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Smallholding => Land Management => Topic started by: vfr400boy on November 07, 2021, 10:56:47 am

Title: Moss
Post by: vfr400boy on November 07, 2021, 10:56:47 am

On one of my paddocks I have quite a bit of moss growing you can see some blades of grass in it but mainly moss , is it best to harrow it and put more seed down ? I don't want to use chemicals, 

Title: Re: Moss
Post by: SallyintNorth on November 07, 2021, 04:28:52 pm

Keep the grass a bit longer and it will go away.

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Post by: vfr400boy on November 08, 2021, 06:18:25 am

Unfortunately its not been grazed for a year or so ,

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Post by: Penninehillbilly on November 08, 2021, 08:48:32 am

Try liming?
Scratch it about a bit in spring, birds will take it for nests.

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Post by: Perris on November 08, 2021, 09:10:00 am

chickens will scarify it for you, and fertilize it while they're there.

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Post by: vfr400boy on November 08, 2021, 12:23:11 pm

Its a strange one under the trees there is grass and in the open there is moss , I will give it a good harrow in spring and some grass seed on it

Title: Re: Moss
Post by: Penninehillbilly on November 15, 2021, 01:59:25 pm

Not sure if this helps, probably expensive, but local radio gardening man was recommending a bacteria that eats moss. It sounds fairly new, he said search 'moss' and 'bacteria' .
But he was also saying moss thrives on acidic soil.