The above was my main lawn in mid-April the day I scarified it. It had been under snow and ice for nearly three months.
Then I applied potato fertiliser - recommended by an old farming friend - and watered it in. I kept it well watered during the warm spell and here it is this morning after a trim.
Not bad for a £11 tub of granules which I also used last year and I've just about enough for next year too. Most garden centres don't sell potato fertiliser, although Dobies does, for obvious reasons (too cheap) but it can be purchased for a reasonable cost at any agricultural merchants. Much better than buying expensive premium brands don't you think?
I feed my borders with it too. Doesn't seem to do any harm and saves me hours of fun with a watering can and powered MiracleGrow. Sprinkle the granules and let the hosepipe do the watering in. Before I started using this I used general fertiliser but this is giving better results.
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Time to trot down to Dobbies.
Go to your agricultural supplier. Much cheaper.
Potato fertiliser? So you get chips when you mow the lawn?
You've got it in one Brian. ;)
subrosa
Oh! one has a 'LAWN' does one
Sub at heart yer a 'Snob'
But i still love ya!
Fabulous, must relate to Mrs OR!
Of course I have a lawn Niko. What do you want me to call it? A field? In Perthshire they're called lawns not car parks. :)
OR, she may not approve you know. :)
You could almost play croquet on that, Subrosa.
James, I'm thinking of hiring it out as a practice putting green because I'm told the local practice greens are still in a very bad way after the winter, although they will improve if we have enough rain. Watering is the secret.
All that watering! Are you on a water meter, or is it only oppressed English households that have them?
No John, no water meters here. Scottish Water is still under public control thankfully although there are unionist politicians who think it should be hived off to make a quick buck. Fortunately the majority of Scots don't agree and see the folly of such actions.
Back in April there was no problem with supply as the snow was still melting on the hills.
If the rivers run low I do take more care to preserve supplies but that seldom happens here. We get our fair share of overnight rain in summer.
Watering the grass with our metered water would just cost too much.
Auch John, that's a shame. But when you live in a densely populated area it's always so.
I've lived in such places and was told my old fashioned gardeners that it's better not to water at all than to just put a few watering cans full of washing up water on it.
Some somewhere should come up with a solution. We're surrounded by water.
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