want a product to turn your mossy lawn black so you can sow grass seed and achieve a lush lawn in a few weeks, this product isn’t for you. In summer, raise the cutting height of your mower to leave the lawn longer – around 5-10cm – as this will make it less prone to going brown in dry weather.

When choosing a weed killer, it's important to ensure that the type is appropriate for the area where you wish to apply it and that the application method—concentrated, ready-to-use, or granule—is the best choice. The ultimate pet-friendly moss killer for lawns, MO Bacter contains a natural bacteria that eats away at the moss until it breaks down into a feed for the lawn.

Method 5: Plants needing two or three applications of weedkillers containing 2,4-D plus mecoprop-P;or 2,4-D plus dicamba.To replace the bare patch, cut out a square or rectangle around the area and, using a hand trowel, dig up the soil in the rectangle to whatever depth of soil your new turf strip is. It shouldn’t be harmful to animals and children once dried, and you can apply every fortnight from March until October. To encourage wildflowers for pollinating insects, now is the time to stop mowing and relax, but if you want a well-trimmed, thriving green lawn, there are several things you can do in spring and summer to get it into good shape. The opposite is true for poorly maintained lawns; I’ve seen first-hand how bare patches soon attract seeds that germinate into weeds, and moss is always ready to spread onto damp, waterlogged lawns. You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site.